Very first side effect of T: Zits! I have 5.
Normally I have maybe 1-2 per month total. This morning I woke up with 5 after 4 doses of T.
I'm officially a newbie teenaged male, LOL.
Jay
LOL... yeh something I would not be looking forward to. I still break out with them in places even though am 22 years old
Quote from: Aiden on July 28, 2008, 04:36:10 PM
am 22 years old
LOL, I'm 47 and am starting to rival my 13-yr-old daughter! I'm gonna have to borrow her zit cream at this rate!!
Jay
Yeh but your taking T! LOL i'm not. Then again could be some of my bad habits I have that might be why I break out lol.
Welcome to Testosterone, Jay. :D
I've never seen anyone so excited about getting acne. Haha. Congratulations--I think.
LOL... yeh congrates :) But yeh just try not to do what I do and pick at them to much lol. Think some of the places on my skin are from having picked at them when had them. (I still don;t listen to my own advice though lol)
I've never gotten them before-- One side effect I'm not looking forward to!
You might be lucky, Havok. I had almost none during my first puberty and only a few, which I was able to keep under control with phisohex, during the second.
But go ahead and enjoy those zits, Jay ;)
Dennis
Lol, welcome to your second puberty!
I'm actually worried about when I go on T because I'm still fighting acne.
2 months on T here, and I have less zits than before! ??? That's not a complaint... I'm just saying... weird.
yeah this is the one thing i could do without... but you can't pick and choose. and they freaking hurt too.
congrats dude!
Yeah, I can deal with zits. It means the good stuff is coming. :)
Jay
Just watch out for them when you shave!
I have them a lot compared to my zit free 1st puberty!
Zits are also a side effect of shaving. You'll break out a lot, sir. :(
Also remember you're going through little boy puberty right now! And it's going to be like 10 times as fast as it normally would be. :P
I'm going to break out like nobody's business. I already break out a lot from stress.
Hmm maybe it's stress reason I break out LOL
I was wondering about beards. Do you have to use shaving cream? Even when I used to shave my legs I never used shaving cream, prefered liquid body soap while was in shower. But of course a beard is different. Not sure what would work. Don't really like shaving cream but could use it if had to
Beards are tougher hair. Ever try letting your armpit hair grow out and then shave it without shaving cream? I did once, and it was a nightmare. I'd imagine that shaving a beard off would be equally as difficult without some sort of cream.
Plus your face is more sensitive than your legs. Shaving cream is a definite must, and at first you might need an aftershave lotion to cool off.
Dennis
If you're trying to control your pimples... try benzoyl peroxide – OXY makes a face wash that is AWESOME!! I wish my dr would have told me about it when I first started instead of 2 years later. My acne was horrible but it looks a million times better now. A word of caution though – it has a beaching side effect so make sure you wash ALL of it off when you use it. I ruined a few shirts before I figured out where it was coming from.
you'll get 'em on ur back to :laugh: :laugh:
I was told this however I in the last what 3 maybe 4 months I have only had one spot on my back..
Yes, you need something to soften the beard area. You can use pure oil, shaving gel from a can (poor choice), Proraso products are ok, the english creames and soaps are better and other creames or soaps depending on brand. The goop in a can doesn't work well. I am not a great fan of the "method" and is just a way to make money.
I have a hot shower and put conditioner on my beard for the last part of my shower. Then I rinse off and leave the water on my face. I add a few drops of olive or jojoba oil and massage it into my face. Then I lather up my brush and face and shave with the grain for two passes, sometimes three depending on how smooth I want. Then you do a cross the grain shave to bring it baby smooth and touch up a few tough spots certain strokes. When you are learning it is best to just start with the grain passes and stop until your face is used to shaving properly.
In terms of blade, razor and brush choice the worse thing is twin blade; almost all aren't holding the blades at the right angle and rip the hair out instead of shaving it. The cheap single blade bics, expensive multiblade cartridges, disposable blade double edge or straight razor or bite the bullet and buy a reusable shaving wedge or straight razor. Brushes go from synthetic, boar, and types of badger. A cheap badger will do you well and the synthetics are a bit more expensive to get a decent one. Most of my boars brushes are dead except one and I like it a lot as a travel brush.
Blades choice is wide and depends on the person. I can use most but the feathers I just have to dull a bit or I look like I had a fight with a cat. I don't like Gillette blades because they don't hold an edge well.
You need a brush (10$+ 5+ years), second hand razor (free-40 and one time), soap (2-10$ and last 3-months to a year), oil (pantry) and 1-2 blades a week (20-
Ok well, right now, not even fully into RLE, but was just curious, and information may be useful later.
Oh and done the underarm thing fine with just liquid soap in a shower. Takes a few runs over it but doen't do to bad. Just complete dry shaving a bad idea lol...
I currently just shave in the shower. Peach fuzz and 5 or 6 hairs makes it fairly easy.
My brother uses an electric razor after showering.
Jay