Patient Question: Disease: Acne on face, white tips, oily, red looking, folliculitis, growing red bumps on face, cheeks forehead chin, worse before menstruation. Description: folliculitis, cheeks just grow, the affected area itchy, scratching slowly grow into a red bag, chin grows large red bag pain, white tip, forehead grows small bag, body cold, menstruation is sometimes not normal, before the menstruation grow bag more powerful, large pores, love to oil. I would like to ask the doctor to give me some advice on treatment and whether I need to see a doctor. What preparations should I make before the consultation? Doctor: The causes of acne are multifaceted, so treatment varies from person to person. Whether it is from your own side or from the doctor’s side, the cooperation between the two is crucial. Although there are differences in the causes of acne during puberty and post-pubertal acne, in general post-pubertal acne is relatively more moderate. For more information on what to expect from acne patients during the treatment process. Suggestions: Click here to refer to my article “Common Skin Disease Missions for Acne” In terms of treatment, we can control acne whether we use Chinese medicine or Western medicine. Western medicine is mainly based on anti-inflammatory, anti-keratinization and anti-androgen treatment. If you want to pursue the overall effect you can combine some physical therapy, such as red and blue light, fruit acids, IPL, and photodynamic therapy, all of which can promote the fading of acne. If you have recurrent acne, you can consider applying photodynamic therapy. Although the price is higher, it has a better “after-effect” because it can act directly on the sebaceous glands and make them shrink, thus destroying the conditions for the development of acne and reducing recurrence.