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Have Whiteheads On Forehead And Cheeks. Tried Taking Antibiotics. Using Fullers Mask. Cure For Whiteheads?

I am 23....and I have whiteheads on forehead and cheeks...they never go....I started getting them when I was 16....I have tried taking antibiotics....still they never got away...I am fed up...I now have started using fullers earth mask every day....when these whiteheads will end and how to reduce scarring ....should I see a dermatologist....or just wait...please help me with a permanent solution
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Hi,
Thanks for writing to us.
Whiteheads/ blackheads or comedones form when the opening of oil glands gets blocked.
To treat the same
Need a dermatologist to get these extracted
Use a salicylic acid based face wash
Apply adapalene gel in night
Apply clindamycin gel twice in a day
Avoid oiling of scalp for few days and wash hair every alternate days. This would help in preventing comedones from developing over forehead.
Consult a dermatologist as sometimes low dose oral isotretinoin is required to control the lesions in a better way.
Use water based creams. Avoid oily/ greasy cosmetics and facials.
Hope that helped
Take care
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Have Whiteheads On Forehead And Cheeks. Tried Taking Antibiotics. Using Fullers Mask. Cure For Whiteheads?

Hi, Thanks for writing to us. Whiteheads/ blackheads or comedones form when the opening of oil glands gets blocked. To treat the same Need a dermatologist to get these extracted Use a salicylic acid based face wash Apply adapalene gel in night Apply clindamycin gel twice in a day Avoid oiling of scalp for few days and wash hair every alternate days. This would help in preventing comedones from developing over forehead. Consult a dermatologist as sometimes low dose oral isotretinoin is required to control the lesions in a better way. Use water based creams. Avoid oily/ greasy cosmetics and facials. Hope that helped Take care