Thread: Is Tribulus proven to cause acne breakouts? Considering taking again help pls.

Hey guys,

been trawling through your site here, got some great info, so thought id join up and ask
the questions to the guys that have the experience to answer them. Theres so many
different opinions when researching online to try and find what is actual truth and not biased
marketing for these products.

Im considering implementing trib back into my supp diet, i picked up 3x bottle not long ago and
have been unsure if I want to put myself through it again.
Ive read read and read around, ive heard alot of opinions that tribulus will cause acne breakouts
mostly on the back. I cycled them for around 3 months around 2yr ago and I never even thought of
it at the time but since Ive realised that it may have all began around the time of cycle. It may just be coiincidence,
but I had alot of back acne and went up onto the back of the neck, it was mostly larger cyst types that couldnt me popped.
I hated it and really annoyed and hurt at the same time, But is this something normal when it comes to trib is this the tribs fault
based on my own genes? I had average face acne as a kid and went on roaccutane 10+ years ago and it fixed it up, so is it possible that it was more just me growing up and at a final phase of teen test problems. I was around 25 when I took them.
My back cleared completely around 8-10 months ago, I havent had a single one since, but at that time I had been put on steroid
injections around a yr ago for a month or so by a dr for something health related, and thought that may have cleared it up, another coiincidence again but
im really unsure about which way to go.

I noticed a real good gain from trib I was lifting quite a bit more once it was in my system, and was a big help building, but if this is going to cause me
these probs again im going to steer clear from it.
sorry for the long story but any info would help me tremendously with my choice.
Cheers.

Trib isnt all its cracked up to be. It effects people differently and alot of people dont notice any increase in test levels.

I really dont think the tribuilus cased your acne. Your test level would have to shoot up 4/5 times the norm for this to be a side effect which trib def doesnt do.

What steroid injections were you on?

I couldnt tell you exactly what was the name of steroid injections, it was steroidal injections i had them around 3 times total 2 weeks apart. They were injected direct into scar tissue I had on my chest to reduce large scarring,
it was done at a plastic surgeon but this was after, this didnt increase the acne, I just thought being steroidal, it may have helped to get rid of the last remnants of the acne as when I was having it, the last of the acne seemed to go completely, unure if its coiincidence, but hasnt returned since.
But at the time when I was taking trib I do remember the usual comments from mates, about being on the gear, but i was not at all. whether it was down to training/eating better etc, but I did get a fair bit larger and could lift more than previously and the only thing i really noticed that i took difference was trib. Couple of mates pinged me due to my back acne = gear.
only others taken at time were a multi, creatine, glute, protein. i think spirulina at the time also, so as i was thinking trib is a test booster the acne had to be the tribs fault, or like i said was it leftovers and the last of teen years?
id love to give it a go, but not if this will happen again its not worth it. cheers benny.

Post your question in the body doc section. He'd know more than I would.

I cant be sure. I would think the acne you got is unrelated to trib. Maybe sweaty gym gear???

yeah mate no probs, never even considered my gym gear, but it does definately get sweated out after training.
wheres the body doc section btw?

Test can cause acne.

The question is, does trib cause high test?

Originally Posted by robbo

yeah mate no probs, never even considered my gym gear, but it does definately get sweated out after training.
wheres the body doc section btw?

Medical Matters

The problem with trib is that it has never really been proven to do much of anything really...
Even if it were to raise your test level, it would be highly unlikely that it would raise them enough to make a significant enough impact on the level of oil in your skin which would cause the acne...
My experience with trib is that it gave me a slight (but noticable) raise in libido, but not much else... Bloods done to prove my point too...

Something else we are all missing too, the idea that trib may well increase acne through another mechanism that isn't related to testosterone.

This is much more likely, as I have known many people to use trib and complain of increased acne. Some of which had used A?S before, funnily enough the acne was worsened more by trib than A?S use! This in itself is a real eye opener. That's one of the biggest problem with supplement use, people use secondary symptomatic evidence to determine whether a product is working, which in the case of side effects is just way off.

It's a bit like someone taking oral A/S and complaining of stomach cramps, down the track they get the same cramps from taking too much aspirin and then assume aspirin had an anabolic effect.

So, what you're saying is that trib does nothing to increase testosterone - interesting. My money would be on ANYTHING other than trib causing anything - OP was it pure trib you were taking at the time, or is it a magic concoction spruiked by the supplement companies as "Super-Trib"?

reposted this in the med section but, im pretty sure it was deleted, anyway,
the brand at the time was optimum trib 625mg caps 40% saponins.
so if anyone has an idea, what caused this if it wasnt the trib? It seemed like i was getting the side effects of another "supp" including, anger, acne, later even a depression stint, i dont see how trib couldve caused all of this,
but anyone shed some light or reasoning behind it. My main worry is the acne, and if you guys agree on this causing it, ill be sticking clear of using it again.
At the same time from memory other supps used was, L gutamine, creatine mono, multi, trib, WPI, WPC possibly spirulina also + decent diet. train 5days on 2 off.

Originally Posted by robbo

reposted this in the med section but, im pretty sure it was deleted, anyway,

No needfor 2 threads that will be exactly the same... If you'd like this one moved let me know...

no probs mate, heres fine.