Blackheads are a type of acne. Blackheads can be treated with medication, physical therapy, and general measures to regulate.
1. Medication: Blackheads need to be treated with retinoids such as isotretinoin gel, adapalene gel, or antibiotic ointment such as lincomycin ointment and fusidic acid cream under the guidance of a doctor. If secondary infection occurs, oral antibiotics such as roxithromycin capsules and tetracycline capsules should be taken.
2. Physical therapy: use needle clearing, fruit acid peeling and other ways. Needle clearing is to open the pores of blackheads and occlusive acne, the contents of blackheads and occlusive acne secretions outward, so as to achieve the effect of cleaning; fruit acid peeling is through a high concentration of fruit acid to promote the shedding of the stratum corneum, promote the proliferation of elastic fibers, so as to achieve the effect of removing blackheads and acne.
3. General measures: patients with blackheads and pimples on both sides of the cheeks need to use a mild cleanser to clean the face, to keep the face clean and dry. In addition, the diet needs to eat light and easy to digest food, eat less high sugar, greasy food, such as cake, fried chicken and so on.
It is recommended that blackheads and pimples need to seek medical attention, and the doctor will choose targeted measures for treatment according to the patient’s specific situation.