Pimples on the chest, consider acne, Malassezia folliculitis, can be improved by general treatment, medication and physical therapy.
I. Acne:
1. General treatment: patients should pay attention to personal hygiene, keep the skin clean and dry, often bathe with warm water and neutral soap, change clothes frequently, avoid squeezing and scratching acne, ensure enough sleep, and avoid spicy and irritating food.
2. Medication: Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to use topical retinoic acid drugs, such as adapalene gel, etc.; antibiotics, such as fusidic acid cream, etc., as well as benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid cream, etc., or oral antibiotics, such as doxycycline, etc.; glucocorticosteroids, such as prednisone, etc., for the treatment to improve symptoms.
3. Physical therapy: acne patients can also be improved through photodynamic therapy, laser therapy, fruit acid treatment, etc., for the emergence of large purulent lesions sometimes need to be incised and drained.
Malassezia folliculitis: patients should pay attention to personal hygiene, keep the skin clean and dry, often use warm water, neutral soap bath, change clothes, avoid squeezing and scratching acne.
Due to the deeper parts of the disease, should choose good permeability of the topical antifungal drugs (such as ketoconazole cream, 50% propylene glycol), can also be supplemented with 2% ketoconazole lotion or 2.5% selenium disulfide shampoo bath. For the lesions of generalized, inflammation is more serious and the effect of external drug treatment is not good, can be combined with oral antifungal drugs, such as itraconazole.
It is recommended that patients strictly follow the doctor’s instructions, do not abuse drugs, so as not to affect the therapeutic effect, etc., pay attention to observe the changes in the affected area in life, if there is any abnormality in a timely manner to seek medical attention.