How to treat acne

How to treat acne? As the saying goes, youth is beautiful, but no matter how beautiful you are, it is still a kind of acne. The emergence of this type of acne has a huge impact on our work and life, so many people want to treat acne. However, when people have tried many treatments, acne still remains on their faces and does not disappear. Therefore, here are some methods to treat beautiful pimples in youth.

Although many people say that acne is a symbol of youth, this is just a joke. If you really have acne on your face, you must take it seriously and learn more about how to treat acne so that you can treat it and restore your beautiful image.

How to treat acne? Treatment methods for acne:

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 medications: Retinoic acid (retinoic acid cream, adapalene gel, tazarotene gel), benzoyl peroxide, antibiotics (clindamycin, erythromycin, chloramphenicol, etc.), azelaic acid, sulfur lotion, etc.

(2) The first choice of oral antibiotics is tetracycline (minocycline, doxycycline, etc.), followed by macrolides (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.

3. Maintenance treatment of acne

Regardless of the treatment method used, maintenance treatment should be continued after the skin lesions have significantly subsided. Topical retinoic acid drugs are the first choice, and maintenance treatment should be continued for 6 to 12 months. Benzoyl peroxide can be used in combination if necessary.

The above content is a detailed introduction on how to treat acne. I hope that after reading the above content, it will be helpful to you. Moreover, we would like to remind everyone not to be too hasty in treating acne, and to always choose the correct scientific method for treatment. So as to avoid choosing a bad method, leaving traces and affecting the overall image.