Adult Acne

This usually begins at puberty, as an increase in androgens (male hormones) cause the sebaceous glands to increase the size and activity. Inflammatory acne lesions include papules, pustules, and nodules or cysts and are located mainly on the face, the chest and back. non-inflammatory lesions including open or closed comedones (whiteheads or black).
Retention of sebaceous secretions and dilation of the follicle can be created to form a cyst that usually produces an abscess. This abscess healed scar in severe cases. Acne usually subsides spontaneously, but can not predict when.
Treatment depends on the severity of injury:
Acne superficial: While washing the wound several times a day has no effect, improving oily facial appearance. You can use a good soap, do not take advantage of using antibacterial soap.
In the treatment of superficial acne breakouts are most useful topical clindamycin or erythromycin alone or associated with drugs listed below.
• The topical tretinoin (retinoic acid). These retinoids can be applied with caution and at night (every other day if there is excessive irritation), once in the entire affected area. This is necessary to avoid the application on the eyes, nasolabial folds and mouth corners. Liquid form tretinoin should be applied with cotton with cotton tip. Avoid the use of drugs and exposure to sunlight to avoid irritation. You can aggravate acne in the beginning of the implementation and improvement is not usually seen until 3 or 4 weeks.
• other topical agent is benzoyl peroxide, and resorcinol-various sulfur compounds, which are usually used twice a day or compounds at night and the other in the morning.
• Oral antibiotics may be useful in shallow acne breakouts.
Deep acne: You need aggressive treatment to reduce scarring. Topical treatment of severe deep lesions is the use of small, broad-spectrum oral antibiotics are usually effective because they reduce the bacterial organisms.
Dermabrasion for acne scars, small can be useful, although it raised a controversy of its permanent effects. Your dermatologist is the specialist can give the best advice for you.