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| Author | Topic: Acne and masturbation |
| Azure 09-17-2002 12:09 PM | Miss Wai: I know that this is a silly question, but can mastrubation cause acne? If acne can be linked to fluctuating hormones, then don't your testosterone levels fluctuate after you masturbate? |
| Anonymous 09-17-2002 03:30 PM | TOO ADD ANOTHER SILLY QUESTION: DOES SMOKING CIGARETTES OR SMOKING MARIJUANA CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO ACNE? |
| Azure 09-17-2002 04:19 PM | Or doing cocaine or ecstacy? |
| Wai 09-19-2002 03:07 AM | quote:This question is often asked in acne bulletin boards. so, I tried to find scientific data about having sex / masturbated and hormone levels, but coudn't find any. I don't think sex influences hormone levels. It does come with increased levels of specific neurotransmitters, since these have more 'short-term' influences; they are strongly involved in behavior, feelings and sexual activity, and they can easily fluctuate per minute / hour. The influence of the sex-hormones, on the other hand, is more 'long-term' and doesn't fluctuate within the day. The name "sex-hormones" is confusing in the sense that their levels don't correlate with the sex you are having, but with the sex that you are (man/female). Adrenaline / epinephrine is also called a hormone, but it functions more as a neurotransmitter; it is not like the sex-hormones in that sense. quote:no, I cannot see how. (and have never experienced such a correlation myself, neither with having sex / masturbation) quote:No, I cannot see how. But, taking ecstacy can lead to dehydration, and you thus may not be able to decompose / deport redundant protein during that time. Drinking a lot of water would help in that regard. |