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Is it true that masturbation causes acne?
Aug 23, 2014

Dr. Rania Mousa General Medicine
There are no published studies attempting to link masturbation or sex with acne.
BUT.....

We do know that hormones and acne are linked, particularly when it comes to increased levels of androgens (male hormones) such as testosterone.

Over-masturbation or excessive sex causes excessive stress (dopamine-adrenalin convesion) and excessive DHT (testosterone-DHT conversion) that trigger ACNE outbreaking.
Excessive sex causes an excessive testosterone-DHT conversion.
The hormone DHT level is one of the main factors causing ACNE outbreaking.
The liver enzyme 5-alpha reductase is responsible for converting testosterone into DHT.
Your sexual activity and the testosterone-DHT conversion are correlated and stimulated each other, until you reach a point of temporary sexual exhaustion. At the point of temporary sexual exhaustion, your ACNE outbreaking reaches its peak while sexual energy suddenly drops to a trough..

So there might be a link ,it is not only counts for over masturbation but for over sexual exhaustion and in patients who have an acne background ,i mean this might exacerbate and acne production in known acne people and not in all people it is dependent .
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Dr. Salim Saab Otolaryngology (ENT)
there is correlation between testosteronneand acnethe maximum acne happens with too much masturbation and too much sex
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