Body acne can be quite troublesome. It may affect your back, buttocks and even your chest. Acne on the body can be painful and embarrassing. Men with body acne feel conscious of their back when they go swimming or to the gym. While women feel they can’t wear dresses that bare their back.
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Back acne is a condition in which a part of your back or whole back is covered with acne, spots and scars. Your shoulders, chest and back of arms too may be involved. The condition is common in both men as well as women. But men tend to have back acne that is more severe. Though face acne and back acne may occur together, many people have only back acne and no facial acne at all.
Many people have the misconception that the acne on their back is because of dandruff falling on it. This is not true. But, the pityrosporum yeast that causes dandruff on the scalp may cause acne on the back
If you have an oily skin type, you are more likely to get body acne. But you may get acne even if you have dry and sensitive skin as well.
If you have back or body acne, check if your siblings have it too. Your cousins may also have a similar problem. Or your parents had acne when they were young.
Back acne is more common in the teens and 20’s. Though it can continue well into the 30’s. Hormones play a role in making the sebum sticky and cause overgrowth of acne forming bacteria.
Your back has large sweat and oil glands. These glands are on an overdrive on hot and humid days. Also, exercise and sports cause most sweat and oil production on the back. These secretions mixed with dirt and grime favor bacterial overgrowth
Excessive use of oils and pomades on the hair can congest the pores of the skin. Body lotions that contain heavy butters and silicones too may have a similar effect.
Body acne gets worse after a back massage, scrub and waxing.
Until 2 decades ago, there were no treatment procedures available for back acne. Today, we have many safe and effective treatments to treat back acne. We can try back acne treatment without procedures too, like the good old days. But it has several drawbacks. You will need high dose and prolonged course of oral medication. Strong creams and gels cause reactions and sensitivity. The treatment takes too long. The acne returns when you stop the medications.
Chemical peels
Intralesional injections
Comedone extraction
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Chemical peels for Body Acne
This treatment involves application of a medicated solution called ‘Peel’ on the skin. Peels can have a single ingredient or many ingredients. This depends upon the skin problems that we want to treat. Chemical peels for acne have glycolic acid, salicylic acid and mandelic acid. Plus, there are many other newer ingredients such as azelic acid, ferulic acid, acetic acid. ‘Superficial peels’ exfoliate the upper damaged layers of the skin. They also encourage the new layers to come a lot healthier. ‘Deep peels’ have a deeper, more dramatic effect. They help with scar repair and collagen stimulation. We know that chemical peels have gained a bad name due to their harsh nature. But the new generation nano-technology peels are safe and gentle on the skin.Important Link