Whiteheads, or whitehead pimples in medical terms, are a type of acne lesion that can be treated with general therapy and medication.
1. General treatment: Cleanse your face with lukewarm water and less irritating neutral soap, follow a regular routine, eat a balanced diet, and avoid squeezing the affected area with your hands.
2. Medication:
(1) Topical medication for whiteheads is preferred to retinoids, commonly used are adapalene gel, tazarotene gel, etc. Skin irritation often occurs at the initial stage of topical application of these medications.
(2) If the whitehead acne infection appears inflammatory reaction, can use benzoyl peroxide, azelaic acid and other drugs can inhibit Propionibacterium acnes, dissolve acne treatment, but there is also a certain irritation, skin sensitive patients can also use erythromycin, clindamycin and other antibiotics.
(3) If the whiteheads acne is serious, you can choose oral isotretinoin or minocycline, doxycycline and other antibiotics or compound cyproterone acetate, spironolactone and other anti-androgen drugs for treatment, but must need to pay attention to the adverse effects of such drugs, such as isotretinoin on the liver, kidneys, the blood, the spironolactone on the blood potassium effect.
3. Other treatments: red and blue light therapy, photodynamic therapy, and fruit acid skin resurfacing can also improve whiteheads.
Acne patients are recommended to go to a regular hospital, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the appropriate treatment, the use of drugs need to follow the doctor’s instructions.