i have a decent amount of acne after starting T. I wash my face every night with a cleanser scrub thing but still get lots of blackheads and pimples. Any tips at how to minimize this?

    • cowboycrustation [he/him]OPMEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      I shave my face for the peach fuzz every couple of days but I cleanse it beforehand. Ive been eating a bunch of sugar which probably isnt helping

      • Pieisawesome@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Stop shaving for a bit or use a hair trimmer to keep the fuzz in check.

        Your skin could be reacting to the shaving.

        Stop for a week or so and see if the acne improves.

        If so, it’s probably the shaving

  • duckythescientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    9 months ago

    Welcome to teenage boyhood. Other than what you are doing, the advice I was given growing up was that I’d eventually grow out of it. And luckily I did. If it’s really bad, talk to a dermatologist. Hopefully other people have more in depth advice.

      • duckythescientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        The evaluation of acne severity showed that “mild acne” was the most frequent form in all subgroups (92% in adult females, 82% in adult males, 89% in teenage females, and 77% in teenage males, respectively). Additionally, the least frequent form was “severe acne” (1% in adult females, 3% in adult males, 1% in teenage females, and 1% in teenage males). Finally, “moderate acne” was observed homogeneously in all subgroups, though both male groups showed a little higher prevalence of such in comparison with the female groups (15% in adult males and 22% in teenage males versus 7% in adult females and 10% in teenage females) - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5788264/

        Still somewhat more of a boy thing, but it’s less of a difference than I thought. Also since OP is transmasc, I was hoping framing this as a boy thing would be comforting.

  • SGforce@lemmy.caEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Try cutting out sugar for a bit just to test. Sebum (the wax like stuff that accumulates from your pores) is stimulated by insulin (also a hormone). So cutting out things like pop or chocolate helps with oily skin.

    • cowboycrustation [he/him]OPMEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      i don’t really care about the way it looks. Main thing is it’s occasionally painful which I don’t like

      • recursive_recursion they/them@lemmy.caEnglish
        4·
        9 months ago

        After chemical exfoliation(foaming clenser) I tend to use moisturizers with vitamin C during the night and ones with SPF during the day (I also apply an SPF 60+ spray on top)

        I find that washing my face occassionally throughout the day also helps keep acne down more than acne specific chemicals like retinol.

        • I’ve used retinol, clindamycin/benzoyl peroxide, retin-a/tretinoin gel and none of these prescriptions really helped, not sure if I have bad luck or if these are just pharma-scams but these are also some other options. I’d like to reiterate what @duckythescientist@sh.itjust.works advised; I’d also like to recommend consulting with a dematologist as they’ll be able to figure out what’ll be best for you and your skin🤗
      • Drusas@fedia.io
        3·
        9 months ago

        Zinc is the only thing that ever helped me with the sebaceous cysts. You can even use Head 'N Shoulders, if that’s still a thing.

  • maxEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    is a lot to do with sugar for me, so u could try that!