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Suggest Treatment For Acne On Face

hellow doctor this is vinesh kumar form ahmednagar i am suffering from skin acne problems(only on face) i am 17+ student and i have spoiled my face to a great extent it howers my confidence and my personality i wanted to get an appointment soon if possible and please mail me some advises aswell
Thu, 24 Apr 2014
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Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic

There is no one time solution for acne. For acne, you need to be constantly taking care care of your skin till at a particular age, there is a tendency for new acne to form.

Acne is a recurrent condition and once your acne is brought under good control with oral and topical antiacne medicines, you should still continue to use a cream/gel e.g topical retinoid for maintenance of improvement. Topical retinoids are ideal for maintenance of improvement because they are comedolytic as well as antiinflammatory, thereby preventing the formation of new acne.

Specific Anti-acne treatment:

-Oral Antibiotics: For inflammatory acne(papules and pustules) i advice my patients to start with one of the oral antibiotics leither Azithromycin/ Doxycycline OR Minocycline.

-Topical treatment: Is a valuable adjunct to any form of acne treatment. Mainly two classes of drugs are used topically

Topical Antibacterials: Either clindamycin 1%/ benzoyl peroxide 2.5% OR Nadifloxacin during the day time.

Topical Retinoids: Either Adapalene 0.1%/ Tretinoin 0.025% OR Azaleic acid (10%/20%) at bed time.

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Suggest Treatment For Acne On Face

Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic There is no one time solution for acne. For acne, you need to be constantly taking care care of your skin till at a particular age, there is a tendency for new acne to form. Acne is a recurrent condition and once your acne is brought under good control with oral and topical antiacne medicines, you should still continue to use a cream/gel e.g topical retinoid for maintenance of improvement. Topical retinoids are ideal for maintenance of improvement because they are comedolytic as well as antiinflammatory, thereby preventing the formation of new acne. Specific Anti-acne treatment: -Oral Antibiotics: For inflammatory acne(papules and pustules) i advice my patients to start with one of the oral antibiotics leither Azithromycin/ Doxycycline OR Minocycline. -Topical treatment: Is a valuable adjunct to any form of acne treatment. Mainly two classes of drugs are used topically Topical Antibacterials: Either clindamycin 1%/ benzoyl peroxide 2.5% OR Nadifloxacin during the day time. Topical Retinoids: Either Adapalene 0.1%/ Tretinoin 0.025% OR Azaleic acid (10%/20%) at bed time. regards