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How To Treat Severe Acne Breakouts?
I never usually have bad acne but over this weekend i got alot of breakouts (face) and alot of it is under the skin like i have one huge whitehead but that is healing i have two other pimples that hurt but it's not showing on the skin it's more like red on the surface, i feel like the pimple is under it. I use an apricot scrub and clearasil ultra acne marks wash and mask cleanser. It doesnt go away how do i improve it?
Mon, 5 May 2014
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Acne is a common, chronic and recurrent condition. Therapy includes both oral as well as topical treatment. However, once your acne is brought under good control with oral and topical antiacne medicines, you should still continue to use a cream/gel e.g topical retinoid for maintenance of improvement. Topical retinoids are ideal for maintenance of improvement because they are comedolytic as well as antiinflammatory, thereby preventing the formation of new acne.
Specific Anti-acne treatment:
-Oral Antibiotics: For inflammatory acne(papules and pustules) i advice my patients to start with one of the oral antibiotics leither Azithromycin/ Doxycycline OR Minocycline.
-Topical treatment: Is a valuable adjunct to any form of acne treatment. Mainly two classes of drugs are used topically
Topical Antibacterials: Either clindamycin 1%/ benzoyl peroxide 2.5% OR Nadifloxacin during the day time.
Topical Retinoids: Either Adapalene 0.1%/ Tretinoin 0.025% OR Azaleic acid (10%/20%) at bed time.
I would suggest that you see a dermatologist for a prescription of antiacne medication, because severe acne if left untreated, can leave behind post-acne scars/hyperpigmentation.
regards
Acne is a common, chronic and recurrent condition. Therapy includes both oral as well as topical treatment. However, once your acne is brought under good control with oral and topical antiacne medicines, you should still continue to use a cream/gel e.g topical retinoid for maintenance of improvement. Topical retinoids are ideal for maintenance of improvement because they are comedolytic as well as antiinflammatory, thereby preventing the formation of new acne.
Specific Anti-acne treatment:
-Oral Antibiotics: For inflammatory acne(papules and pustules) i advice my patients to start with one of the oral antibiotics leither Azithromycin/ Doxycycline OR Minocycline.
-Topical treatment: Is a valuable adjunct to any form of acne treatment. Mainly two classes of drugs are used topically
Topical Antibacterials: Either clindamycin 1%/ benzoyl peroxide 2.5% OR Nadifloxacin during the day time.
Topical Retinoids: Either Adapalene 0.1%/ Tretinoin 0.025% OR Azaleic acid (10%/20%) at bed time.
I would suggest that you see a dermatologist for a prescription of antiacne medication, because severe acne if left untreated, can leave behind post-acne scars/hyperpigmentation.
regards
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