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hi i'm dr raphael darsch with skin
packable dermatology and cosmetic laser
center here in los
angeles california and i'm here today to
discuss with you how to treat an acne
cyst
at home so as many people with acne
know once in a while you get a painful
red cyst generally on the face it can be
very
annoying because it's on your face and
you're going out and you don't want to
have that pimple so
the gold standard for treatment of that
is generally to come into your
dermatologist's office
you put to drop a steroid in it and poof
in 24 hours it's pretty much gone
if you can't make it into your doctor's
office there are a number of very good
options
firstly though do not pick the acne
lesion it's something that almost
everybody does
but it leads to scarring and is the
worst option so
hands off do not pick the lesion
in terms of the treatment options the
most
ancient uh is going to be take a towel
put it under some warm water and apply
it to the acne cyst
do that for around three to five minutes
obviously don't put in too hot of water
because
as if you put in too hot of water you're
going to end up with some other issues
on your skin so
just warm water is fine with a towel
heat has been shown to to decrease
the intensity of acne cysts
topically cream wise the best option is
going to be a benzoyl peroxide
cream so generally benzoyl peroxide
creams
are found at the pharmacy easily oxy is
is an example of one and uh generally
these preparations
range up to around 10 percent benzoyl
peroxide
they dry the acne lesion out very well
and i would say benzoyl peroxide is
going to be your treatment of choice
for an acne cyst now beware though
benzoyl peroxide bleaches clothing
bleaches
bed sheets so if you're going to put on
some benzoyl peroxide on an acne lesion
and go to sleep
you want to you want to put on a lot of
benzoyl peroxide
the more kicked on it is i would say the
better if you're going to do it at
nighttime
but if you're going to put it on and go
to sleep you have to be very careful
that if that
benzoyl peroxide touches clothes or
touches bed sheets it can bleach it so
just be mindful of that next
there are some salicylic acid creams
that are good
again equivalently they dry out the
lesion i would say they're not as good
as benzoyl peroxide but they're pretty
close
there are other options including
electronic devices such as the xeno that
direct heat in a very uh directed way to
hold it up
and it provides a very deep heat to the
acne cyst and removes around 50 percent
of acne cysts you want to use that as
soon as the acne cyst comes up
and then lastly there are the real old
school home remedies including
peppermint and oatmeal
that don't really work very well but are
available
and are not generally not recommended
from a dermatologist's perspective i'm
dr raphael darvish and that's a brief
overview
on how to treat an acne cyst at home
