Pimples, or acne, that appear red and swollen are usually in the acute inflammatory phase. Patients can use topical medications, oral medications and laser treatment under the guidance of a specialist to make the local redness and swelling of the lesions subside and control the symptoms of infection.
1. Topical medication: antibiotic drugs can be used topically, such as metronidazole gel to antibacterial and anti-inflammatory, but also with topical azelaic acid gel to unclog pores.
2. Oral medication: If the local infection symptoms are more serious, redness and swelling is obvious, the external drug treatment is not good, this time can be with oral antibiotics, strictly in accordance with the doctor’s instructions to use macrolide antibiotics or tetracycline antibiotics.
3. Laser treatment: you can also go to a regular medical institution to control the Propionibacterium acnes inside the lesions through red and blue light laser treatment, so as to achieve the purpose of eliminating local redness and swelling of the lesions.
For patients with redness and swelling of acne, it is recommended to go to a regular hospital for examination and standardized treatment under the guidance of a specialist, do not self-medication.