Does acne go away?

[sbx]

So I've been on T for close to 3.5 years, and pretty much the whole time I've had moderate acne. It's not super bad, but it's consistent, I'll have maybe 3 - 5 noticeable red zits on my face at once and a lot of smaller ones. I had hormonal acne before T, and I expected to have it when I started. However, I thought it would start to clear up at some point.

I just had labwork done to check my levels and am going to my doctor's later this week to discuss the results, so it could be tied to too much T in my system. I'm wondering if any of you guys who have been on T for several years have experience with acne clearing up after a while? I'm 27 and it's really annoying to have skin like someone ten years younger.

[MrJ]

I'm 30 and have been on testosterone for just over 3 years and it looks like my face is finally starting to clear up. For a while I had moderate acne (as you can kind of see in my avatar, old pic), and my endocrinologist always advised me to see a dermatologist. I never did, but washed my face with acne wash 1-2 times a day. It didn't seem to help. I was in the hospital last October and they gave me a peroxide cream to put on it, and I used it for a few weeks and it really seemed to work. Since then, my acne has been much better. I've been lazy and don't use the cream or even wash with acne wash every day and my face is much clearer and people have commented on it. I had moderate acne pre-T as well. I don't know what helped, whether it was time or what, but I feel much better about my face now.

[sbx]

Thanks for the response. My doctor also advised me to go see a dermotologist. I've only been doing injection for about three years - I was on a low dose of topical T before that - and that was when my acne issues started. So maybe there's still hope it will start to clear up.