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Suggest Treatment For Inflammatory Acne
Question: Hello, i have these pimples since more than two weeks ago , what are they and what is the treatment?
Brief Answer:
Oral antibacterials; Topical antiacne preparations; Salicylic acid peel
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us
I have gone through your query and I have also reviewed the Image.
You seem to have inflammatory acne i.e acne that is red, papules, pustular and nodular.
I can also see that you have a non-inflammatory acne lesions i.e white heads/ closed comedones and your face skin seems oily.
Treatment of inflammatory acne is with Oral antibiotics as well as Topical antiacne antibacterials.
Any of the Oral antiacne antibiotics can be started e.g Doxycycline Or Minocycline Or Azithromycin Or Lymecycline.
Topically I would suggest benzoyl peroxide gel, as a spot treatment for inflammatory acne during day time.
At night you may use a clindamycin+adapalene combination gel, to be applied over the whole of acne prone area, not just on acne
The aim of antiacne treatment is to resolve existing acne as well as prevent develoment of new acne.
While topical benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin are mainly for inflammatory acne i.e red, pustular and painful acne, topical adapalene is effective for all grades of acne i.e inflammatory as well as non-inflammatory i.e comedones.
Adapalene fulfils this role quite well on account of its comedolytic properties thereby preventing new acne as well as helping resolve existing acne.
You may also opt for a few sessions of salicylic acid chemical peel from your treating dermatologist.
This peel is quite useful for both acne as well as oily skin.
I suggest that you visit a dermatologist in your vicinity for the needful.
Regards
Oral antibacterials; Topical antiacne preparations; Salicylic acid peel
Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us
I have gone through your query and I have also reviewed the Image.
You seem to have inflammatory acne i.e acne that is red, papules, pustular and nodular.
I can also see that you have a non-inflammatory acne lesions i.e white heads/ closed comedones and your face skin seems oily.
Treatment of inflammatory acne is with Oral antibiotics as well as Topical antiacne antibacterials.
Any of the Oral antiacne antibiotics can be started e.g Doxycycline Or Minocycline Or Azithromycin Or Lymecycline.
Topically I would suggest benzoyl peroxide gel, as a spot treatment for inflammatory acne during day time.
At night you may use a clindamycin+adapalene combination gel, to be applied over the whole of acne prone area, not just on acne
The aim of antiacne treatment is to resolve existing acne as well as prevent develoment of new acne.
While topical benzoyl peroxide and clindamycin are mainly for inflammatory acne i.e red, pustular and painful acne, topical adapalene is effective for all grades of acne i.e inflammatory as well as non-inflammatory i.e comedones.
Adapalene fulfils this role quite well on account of its comedolytic properties thereby preventing new acne as well as helping resolve existing acne.
You may also opt for a few sessions of salicylic acid chemical peel from your treating dermatologist.
This peel is quite useful for both acne as well as oily skin.
I suggest that you visit a dermatologist in your vicinity for the needful.
Regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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