Cycles that age your skin

[billions.must.lift]

What kind of dosages and durations can one expect nasty skin-related effects from? I don't mean acne, I mean getting that older look. It's easy to think of famous big dudes that look older than they are because of whatever they're blasting.

As I up my test dosage (500mg test E/week -> 750mg test E/week) for the last 6 weeks of my cycle and add some DHB it's got me thinking about that. I really don't want to age my skin and I doubt I'm gonna end up looking like the MPMD guy facially just from that 6 weeks, but what would cause that? Months of 1g+ test?

 

[Brock456]

All of them lol

Like @luki7788 said in the other thread, make a choice - be big or be beautiful.

Can’t have both

 

[Reno911]

Usually when guys under 37-39 go over 769mg total AAS load per week they start getting that older look if they run that past 52 days. The DHB is also going to pull the collagen from under your skin so I would cut the total weekly load in half to no higher than 384.5mg/week.

 

[Heath82]

Tazarotene is the best thing for skin care if you are concerned

 

[Love_to_Bodybuild]

Does dht in general do that?

 

[Dezzy]

 

[Elvia1023]

If you run avar at 500mg+ per day you will actually start to look younger.

 

[Liter O' Test]

Avoid the sun, don't run tren, don't use HGH over replacement dose, take dutasteride.
melanotan in addition to sunscreen would probably help mitigate sun damage as well.
sunscreen is more important than avoiding any compound

 

[Knight9]

Tazarotene is the best thing for skin care if you are concerned

Interesting. Never heard of this...care to share a more detailed opinion?

 

[Knight9]

Avoid the sun, don't run tren, don't use HGH over replacement dose, take dutasteride.
melanotan in addition to sunscreen would probably help mitigate sun damage as well.
sunscreen is more important than avoiding any compound

Sunscreen and its chemicals are not good for you.

 

[Stewie]

Smashing your E2 in the dirt can negativity effect your skins appearance.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/derm.23872#d1e118

 

[Stewie]

Interesting. Never heard of this...care to share a more detailed opinion?

My wife and I have used it for several years now. A small amount goes along way. It'll peel your face up, you'll definitely need to exfoliate. We'll use it alongside with Retin-A.

You can get both from ADC.

 

[Stewie]

Smashing your E2 in the dirt can negatively effect your skins appearance.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.4161/derm.23872#d1e118

Late edit.

 

[Heath82]

Interesting. Never heard of this...care to share a more detailed opinion?

I only know what I’ve read from @Black Beard maybe he can chime in or you can search his post

 

[Stewie]

Proper grammar most certainly wasn't well suited for me this morning

Dumbass, it's negatively affect.

 

[Flex500]

Not to throw another variable...but notice a lot of guys on the very high carb, low fat diets seem to have that aged look more as well...much more. This is true in non-steroid using individuals as well.

I am absolutely convinced high androgen use + high carb/low fat diet is the biggest culprit of all.

 

[finephysique]

Nothing ages your skin quite like getting older does.

 

[Flocci]

Not to throw another variable...but notice a lot of guys on the very high carb, low fat diets seem to have that aged look more as well...much more. This is true in non-steroid using individuals as well.

I am absolutely convinced high androgen use + high carb/low fat diet is the biggest culprit of all.

doesnt high carbs and running on glycogen increase reactive oxygen species too? so does AAS use/abuse so i guess it all makes it worse, but perhaps the low fat/high carb is the main contributor. Im just brainfarting here.

 

[plane]

^ It’s called AGE, you store them.

 

[Parabolic33]

All of them lol

Like @luki7788 said in the other thread, make a choice - be big or be beautiful.

Can’t have both

Agree. But I’ve gotten better looking since going on, at least temporarily but I think it’s because I looked a little under cooked before. When I was 28 I still looked like I color have been 17 years old androgenic looking wise.

Who’s to say if it will last though. Lol