Red, swollen, hard and painful to touch pimples on the side of the face may be due to acne and folliculitis, which can be dealt with by general treatment and medication.
1. Acne: Acne can lead to inflammatory pimples, nodules, cysts and other damage on the face, accompanied by painful symptoms. Daily need to keep the acne area clean and hygienic, avoid scratching, can follow the doctor’s instructions for external use of fusidic acid cream, benzoyl peroxide gel and other drugs for treatment, inflammatory reaction is obvious can be combined with oral doxycycline, minocycline and other drugs.
2. Folliculitis: associated with bacterial infection, common in staphylococcus aureus and other infections, can lead to side face acne redness and swelling, accompanied by pain symptoms, can be used externally mupirocin ointment, erythromycin ointment, and other antibiotic drugs to alleviate the symptoms.
Note that you can not squeeze the pimples with your hands, and you need to follow the doctor’s instructions to use the medication after the appearance of pimples, to avoid the arbitrary treatment of their own.