Brief Answer:
Acne or pimples on back

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum. I can understand your concern for red bumps all over back.

After getting your history and analyzing the picture at its best I can make out that you have the probelm of "Acne vulgaris" or simply saying pimples.

You must be surprised to know that how pimples came on back. So before I proceed to your issue let me explain you elaborately regarding pimples- Acne or pimples generally appears at the age of 12-13 years or even bit earlier also.

These erupts basically due to hormones (chemicals which are influencing one or other body functions including growth, puberty and development of body in adults) in addition to the influence of certain other factors causing its aggravation.

The hormone testosterone and its bye-products plays the most important role in high oil secretion and increase the size of oil glands especially in males. As the pores or ducts of the glands are blocked so it leads to formation of pimples.

These oil glands are basically distributed over face, back, shoulders and chest. So by the blockage of pores at any of these places it can form pimples.

There are certain other factors such as application of oily or creamy products, over exposure to sunlight, heat and humidity or due to pinching, popping and squeezing of the pimples also leads to formation of pimples.

Once these are healing they leave the most problematic thing which are either marks or scars. Therefore any of the above factors along with hormones can cause appearance of pimples at the age of 14 years.

So probably you got some idea regarding your acne on back.

There are certain suggestions which you can follow:

1. Do not pinch, pop or squeeze any area on face.

2. Do not apply any creamy or oily stuff or any oil massage.

3. Try to avoid any home remedies suggested by your friends or family members or otherwise self implicated therapies also.

4. Try avoiding situations of direct continuous exposure to sunlight or heat and humidity for long hours. Make your room properly ventilated it will improve the status of pimples.

5. Kindly do not use any antibiotic as self medication.

6. Do not apply any hair oil on scalp or apply in very less amount. Wash your scalp daily with some good shampoo and let there be no dandruff in your scalp ( because dandruff itself causes blockage of pores of oil glands and then pimples).

Soaps alone will not help you out in treating acne and you require certain medications. If I were your treating doctor then would have prescribed you a gel containing Clindamycin with Adapalene in it. This should be applied at night time in thinnest possible amount over pimples only. For initial few days apply for 1 hour and then wash it off.

If these are not getting better in next few weeks then you may require oral medications which you can take under dermatological supervision.

I hope that the information will help you. If you have any further query I will be happy to help.

"With healthy skin wishes"
Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
MD (Dermatology)

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Brief Answer:
You can apply topical medication

Detailed Answer:
Hello young fellow,

Thanks for your follow up and further query. These pimples will stay for a long and as you are quite young so it is better that you should be in good follow up with a proper dermatologist. Your dermatologist can suggest you various other regimens for earliest relief. Till that time if you can get the topical medication as over the counter medications, then can apply the same.

Apply the medication in least possible amount so that it should not irritate your skin. rest of the suggestions are as before for the earliest improvement.

I hope these information will help you. I will be glad to answer any further of your queries or if not then can close the discussion and rate the answer.

For any future queries you can ask me directly at:

bit.ly/drsanjaykanodia

Wish you good health.

Regards,
Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia
(MD- Dermatology)

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