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Having Oily Skin With White Hard Bumps On It. How To Get Rid Off It?
I m a 25 yr old female and I have oily skin that whit bumps on it especially around my nose they get hard so I scrub them off with a washcloth in the shower my face then gets smooth but red and raw after a few days my face starts to peel and the white hard bumps come back so I scrub again it s a cycle how do I stop the white hard bumps and peeling
Mon, 8 Jul 2013
Hi, thanks for posting your query.
You seem to have very mild acne in the form of white heads.
You should not scrub it off with a cloth as it might lead to redness and post inflammatory hyper pigmentation which requires a prolonged treatment.
To treat these you may do as follows.
-Get your white heads extracted in a clinic on a regular basis.
-Use a salicylic acid based face wash twice a day.
-Apply adapalene cream at night by prescription.
-You may take a few sessions of chemical peels in a clinic.
-Apply a non comedogenic water based sunscreen in the morning.
Hope this helps you.
Take care.
You seem to have very mild acne in the form of white heads.
You should not scrub it off with a cloth as it might lead to redness and post inflammatory hyper pigmentation which requires a prolonged treatment.
To treat these you may do as follows.
-Get your white heads extracted in a clinic on a regular basis.
-Use a salicylic acid based face wash twice a day.
-Apply adapalene cream at night by prescription.
-You may take a few sessions of chemical peels in a clinic.
-Apply a non comedogenic water based sunscreen in the morning.
Hope this helps you.
Take care.
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