What are the remedies for skin problems

First of all, it must be clear that there is no universal medicine for skin problems. All medicines must be matched to the specific type of problem, cause and even personal constitution. Indiscriminate use of medicines may turn small problems into serious problems.

Last week, I met a girl who just went to college. She had a red, swollen and inflammatory acne on her cheek. I searched for a guide and said that erythromycin ointment was used to reduce inflammation. I applied it for a week, but the acne did not go away much. Instead, there were dense and dense pimples around it. When I came to the doctor for consultation, I almost cried. In fact, her acne was caused by Propionibacterium acnes combined with seborrheic dermatitis. For topical use, she only needed to apply benzoyl peroxide gel to kill the acne bacteria, and put a little ketoconazole cream on the red and itchy areas. If the inflammation was severe, she also took doxycycline for a week, and it disappeared in about two weeks. There was no need to blindly use inappropriate ointments to smother her face.

Many people think that topical medicines contain hormones and are afraid to touch them. They always think that it is safer to take some "conditioning", which only leads to more pitfalls. For example, oral nicotinamide and tranexamic acid, which have been very popular in the past two years, are said to whiten and lighten spots. However, the academic community has not yet reached a unified conclusion: on the one hand, to achieve the effective dose, you need to eat more than 200mg every day. Many Internet celebrity health care products on the market only have a dosage of tens of mg, and you will not see the effect after taking them for half a year; on the other hand, many people will suffer from acne, dizziness, and menstrual disorders after taking them. People with poor kidney function may also increase their metabolic burden if they eat them randomly. There is really no need to follow the trend and try blindly.

Many people think that Chinese patent medicines are gentle and have no side effects. In fact, this is not the case. A few months ago, there was a boy who worked in sales. He stayed up late all night to socialize and repeatedly developed redness, swelling and acne. He bought Jinhua Xiaozong Pills online and took them for almost half a month. However, the acne did not go away much. He had diarrhea every day and his face turned gray. He was so weak that he could barely even climb the third floor to gasp for breath. He has a constitution with deficiency and coldness in the spleen and stomach. Jinhua Xiaocuo Pill is a heat-clearing agent with a cold side. If it is not used correctly, it will cause problems. Later, he was replaced with the mild Shenling Baizhu Pill for internal treatment, combined with external ointment, and it stabilized in more than a month.

If you have sensitive skin problems such as redness and itchiness due to seasonal changes, don’t use medication indiscriminately. I have seen too many people use the Piyanping and Fluocinolone acetonide at home when they are itchy. These are powerful glucocorticoids. If applied continuously for more than a week, they may damage the skin barrier and cause a steroid face that becomes red and hot repeatedly. It will take at least half a year to repair. In fact, for mild sensitive redness, non-hormonal calcineurin inhibitors such as tacrolimus ointment will suffice, and the dosage must be gradually reduced and stopped. Do not stop immediately as soon as the redness subsides, otherwise it will easily rebound.

After all, after seeing so many cases of skin problems, I really feel that there is no need to be obsessed with finding some "miracle medicine". Everyone's skin type and the cause of the problem are different. The safest way is to first see a dermatologist in a regular hospital to see the problem clearly, and then follow the doctor's advice to take the medicine. After all, the face is your own. If you mess up your face by using medicine indiscriminately, it will cost money and suffer to repair it, which is not cost-effective.