Closed mouth acne can be removed according to the patient’s symptoms, using general treatment, medication, physical therapy and other methods, there is no such thing as the most effective.
1. General treatment: first of all, pay attention to clean, can use warm water and neutral soap to clean the face, reduce the oil adherence in the face and block pores; avoid squeezing and scratching acne; daily diet to light and easy to digest, avoid spicy and stimulating food.
2. Drugs: Including topical drugs and oral drugs.
(1) Topical medications: such as commonly used retinoids, which can help dissolve and discharge acne, commonly used medications include adapalene gel, tazarotene gel and so on.
When acne develops to middle and late stages and is infected by bacteria, it can be treated with topical benzoyl peroxide, which belongs to peroxide and can kill Propionibacterium acnes and dissolve acne.
(2) Oral medications: such as isotretinoin, which is suitable for patients with severe acne, can effectively reduce sebum secretion and control abnormal keratinization and acne formation; antibiotic drugs, mainly for patients with moderate to severe acne, commonly used drugs include doxycycline and minocycline, which can control infection.
3. Physical therapy: such as photodynamic therapy, combined application of red and blue light irradiation as well as 5-amino ketoglutaric acid, destroying Propionibacterium acnes and reducing inflammatory reactions.
Specific treatment methods and use of drugs, need to be under the guidance of a professional doctor.