Cystic Acne Treatment - Are There Easy & Effective Solutions?
October 24, 2009 by Peter Skonctue
Filed under Health
You’ve probably heard of acne, but have you ever heard of cystic acne? This is what we know as an advanced acne, and it is a bit more severe. It consists of boils on the face, and if it’s not taken care of right away, it could cause even more problems. Some of those problems involving scarring on the face.
Researchers are still looking into the causes of cystic acne, even though many scientific tests show them to be due to an upsurge of hormones produced by the body. The oil glands in the skin become overactive due to an influx of these hormones causing them to produce e more oil and sebum than normal.
What happens next is a swelling of those oil glands, and rather than secreting oil, they start to harden.
These oil glands are then inflamed, and they are in fact infected. At this point they are red ad extremely painful. This is what we call cystic acne, and they appear as red lesions.
It’s somewhat hard to actually treat cystic acne, though a dermatologist might be able to help you. He or she will tell you to use pharmaceutical drugs such as Isotretinoin, or even antibiotics that will fight your infection.
It may be very tempting to squeeze the cystic acne, to get rid of all the extra infectious matter present in it, as well as get some relief from the pain and pressure. However, this is the most futile thing you can do. Not only are you going to be left with a scar, but you will have this acne condition flaring up into an even more severe form. Squeezed cysts are more painful and they take longer to heal.
There is treatment, and it will involve you staying away from moisturizers and makeup for some time. For example, if you were to used chemical based makeup during the infection, it will cause more harm that good. You can however exfoliate the skin, which will remove those dead cells. Be careful with infected areas however. Use antiseptic soap and warm water.
Make sure that you avoid going into the sun during this time. Cystic acne is prone to burn under the hot sun. You definitely don’t want to have a sunburn to compliment your cystic acne! If you do need to go into the sun, then make sure that you cover your infected areas with cucumber juice to keep them moisturized.
Natural treatment will likely be your best route. Wash your infected areas with the following mixture of ingredients: one teaspoon of buttermilk, turmeric in two parts white gram flour, and honey.
This is a great way of ridding yourself of the cysts. In addition that it is the best exfoliating agent that you can use, at least among the natural ones.
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