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Acne skin disease that should be treated with a dermatologist

Acne skin disease that should be treated with a dermatologist

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Edited by: TOP DOCTORS® at 16/03/2019

Acne is a disease that usually arises at the time of adolescence until age 20. There are several types, some more aggressive than others. Treatment focuses on desinflamar injuries leaves and avoid leaving marks or scars on the patient.

acne Dr. Oliverio Welsh Lozano Acne is a skin disease that must be treated by a dermatologist. This inflammation of the hair follicle and hair has many causes. essentially it appears for the effect of hormones, both male and female, young and comes in at the time of adolescence until age 20. However, there are some patients who may have acne beyond those limits. Among the causes family history, use of cosmetics or hormone-like substances, take some type of vitamins, stress and tension as well as some types of foods are.

Different types of acne

From the clinical point of view there are different types:

1. comedogenic Acne: People call muds. These can be black or white.2. Papular and papulopustular: pimples are small reddish prominences and sometimes with a little white spot called pustule.3. In cystic type: They are large, deep abscesses.4. Conglobata: Numerous nodules. It is a form of very severe acne that requires very special handling. 

Removing Acne

The most important factor in treatment is to try to quickly deflate injuries and prevent spotting a patient suffering from the problem. The presence or absence of scarring will depend on factors genetic, how acne was handled, which indications are supplied to you and the information given to the patient about this possibility so that it can avoid. Treatments are based lotions, which contain keratolytic substances and different types of acids; plus topical antibiotics and anti-inflammatory substances.

There are physical and chemical procedures. One of them is the freezing of some injuries and peelings, soaps (essential to keep the face free of fat and tamponade).

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