Hello everyone, I am Dr. Yuan, a professional dermatologist, who has been guarding your various skin troubles with professional knowledge.
At the outpatient clinic, patients with facial acne often ask:
Dr Yuan, in fact, I also have a lot of acne on my back. I really hope I can get it off!
I have been struggling with the pimples behind my back before, but now I look at my face and look better, but I look more on my back. Apply acne-removing ointment, the effect seems not obvious… … …
Today, Dr Yuan will tell you about the pimples on his chest and back.
Sometimes it’s not pimples
Although the red pimples on our chest and back look like pimples, they are not pimples most of the time.
Acne on the chest and back skin may be acne vulgaris (the ointment for acne treatment can be significantly improved) or folliculitis (bacterial, not fungal).
Today, Dr. Yuan would like to focus on one of the acne on the chest and back-dermosporium folliculitis. This [acne] looks fuller than the one on the face, with some dome, feels quite solid, and occasionally can be advanced to pus head.
So how did it come about?
Our chest and back skin is full of oil and sweat, which provides sufficient [food] for dermatospores. In addition, it rained continuously during this period of time, and the close-fitting clothes were dried in the shade, so the fungus proliferated in large quantities and eventually rash appeared.
If you are in the clinic at this moment, Dr Yuan suggests that you ask a dermatologist to do a [immediate and desirable] mycological examination, which will make the treatment clearer.
Antifungal drugs for external use are the first choice.
If the presence of dermatospores on the skin is confirmed through mycological examination, then the following treatment will be relatively smooth.
Antifungal drugs are the first choice! You can find a professional dermatologist and ask him to give you a prescription.
Of course, if there are many rashes, some bath products containing specific ingredients, such as selenium disulfide lotion or antifungal ingredients, can play a very important role in synergistic treatment and recurrence prevention.
In addition, it is worth noting that under normal circumstances, this kind of acne does not require oral drugs.
Can dermatospores be pathogenic?
Dermatospores is one of the common fungi on the skin and generally does not cause diseases.
In general, folliculitis is not contagious. Dermatospores like the grease and sweat in the skin. If you change a person, it may not conform to its appetite!
Moreover, many studies now believe that dermatospores is a member of skin surface microecology and is very important for exerting skin’s immune barrier function.
However, when the skin barrier function is relatively poor, dermatospores will become pathogenic bacteria, thus causing typical dermatospores folliculitis.
Careful application of medicine can indeed improve this kind of folliculitis, but please don’t neglect the cleaning of clothes, especially the drying treatment!
When the sun comes back [to work], you must remember to have a good sun exposure, which can prevent folliculitis well.
Even if [wandering sun], we can still use a dryer or an electric iron, which is also a good choice.
Finally, welcome everyone to pay attention to my public number Dr. Yuan Chat Skin Care. I will share more professional knowledge on acne removal, acne, sunscreen and other aspects, and give advice to skin problems of different ages and conditions, which is rational and not biased.