How long does inflammatory acne heal?

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Acne is a chronic inflammatory skin disease with hair follicle and sebaceous gland as the unit. It mainly occurs in puberty, and it is common in men, but it can naturally subside and recover after puberty. The main reason is that the level of androgen, especially testosterone, rises rapidly after puberty, which promotes the development of sebaceous glands and produces a lot of sebum. The clinical manifestations were multiple facial acne, papules, pustules, nodules and other multiple forms of skin damage. Next, I will introduce the main treatment of acne.

How long does inflammatory acne heal?

First: in peacetime must pay attention to nursing. Every morning and evening can use warm water to clean the skin, must not use the hand direct extrusion, otherwise easy to cause infection and scar hyperplasia. Diet must be kept light, do not eat food with stimulating or high fat content.

Second: local treatment: infection control, topical use of retinoic acid ointment in the affected area, can also be oral vitamin drugs; For large or severe acne, low-dose oral isotretinoin can be considered; For female patients with moderate or severe acne, oral contraceptives can be considered to antagonize androgen.

Third: no matter what kind of treatment is used, we should continue to maintain the treatment and maintain the original living habits after the skin damage has been significantly improved. Maintenance treatment of drugs for topical use of retinoic acid drugs, generally need to adhere to more than half a year, otherwise it is easy to cause repeated disease.

matters needing attention

Acne patients must pay attention to regular life, especially oily skin. Otherwise, there will be many pink pimples or pustules, which will seriously affect personal beauty and temperament.