Underarm acne may be folliculitis, sebaceous cysts or lipoma, need to clarify the specific causes to take targeted treatment to remove it.
1. Folliculitis: underarm hair follicles are richly distributed and sweaty and moist underarms, which can easily breed bacteria leading to hair follicle infection and follicle inflammation, which can be treated with topical mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid cream, erythromycin ointment and other medications.
2. Sebaceous cysts: due to the sebaceous gland excretory duct obstruction, the contents of the gland in the collection and the formation of the main surgical excision treatment, such as the occurrence of infection can be localized use of erythromycin ointment for anti-infection treatment, oral use of amoxicillin capsule anti-infective treatment if necessary, in the inflammation subsides after excision treatment.
3. Lipoma: it can appear in any fatty part of the body, and it can appear in the armpit so that the patient’s armpit will have acne-like changes, which usually does not need special treatment. If the tumor is large or painful, it can be removed by surgical excision.
Underarm acne may have other causes, it is recommended that people with obvious symptoms to the hospital in a timely manner, after a clear diagnosis and treatment as prescribed by the doctor, to avoid blind extrusion or blind use of drugs.