Acne is a fairly serious problem that can occur in people of different age groups. Inflamed neoplasms on the face and body appear due to various unfavorable factors and pathologies, which are important to diagnose in a timely manner.
Moreover, acne not only causes physical discomfort, but also psychological discomfort. Skin rashes lower people's self-esteem, making them withdrawn and unsociable. This is why skin pathology requires an immediate solution.
Kinds
It’s funny, but there are no fewer methods for getting rid of acne than there are varieties of known inflamed tumors.
First of all, acne is divided into:
- non-inflamed;
- inflamed.
The first category includes acne, millet and atheroma. These formations arise due to blockage of the sebaceous ducts, in which sebum accumulates over time.
Inflamed pimples are very painful on palpation and have a red, burgundy or pink tint. Under no circumstances should inflamed subcutaneous formations be squeezed out, as they can rupture inward rather than outward, which will entail serious consequences. If a yellowish or whitish spot is observed at the top of the inflammation, such a pimple can be considered mature.
How to deal with acne at home
Acne, small and large subcutaneous pimples, blackheads on the nose, cheeks and chin spoil even a very attractive appearance. In particularly severe cases, acne even appears on the chest and upper back. The inflamed areas itch, bleed, hurt, and the number of acne increases, significantly worsening the patient's condition. The cause of inflammation can be poor diet, neglect of hygiene rules, use of inappropriate cosmetics, treatment with potent drugs containing hormones or antibiotics.
Often painful red bumps, called boils or boils, form on the body and face. Inflammation occurs in the area of the hair follicles, and a cavity filled with pus is formed. The infection spreads quickly. Behind a single boil, other inflammations appear; in severe cases, surgical intervention may be required.
Methods to combat acne are very diverse. They include thorough cleansing, healing washes with herbs, masks, and wraps. In addition to external agents, you should also use preparations for internal use. Herbal decoctions that remove toxins, improve the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, and gently cleanse the intestines are excellent for acne and acne. All products are used in combination, supplemented with a balanced diet. Treatment of acne with folk remedies can be combined with taking industrial medications prescribed by a dermatologist.
Reasons for appearance
Today, there are many reasons why acne vulgaris may appear on the skin:
- Failure to maintain proper nutrition. As a rule, abuse of processed foods, fast foods, fried, fatty, sweet, spicy and smoked foods can lead to acne on the face and body.
- Improper skin care. If you choose incorrectly cosmetic products that do not match your skin type, this can lead to the appearance of a vulgar rash on the face.
- Hormonal imbalances. Typically, this phenomenon is most common in adolescents, pregnant and breastfeeding women. Also, hormonal imbalance can occur due to taking potent hormone-containing drugs.
- Infectious diseases can also cause rashes.
- Allergic reactions, which can be household or food.
- Smoking and alcohol abuse.
- Improper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and internal organs.
Acne can also occur against the background of more banal factors - for example, stressful situations, nervous disorders, emotional fatigue, poor hygiene, and so on.
What should you not eat if you have acne?
Products that cause acne or provoke its appearance:
- foods rich in simple carbohydrates - you cannot eat white bread and buns, pastries, pasta;
Photo 41 – Limit your baking
- sweets and confectionery;
Photo 42 – Eat less sweets
- instant and semi-finished products;
Photo 43 - Don't eat fast food and processed foods
- spices, hot pepper;
Photo 44 – Limit spices and hot peppers
- smoked and fried foods;
Photo 45 – Don’t eat smoked meats
- alcohol, soda, strong tea and coffee.
Photo 46 - Don't drink unhealthy drinks
Knowing which foods to exclude from your diet, you can create your daily menu yourself.
Photo 47 - Make your own menu
Treatment
Due to the fact that acne can occur due to a wide variety of factors, you should consult a doctor before starting treatment for this pathology. An experienced specialist will conduct a series of clinical studies that will help establish the very essence of the problem.
In most cases, the doctor prescribes complex treatment using internal and external medications. There are also a huge number of folk recipes that will help get rid of inflamed skin rashes.
However, it is worth remembering that treatment using folk remedies must be carried out in parallel with drug treatment, this is the only way to quickly and effectively get rid of acne.
Nutrition
Proper nutrition is the most important rule in the fight against acne. Not only the condition of the skin, but also the health of the entire body depends on the daily diet. If the daily diet consists mainly of fried, fatty, spicy, smoked and flour dishes, then skin problems are inevitable.
First of all, you should review your diet, remove junk food from your daily diet and give preference to healthy foods:
- vegetable soups;
- fermented milk products;
- fresh fruit;
- vegetable salads;
- steamed food;
- fish, white meat;
- porridge and so on.
By following such a diet, you will not only be able to eliminate acne, but also strengthen your immune system.
Proper care
Regular and proper skin care will not only help get rid of acne, but also prevent its occurrence.
Proper care is as follows:
- use of antibacterial tonics and lotions;
- compliance with the rules and norms of basic hygiene;
- rejection of bad habits;
- using only high-quality cosmetic products that are suitable for a certain skin type;
- protection of skin from ultraviolet radiation;
- drinking enough water daily;
- periodic peeling (if there is an inflamed rash on the face, it is better to avoid this procedure);
- the use of traditional medicine recipes that will help maintain the skin in ideal condition.
Medication
Most often, doctors recommend the use of antibacterial ointments, which cope well with inflammatory processes and at the same time dry out acne. Such external agents include ointment Baziron, Skinoren, Differin, etc.
However, in some cases, the problem of acne may be associated with hormonal imbalance, infectious diseases and other equally serious pathologies.
In this case, the specialist selects individual treatment using antibiotics and hormone-modulating drugs.
Is diet important for acne?
Treatment of acne on the skin is impossible without normalizing the diet. After all, this problem needs to be solved from the inside, especially if the cause of problems on the face is the development of demodicosis - a parasitic infection of the epidermis by a special type of mite. In this case, drug treatment must be added to the diet.
Photo 23 - Diet is important when treating acne
An anti-acne diet will help:
- normalize metabolism;
Photo 24 - Diet normalizes metabolism
- cleanse the body of toxins;
Photo 25 - Diet will cleanse the body of toxins
- eliminate vitamin and mineral deficiency;
Photo 26 - Diet will eliminate vitamin deficiency
- strengthen the immune system and increase the body's defenses.
Photo 27 - Diet will strengthen the immune system
Attention! When treating acne, it is undesirable to consume a number of harmful products that enhance the work of the sebaceous glands, slow down the functioning of the intestines and lead to intoxication of the body.
Effective folk remedies for acne on the face
It is worth understanding that folk remedies for acne on the face are not able to eliminate the true cause of the pathology, however, these techniques have a beneficial effect on the skin.
Thanks to folk recipes and remedies, inflammatory processes are eliminated, blood flow inside the epidermis is normalized, and the cells receive a portion of healthy vitamins and minerals.
The best folk remedies for acne on the face:
- Soda. In addition to cooking, baking soda is often used to cleanse the skin of pathogenic bacteria. You can also prepare an effective folk remedy for acne using soda. 2 tablespoons (tablespoons) of soda are mixed with 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) cinnamon and 5 tablespoons (tbsp.) natural honey. The resulting mixture must be thoroughly mixed and applied to problem areas of the skin for 10 minutes.
- Lemon juice. This recipe is very simple - you need to wipe the acne with a slice of lemon, preferably with massaging movements. However, it is not recommended to do this procedure more often than once every 3 days.
- Cranberry helps with inflamed acne. Using gauze, squeeze out the juice of the berry and wipe the inflamed rash with it.
Advantages of the method
The most important advantage of traditional methods is that these products contain only natural ingredients and minerals that do not cause the skin to become addicted to them.
You can also note other advantages of traditional medicine against acne:
- the likelihood of side effects is reduced to zero;
- efficiency and safety;
- All ingredients for preparing traditional recipes can be easily obtained.
It is also worth noting that although traditional medicine is not the main method of treatment, in combination with traditional methods a more effective result is achieved.
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Recipes
To quickly dry out an inflamed pimple, remove bacteria from the surface of the skin and speed up the healing process, you must use the following recipes:
- Grind 5 tablets of chloramphenicol into powder and pour it into a bottle of boric acid (1% solution). Shake the mixture thoroughly, moisten a swab with the solution and wipe your face with it several times a day.
- Cucumber mask. It is enough just to grate a fresh cucumber and apply it to the entire surface of the face. After 20 minutes, rinse under running water.
- Aspirin mask. Crush a few salicylic acid tablets into powder and add a little water. Apply the resulting mushy mixture onto inflamed pimples and leave for 20 minutes. You can also spot-cauterize pimples with iodine.
- Potato mask. Raw potatoes are grated on a fine grater and mixed with egg white. Apply the mixture to the inflamed rash for 25 minutes.
Steam baths
The use of steam baths perfectly cleanses pores of impurities and sebum accumulation. To prepare a steam bath, just boil a 3-liter container of water and add 1 tablespoon (tbsp.) of dry chamomile.
After the broth boils, remove the pan from the heat, place it in front of you, lean over the steam and cover your head with a warm terry towel. You need to take a steam bath for no more than 15 minutes.
For internal use
Folk recipes that are not external, but internal, are also great for getting rid of acne.
The most effective of them include the following:
- Nettle tincture. 2 tablespoons (tbsp.) of stinging nettle leaves are poured into 450 ml of boiling water, after which the mixture is infused for 2.5 hours in a dark place. It is recommended to take 100 ml of the tincture several times a day before meals.
- Burdock root decoction. 1 spoon (tbsp.) of ground large burdock is added to 0.5 liters of boiling water. Boil the broth for 10 minutes. Take 150 ml 3 times a day before meals.
- Dandelion tincture. Pour 1 tablespoon (tbsp) of crushed plant root into 1 cup of boiling water and boil for at least 20 minutes. Drink ½ glass several times a day.
Herbal decoctions and tinctures
Also, tinctures and decoctions of medicinal herbs are an excellent remedy for wiping problem areas of the skin:
- Cut aloe leaves are kept in a dark place for 10 days, crushed and filled with cold water. The mixture is infused for about an hour, then brought to a boil and filtered using gauze. Apply the resulting mixture to wipe your face.
- One tablespoon (tbsp.) of dry inflorescences of the plant is poured with 0.5 liters of hot water and infused for 30 minutes. The resulting solution can be used to make lotions or wipe your face.
- To 1 glass of hot water add 1 spoon (teaspoon) of honey and 1 spoon (tbsp.) of dry calendula inflorescences. Stir the mixture and let it cool. Wipe the inflamed rashes several times a day.
Vitamins
Treatment against acne should be accompanied by taking the following vitamins and minerals:
- zinc, which regulates the functioning of the sebaceous glands and promotes self-cleaning of the epidermis;
Photo 28 - Products containing zinc
- vitamin B1, B2, B6, B12;
Photo 29 - B vitamins
- vitamin E and A;
Photo 30 - Vitamins E and A
- omega 3 and omega 6, etc.
Photo 31 – Omega 3 vitamins
Use in adolescents
Due to the fact that only natural ingredients are used to prepare folk recipes, they are also suitable for the treatment of acne in adolescents.
However, it is worth considering that most often in adolescence, acne occurs against the background of hormonal imbalance.
In this case, the use of traditional methods against acne will not provide an effective result. Before starting treatment, you should consult a doctor who, based on laboratory tests, will prescribe effective complex therapy.
Photo: Before and after
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Sebostatic drugs
In the absence of the desired effect or a torpid (sluggish) course for antikeratinization (keratinization of the epithelium), Isotretinoin is recommended at a dose of 1.0 mg per 1 kg of weight. The daily norm is within 60-90 mg. Course – 4-12 months. 3 weeks after the exacerbation, the size of papulopustular and nodolocystic formations is reduced. The drug has many restrictions and contraindications, so you need to periodically take tests for liver enzymes, triglycerides, amylase, and lipase. Analogues - Roaccutane, Aknetin, Aknenutan.
