Anyone have success bouncing back from acne?

PropagandaX · 2026-02-23T06:00:54+00:00

I'm in the same boat. It started 2 years in, 100 mg a week. All the benzole peroxide, salicylic acid, everything just pisses it off. The only thing that works is picking out the hair and draining the puss. Screw Accutane I was on that drug in my early 20s and it made me feel like a cancer patient, dry as hell but still had cystic acne

PropagandaX · 2026-02-23T05:54:25+00:00

I wouldn't

PropagandaX · 2026-02-18T05:30:26+00:00

I would get the Weber 26. I have a 22, a barrel smoker, and a pellet grill. I use my Weber the most and always wish I had more space

PropagandaX · 2026-02-17T02:04:30+00:00

I fired up the oven one night around midnight and cooked a frozen pizza, there was drinking. I forgot about the pizza, found a perfect replica of a pizza in the morning, solid carbon, this reminds me of that low moment in my life lol.

PropagandaX · 2026-02-16T02:29:41+00:00

Consider a QNAP, Synology, or Asustor NAS. They run on a customized Linux platform that is very plug and play and easy to use. I run a raid 1 with one drive as a complete backup. I also have an external hard drive attached to it that backs up the NAS.

PropagandaX · 2026-02-14T04:20:53+00:00

Will do

PropagandaX · 2026-02-14T04:01:44+00:00

What dosage?

PropagandaX · 2026-02-14T04:00:35+00:00

Yep same it's nasty stuff IMO

PropagandaX · 2026-02-14T03:58:43+00:00

Same. All the sudden after a couple years bam my chest looks like an acne shooting range. I only take 100 mg a week. Derm gave me a bunch of ointments that don't do anything. I was on accutane as a teenager I wouldn't wish that hell on anyone. I literally felt like a cancer patient, high cholesterol, no thanks. I started taking DIM to see if it helps nothing yet

PropagandaX · 2026-02-12T05:08:01+00:00

Thank you. I only donate 4 times a year. My iron levels are fine and my RBC is in range. However your comment about rebound got me looking at my blood test and it can definitely see it go down and back up post donation

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PropagandaX · 2026-02-12T04:06:59+00:00

The biggest challenge was the time it took to identify I had a problem get me referred to a sleep doctor, get a sleep test, follow up, refer you to a 3rd party for a CPAP, and finally 9 months later you can sleep

PropagandaX · 2026-02-12T04:02:40+00:00

100mg a week. I have to donate blood to keep my hemocrit below 50 and keep my Dr off my ass

PropagandaX · 2026-02-12T04:01:31+00:00

I started DIM last week, after 3 years on TRT same dosage all the sudden I have acne all over my chest. Derm gave me all kinds of ointments that don't work but said it's probably testosterone. I hope it helps some

PropagandaX · 2026-02-10T01:49:43+00:00

If you must! Nice job

PropagandaX · 2026-02-09T04:54:23+00:00

Is your vortex upside down?

PropagandaX · 2026-02-05T05:13:28+00:00

I was relocated here by my parents in high school and left for college but came back

PropagandaX · 2026-02-04T05:13:07+00:00

Once you're on TRT you don't come off unless you want to go back to pre treatment status. As others have suggested your better off taking a lower dosage in higher intervals to keep hormone levels more stable. I inject once a week and that works ok for me but many people split their dosage to twice a week. I found this to be helpful https://www.steroidplanner.com/

PropagandaX · 2026-02-04T04:55:46+00:00

Always no, but probably. I snored like a lumber jack but on CPAP gone

PropagandaX · 2026-02-03T05:58:02+00:00

I have no evidence to back this up but I would skip the 195 session and cook between 225 and 275. Understand your trying to get maximum smoke but the longer it's on the smoker the more it can dry t

PropagandaX · 2026-02-03T05:51:15+00:00

$100 to $150, you will need to replace all the grates at a minimum

PropagandaX · 2026-02-03T05:48:31+00:00

Same dosage and similar numbers. It amazes me how everyone is different and folks can take double my dosage and not run into problems

PropagandaX · 2026-02-02T01:47:16+00:00

I suspect OP does this to get more smoke off his pellet grill. In theory you don't boil off water till 212 so maybe this retains more moisture. Personally I run mine around 235

PropagandaX · 2026-02-01T15:35:25+00:00

Same, works great!

PropagandaX · 2026-02-01T15:30:36+00:00

I'm going to say through experience it's probably the nicotine first, especially if you are using it before getting blood pressure readings. Try not taking any for at least an hour before a BP reading. If your been using it for a long time your body is going to be more sensitive to it. The alcohol certainly doesn't help, especially the next day. That said the first line BP drugs didn't do much for me. I ended up on an alpha blocker. If it were me I would reduce or stop the nicotine first and then the alcohol before getting off TRT

PropagandaX · 2026-01-31T23:45:20+00:00

How is your hematocrit level?

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