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Suggest Treatment For Acne On The Face
Question: hi .. my wife age 32 has pimple in upper face and near lips.. her skin has also become very dry. earlier it has never happened
Can you suggest why it happened and what could be treatment.
Can you suggest why it happened and what could be treatment.
Brief Answer:
Benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query and photograph.
She has developed acne.
It's a bacterial infection.
She can apply benzoyl peroxide cream 2.5 % in night and clindamycin 1 % cream in day for 15 days.
This combination works well.
Ask her to take steam on face daily in night for 15 days.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you.
Benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query and photograph.
She has developed acne.
It's a bacterial infection.
She can apply benzoyl peroxide cream 2.5 % in night and clindamycin 1 % cream in day for 15 days.
This combination works well.
Ask her to take steam on face daily in night for 15 days.
Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you.
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