The main treatments for cystic acne on the nose include general treatment, medication, and acne removal, as follows.
1. General treatment: pay attention to skin hygiene and prevent secondary infection when you have cystic acne. Wash the skin with lukewarm water every day. If there is more oil, it is recommended to carry wet tissue paper with you to wipe off the oil in time and avoid eating spicy and high-fat food.
2. Medication: For more serious cystic acne, you can use topical erythromycin, mupirocin ointment to reduce inflammation, or oral isotretinoin, doxycycline and so on. For hyperandrogenic female patients can take oral spironolactone, the purpose is to anti-androgen secretion.
3. Acne removal: If the cystic acne is relatively large, you can directly use an acne needle to puncture it, and then squeeze out the acne, but be careful to disinfect it to prevent infection with bacteria.
Cystic acne on the nose, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions for medication, not unauthorized operation, or easy to infected inflammation, resulting in acne enlargement.