Is Benzoyl Peroxide Effective At Treating Heat Boils?

Posted on Tue, 14 Nov 2017

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Question : My son has heat boils on Face, Head, Back, shoulder bone. Day by day, the size of the heat boil is increasing also it is spreading across.
Applied - Benzoyl Peroxide 5%, regularly and the growth has stopped.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (44 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Add oral antiacne antibiotics

Detailed Answer:
Hello. thank you.

I am Dr. kakkar (Dermatologist and Venerelogist). I have gone through your query and I have noted your concern.

Perhaps he has inflammatory acne. In addition to the topical benzoyl peroxide gel I also suggest an oral antiacne antibiotic e.g either Doxycycline 100mg or Lymecycline 408mg Or Azithromycin 500mg. Oral antibiotics are more effective in inflammatory acne.
These are prescription medications and I suggest you to kindly talk to your local practitioner regarding a prescription for the same.

Regards

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