subject: Cystic Acne Treatment - What Are The Causes Of Cystic Acne [print this page] You've probably heard of acne, but have you ever heard of cystic acne? This is what we know as an advanced acne, and it is a bit more severe. It consists of boils on the face, and if it's not taken care of right away, it could cause even more problems. Some of those problems involving scarring on the face.
There are currently researchers that are trying to find the causes of cystic acne, though for the most part the tests link it to an outbreak or surging of hormones within the human body. There are oil glands within your skin which have the potential to turn a bit lively, and this is because of the hormones. The glands will create an excess of oil and sebum.
What happens next is a swelling of those oil glands, and rather than secreting oil, they start to harden.
These oil glands are then inflamed, and they are in fact infected. At this point they are red ad extremely painful. This is what we call cystic acne, and they appear as red lesions.
It's somewhat hard to actually treat cystic acne, though a dermatologist might be able to help you. He or she will tell you to use pharmaceutical drugs such as Isotretinoin, or even antibiotics that will fight your infection.
So you might have an urge to squeeze the cystic acne just to get rid of the infection within. It might even give you a little bit of relief, but you should probably avoid doing this. It will cause a scar, and on top of that, it will just come back. Sure that sounds bad, but guess what? It'll be worse, and it will take even more time to heal!
The treatment for this will mean that you won't be able to use moisturizers or even heavy makeup, at least not where the infection is. If you use a chemical based makeup, then you'll definitely end up with a serious problem. If you exfoliate the skin, then you will reduce the dead cells, but you still need to be careful with rubbing those infected spots. Make sure you use warm water, and perhaps an antiseptic soap.
You shouldn't go out into the sun while you're having this issue. With cystic acne, the area that's infected is very susceptible to burns. Having a sunburn on top of cystic acne is nowhere near pleasant! Of course you might have a need to go into the sun, and if that does happen, then you will want to cover the infection using cucumber juice. This will keep them moisturized, and will allow them to remain safe.
If you wish, you can go for a more natural treatment, and it is extremely effective. What you will want to do is wash the face and effected areas of course with a mixture of one teaspoon of buttermilk, honey, as well as turmeric in two parts white gram flour.
This is a great way of ridding yourself of the cysts. In addition that it is the best exfoliating agent that you can use, at least among the natural ones.
