Millet-shaped pimples may be acne, cellulite, milia, etc., and can be eliminated with medication or other treatments as prescribed by your doctor.
1. Acne: Choose water or suitable cleansing products for daily use, and avoid squeezing and scratching the lesions with hands.
(1) Patients can be treated with topical antibiotics such as fusidic acid cream and clindamycin ointment, and retinoids such as tazarotene cream and 0.1% adapalene gel as prescribed by the doctor. Patients can also use benzoyl peroxide, 15% to 20% azelaic acid cream treatment.
(2) In addition to medication, acne patients can also take oral doxycycline, azithromycin and other antibiotics, spironolactone, compound cyproterone acetate tablets and other anti-androgen medication, can also be used to assist in the use of intradermal steroid hormone injections, or the line of photodynamic therapy, laser therapy and so on.
2. Fat grains: fat grains generally do not require special treatment, if this affects the appearance, you can seek medical treatment with the doctor using a sterile needle picking method to remove, you can also use carbon dioxide laser to assist the discharge of cysts.
3. Corns: It is a benign lesion, patients have no self-conscious symptoms, usually do not need treatment. If it affects aesthetics, it can be treated with tazarotene cream, 0.1% adapalene gel and other retinoids as prescribed by the doctor. 75% alcohol can also be used to sterilize the skin, and then a needle can be used to pick and squeeze out the contents of the lesion. Other treatments such as electrocautery and laser ablation are also feasible.
It is recommended that people who have small microgranular pimples should seek medical examination and follow the doctor’s instructions after clarifying the cause of the pimples, and should not indiscriminately use medicines or prescriptions on their own. Don’t overdo skin care and pay attention to sun protection.