How to get rid of chest acne

Acne usually appears on people's faces, but for people with severe acne, acne is everywhere. It not only appears on people's faces, but also on people's chests and backs. Especially if acne appears on the chest, it will be difficult to control the acne because it is not cleaned in time. In response to this situation, this article will introduce in detail how to eliminate chest acne. I hope it will be helpful to you.

1. Daily care

Wash your face with warm water once or twice a day to clean your skin, and avoid squeezing or scratching skin lesions with your hands. Avoid using oily and powdery cosmetics and ointments and creams containing glucocorticoids.

2. Common methods of acne treatment

1 Topical drugs: Retinoic acid cream, adapalene gel, tazarotene gel, benzoyl peroxide, antibiotics such as clindamycin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, azelaic acid, sulfur lotion, etc.

2 The first choice of oral antibiotics are tetracyclines such as minocycline and doxycycline, followed by macrolides such as erythromycin. Avoid antibiotics commonly used to treat systemic infections such as levofloxacin. The course of antibiotics is usually 6 to 12 weeks.

3 Oral isotretinoin For severe acne, oral isotretinoin is the standard treatment and currently the most effective method for treating acne. The treatment course aims to achieve a minimum cumulative dose of 60 mg/kg.

4 Anti-androgen treatment, such as the oral contraceptive cyproterone acetate tablets with the trade name Diane-35, is suitable for female patients with moderate to severe acne, accompanied by symptoms of excessive androgen levels such as hirsutism, seborrhea, or polycystic ovary syndrome. Female patients with delayed-onset acne and acne that significantly worsens before menstruation may also consider using oral contraceptives.

5 Oral glucocorticoids are mainly used for explosive or aggregated acne, following the principles of short-term, low-dose, and combined with other methods.

This article will stop here to introduce how to eliminate chest acne. In addition to the above-mentioned acne removal methods, patients and friends are also required to pay attention to their own hygiene habits. The chest cannot be washed at any time like the face. Even so, if there are acne on the chest, you should also pay attention to daily washing to avoid acne infection and redness.