Bumps of hard pimples on the chest may be acne, keloid, folliculitis, etc. Treatment includes general treatment, medication, surgery, and so on.
1. Acne: often occurs on the face, chest and back, should wash your face with warm water, avoid squeezing with your hands. Usually the diet should be light, spicy, stimulating, greasy food intake. Clindamycin metronidazole application + adapalene gel can be used externally for joint treatment, and severe symptoms can be combined with oral medications such as vitamin A acid and zinc sulfate.
2. Keloid: It may be related to physical factors. Mostly due to folliculitis after improper care left local rash, gradually formed solid nodules or plaques, accompanied by varying degrees of itching, pain. Local injection of hormonal drugs can be given to flatten it, fractional laser treatment also has a certain effect.
3. Folliculitis: mostly in the head and neck, back, chest. In the early stage of mild cases without pus, 3% iodine tincture can be applied locally to sterilize and disinfect. Serious patients, can be applied externally mupirocin ointment to anti-inflammatory, sterilization. If topical medication is not effective, oral doxycycline and roxithromycin can be taken. When folliculitis develops into boils/carbuncles, the lesion can be surgically incised to drain out the pus.
If the above symptoms are severe or persist without improvement, the patient should go to hospital to find out the cause of the disease and be given targeted treatment under the guidance of a doctor. All the above medications should be used under the supervision of a pharmacist or doctor, and avoid self-medication.