definitely dermatology would like to
know more about picking acne or acne
excoriate so this is actually a very
common condition
there is a merge between picking acne
and adult female jawline hormonal acne
because adult female jawline hormonal
acne often leads to picking and
basically with picking acne there are
two elements one this is substrate to
pick in other words you have lesions to
pick and generally speaking these are
deep seated lesions that's why we see
picking acne or acne excoriate generally
speaking in the young adult population
as compared with teenage acne which can
present differently so if you have adult
female jawline hormonal acne you'll know
that the pustules or the papules or even
the cysts are deep and they often occur
around the jawline area so like i said
there's two elements first there's acne
and secondly most importantly there is
an element to pick
so usually patients have insight in
regards to the picking some of them
don't right and most of the time when
you pick you will cause scarring so this
type of acne has the highest incidence
of scarring because as you pick you
basically remove the pigment cells and
as a result you'll have depress or
atrophic scars which are also white in
color or hypopigmented
so the urgency of this is extremely
important to actually stop picking and
treat all of your acne so dermatologists
will employ certain methods and certain
medications depending on your severity
so we can use light treatments chemical
peels
topical retinoids topical um
erythromycin or antibiotics but also
oral tablets including anti-hormones as
well as vitamin a
generally speaking when the substrate
for acne goes most patients will have
remission when it comes to picking in
some cases where you may not have as
much understanding or insight in regards
to the picking we may actually work in
with the psychologist and the
psychologist will give you certain
exercises like cognitive behavior
therapy to help you reduce pit picking
so if you're really serious about
treating your acne be guided by your
dermatologist as they will often have a
team approach to treat acne
appropriately safely and efficiently
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