Oily skin and pimples in hot weather may be caused by acne, folliculitis, boils, etc. General measures, medication, and other treatments are needed to address the cause of the disease.
1. Acne: Patients should choose oil-control cleansing products to remove excess oil from the skin surface. And follow the doctor’s instructions to use topical retinoic acid cream, isotretinoin cream and other retinoic acid drugs, as well as antibiotic ointment such as lincomycin and clindamycin, as well as 15% to 20% azelaic acid cream, benzoyl peroxide and other drugs.
Secondly, LED blue light or red light can also be taken for phototherapy, or the use of fruit acids, salicylic acid and other peeling agents for chemical peeling therapy.
2. Folliculitis: patients need to pay attention to keep the facial skin clean, bacterial infection can be prescribed topical mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid cream and other antibiotics. Fungal infections, as prescribed by the use of econazole, ketoconazole and other antifungal cream, serious cases of oral itraconazole, terbinafine and other antifungal drugs as prescribed by the doctor.
3. Boils: patients need to use tincture of iodine on the affected area to help reduce swelling, if there is pus at the top of the boil, you can use the tip of a needle or a knife to pick out the pus plugs under the operation of the doctor, and after the pus is out of the pus, put on povidone-iodine wet gauze. At the same time, you need to follow the doctor’s prescription of topical use of oxyfloxacin ointment, gentamycin ointment and other antibiotics. Secondly, physical therapy such as ultra-short wave and infrared ray can also be taken.
It is recommended that people with oily skin and acne on hot days go to the hospital and cooperate with the doctor to treat the original disease. The medication should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not self-medicate.