There are pimples on both sides of my buttocks

Having pimples on the buttocks is a particularly embarrassing thing. Some people don’t quite understand that the buttocks are covered by clothes for a long time and should be protected from stimulation. In fact, pimples on the buttocks are mainly related to long-term sitting. This situation can easily cause poor blood circulation in the buttocks. Over time, it is easy to be infected by bacteria and cause inflammation. You should reduce sitting for a long time, walk more, and pay attention to cleanliness.

Why do pimples appear on the buttocks?

A bacterial infection of the hair follicles and surrounding tissues on the buttocks is also called a boil. Because the buttocks may rub against the seat frequently when sitting, if the surrounding environment is unclean and contaminates the underwear, frequent friction and contact with germy clothing may lead to infection. At first, the local skin shows small nodules that are red, swollen, hot and painful. After a few days, the swelling and pain may expand, the central tissue of the nodule will necrotize and soften, and yellow-white pus plugs will appear, which feel fluctuating when touched. Subsequently, most of the pus plugs will fall off or rupture on their own, and the inflammation will gradually subside after the pus has drained out. If the local hygiene conditions are poor, the damaged skin may be repeatedly infected and the above-mentioned lesions may repeat.

Who is prone to acne on the buttocks?

1. Driver

We know that being a driver is a job that requires long periods of sitting, sometimes even the whole day. The skin on the buttocks cannot breathe fresh air and is squeezed for a long time, which leads to poor blood circulation. Moreover, the skin on the buttocks is prone to dehydration, which causes poor skin immunity, which are the causes of buttocks acne.

2. Girls have their periods

As a girl, in addition to having to endure the stuffiness brought by thick bras every day, they also have to go through the discomfort of menstruation every month. Apart from anything else, when girls have their periods in the summer, their private parts are covered with thick sanitary products, which makes them sweat easily, resulting in a humid environment. If the sanitary products are not replaced in time, it is easy for bacteria to grow, and acne may easily appear on the buttocks or private parts. Therefore, we recommend that girls pay more attention to hygiene during menstruation, and change their diapers at least every two or three hours even if the menstrual flow is small. Large amounts of dirty blood are a breeding ground for bacteria, so for the sake of everyone's own health, you should change sanitary products frequently.

3. Getting angry

The main reason for acne on the buttocks is getting inflamed.

After staying up too late or eating a lot of spicy food, many people will experience inflammation, which manifests itself on the skin as acne. Of course, acne is not limited to the face, it may also appear on the buttocks.

Strictly speaking, what grows on the butt is not "acne" but folliculitis.

Generally speaking, as long as the skin follicles on your buttocks are infected by Staphylococcus aureus, red mung bean-sized papules will develop. After about 7 days, many small "pimples" will heal without treatment and scab over and fall off.

But during this period, if you still do not pay attention to cleaning and ventilation, the surrounding tissues will become infected and inflamed, the red papules will turn into hard nodules, and the small folliculitis will become a troublesome "boil".

Although there is no essential difference between these two diseases, if the papules turn into pus, it will be so painful that you can't even stand or sit still.

After 2-3 days, the skin in the center of these abscesses will become necrotic and soft, and a large amount of pus, pus plugs and necrotic skin tissue will flow out, "polluting" the little underwear...

However, the most troublesome thing is that these dark scars will remain on your butt forever. If the infection in the buttocks is not controlled, new "acne" will grow again and again, which will completely turn your butt into a clown face.

What to do if you have pimples on your buttocks?

First of all, you should change your clothes frequently, especially your underwear, to keep the local skin dry and clean;

Secondly, you can apply external medications such as ichthyol ointment to limit the infection and shorten the course of the disease. Since the affected area is difficult to reach, you can wait for it to break out and heal on its own. If the infection recurs, or the redness and swelling expand, indicating that the disease is progressing, you should go to the hospital as soon as possible to prevent the infection of a single hair follicle from spreading to the surrounding tissue and progressing to a carbuncle. At that time, treatment will require cross-cutting skin and subcutaneous tissue drainage, gauze packing of the abscess cavity, and multiple dressing changes, which is extremely painful.