Pimples on the chin

Acne on the chin is not so much a medical problem as an aesthetic one, its advantage is that sooner or later, acne on the chin, with proper treatment, disappears almost without a trace. First of all, you should find out the main reason for the appearance of rashes on the chin, and secondly, learn the truth - any external skin defect always indicates problems in the internal organs and systems. Therefore, acne on the chin should be treated not only with external means, but also take care of eliminating the internal cause.

As a rule, rashes on this part of the face appear during puberty and cause a lot of trouble for teenagers. According to research by American dermatologists, about 40% of depressive states of young people have a seemingly banal cause - pimples on the chin and acne. However, in addition to typical hormonal storms, there are many reasons that provoke the appearance of pimples on the chin.

Acne on the chin, reasons for their appearance

1. Activation of sebum production (sebaceous secretion of the skin) due to high sensitivity of skin receptors to hormonal changes. This is typical for adolescence. In older people, rashes on the chin may indicate an increase in the level of androgens - steroid hormones.
2. Sebum stagnation in the follicles of small hairs located on the chin. Such blockage provokes the proliferation of Propionibacterium acnes - microorganisms that cause pimples on the chin or, more precisely, acne. Often, such acne has a characteristic black dot on the outside, over time transforming into small pustules.
3. Stagnation of sebum in the ducts that remove sebum. As a rule, pimples on the chin are deep, do not transform into purulent for a long time and do not break through.
4. Damage to the thinned walls of the follicles of small hairs on the chin. All the contents accumulated as a result of the activity of microbes penetrate into the surrounding tissues. The skin of the chin becomes inflamed in whole areas.
5. Colds associated with hypothermia. Especially characteristic are pimples on the chin during the inflammatory process in the ovaries in young women.
6. General swelling, which provokes intense sweating, including through clogged sebaceous glands of the face. The glands do not have time to secrete sebum, as a result of stagnation, inflammation begins in the form of acne on the chin.
7. Incorrect selection of cosmetics – medicinal and decorative. Creams containing mineral and vegetable oils, including foundation, often provoke the appearance of acne.
8. Taking hormonal medications.
9. Disruption of the digestive process.
10. Excessive and intensive cleansing of the facial skin with abrasive products (scrubs), which can lead to mechanical damage, irritation and bacterial infection.
11. Systemic chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus, thyroid pathology, polycystic disease.
12. Inflammatory process in the nasopharynx.
13. Inflammatory process in the oral cavity, dental diseases.
14. Avitaminosis (deficiency of B vitamins, zinc, magnesium, sulfur).

How to remove pimples on the chin?

1. Acne on the chin, which looks like a bump with a comedone, can be tried to neutralize independently. Depending on what kind of comedone - closed type with a white nodule under the skin (milium) or open - with a black top, the method of treatment is chosen.
2. Cleansing pores with steam. For the bath, brew a handful of dry chamomile (best bought at a pharmacy) in 0.5 liters of boiling water, let it brew for 10-15 minutes and put on very low heat until barely visible signs of boiling. Let it boil for another 10 minutes, remove. Tilt the cleaned face over a wide container with the decoction, cover with a large towel to create the effect of a steam bath. Keep your face over the steam for no more than 15 minutes. As a rule, open pores willingly "release" sebaceous formations to the outside, they can be carefully removed with a bandage or cotton swab, then be sure to treat the chin with an antiseptic (hydrogen peroxide). Steam cleaning should be repeated once a week for a month.
3. Every morning and evening, wipe the pimples on the chin with a decoction of a mixture of succession and St. John's wort: take 1 tablespoon of dry grass, brew in 0.5 liters of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes. St. John's wort contains antiseptic, anti-inflammatory components, and succession contains many polyphenols that have a bactericidal effect. Keep the decoction in the cold, slightly warm it to room temperature before applying. Such procedures should be carried out regularly until the pimples on the chin disappear.
4. The use of special pharmaceutical preparations aimed at eliminating acne, pimples, such as antibacterial ointment "Fuzicutan", gel "Curiosin", "Fuziderm", "Akne-derm", "Zinerit", give good results.
5. Alcohol-containing products should not be used to cleanse the skin. It is better to buy sebum-regulating gels that do not dry out the skin and have an antiseptic effect.
6. Buy a lotion "chatter" at the pharmacy or make it yourself: crush 5 streptocide tablets as thoroughly as possible (grind into flour), mix with 30 mg of salicylic acid (2% concentration). You need to use such a "homemade" chatter carefully, if during the day there is no additional redness and irritation around the pimples, then the product can be used at night for a week, no more. If there are signs of an aggressive reaction from the skin, the "chatter" cannot be used.
7. Maintaining a diet that excludes sweets, spicy, salty foods, various smoked and canned foods. Any pharmacy drug - sorbent (activated carbon, Enterosgel) will help quickly remove toxic substances from the body, thereby regulating the work of the gastrointestinal tract.
8. Taking vitamin and mineral complexes has a healing effect from the inside, supports immunity. Also, vitamin A and ointments containing it promote faster skin regeneration.

Acne on the chin that does not go away within a month and does not respond to home treatment methods should be shown to a dermatologist or cosmetologist. This form of acne is treated for a longer period of time (from 3 months to six months), under the supervision of a doctor, using hardware technologies and with the help of specially selected medicinal ointments and creams. However, even the most stubborn, extensive rashes will sooner or later give in with timely and competent treatment, the main thing is not to squeeze them, and generally try not to touch them with your hands without need.