Atheroma on the face: treatment, causes and prevention

What is atheroma and what is it? Quite often, people on the surface of the skin develop a cystic formation, which in medicine is called an atheroma. As a rule, it appears as a result of clogging of the sebaceous gland and, in principle, does not bring any discomfort. It is almost invisible, because the color does not differ from the surrounding skin areas. Unless, from an aesthetic point of view, it brings some inconvenience. This is a painless benign tumor of round shape in size from 2 to 70 mm.

Its contents are a curd, which consists of sebum, epithelial cells, horny skin scales, cholesterol crystals, various microorganisms and hair.

Most often, an ailment occurs on the face and scalp, as well as throughout the body. Sometimes a small hole appears on the surface of the ailment, from which its contents, which have a rather unpleasant smell, can be released. The most frequent localization of atheroma:

• of the ear( often on the lobe);
• century( less often than in other places);
• face( mostly near the nose);
• neck;
• of the scalp;
• back;
• chest.

Causes may be different:

• disturbed metabolism;
• increased sweating;
• hormonal imbalance;
• oily skin, acne;
• genetic predisposition;
• bad ecology;
• excessive multiplication of bacteria;
• irregular shaving( for men).

Especially noticeable atheroma in the eye area. Even a small, almost inconspicuous atheroma of the eye, in the event of an inflammatory process, can not only spoil the appearance after surgery with scars, but also create the danger of spreading to nearby organs and tissues of infection. The main thing is to ask for help in time to avoid complications.

Sometimes they are confused with lipomas, because outwardly they are very similar. Therefore, in difficult situations, to establish an actual diagnosis, a histological examination or puncture should be performed, which will result in an accurate diagnosis. Atheroma of the skin occurs at any age, and in people of both sexes. There are multiple and called atheromatosis.

If suddenly the ailment increases in size, then the skin reddens, the temperature rises and liquid is released from it. Then you can talk about an affiliate infection. In this case, you urgently need to see a surgeon because of the danger of atheroma degeneration into a malignant tumor.

Atheroma on the face - how to get rid?

The risk of infection is great, so you should delete any size atheroma, even if it does not bother. A cosmetic defect capable of leading a person even to a nervous breakdown is an atheroma on the face and, in principle, on any part of the skin.

Atheroma on the face is removed under local anesthesia or by radio wave( laser) techniques. The removal operation lasts about 10 minutes and helps to avoid postoperative scars. Using a laser, you can remove small, not yet started atheromas. After such an intervention, relapses do not happen, and the wound heals quickly and without scarring.

The radio wave method is the safest, which gives a one hundred percent guarantee against the repeated appearance of a cyst. The timing of recovery is reduced and the patient's ability to work is not impaired. Especially this method is applicable for patients who have an atheroma on their head. This method is seamless and there is no need to shave the hair in place of the operation. In no case are self-extrusion or moxibustion permitted. It must be removed with the capsule and only with the help of a surgeon. Otherwise, complications can not be avoided.

In addition, a distant cystic formation due to the danger of degeneration into a malignant tumor is necessarily sent for histological examination. One of the treatment options is treatment of atheroma with Vishnevsky ointment. Ointment is applied for a long time until there is an opening through which the contents of the atheroma should come out.

There are also a number of recipes from folk remedies, used mainly for the early burrowing of the wen, but this threatens the appearance of an abscess. In fact, there is not a single traditional medicine for resolving atheroma. Therefore, the treatment of folk remedies will not bring any benefit, but rather add problems. In this case it would be wiser to use herbs as a means to improve the general condition of the body. Then the chances for the appearance of new atheromes will significantly decrease.