How to treat chicken skin

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Chicken skin is a kind of disease that appears on many people's skin at present. Generally speaking, once chicken skin appears, it needs to be treated. The following is a detailed introduction on how to treat chicken skin problems.

How to treat chicken skin

First: oral vitamin A or eat more food rich in vitamin A is helpful to this disease; in addition, external use of skin keratin softener or keratinolytic agent can reduce symptoms and make skin surface smoother. Such as topical retinoic acid, salicylic acid ointment, etc., the application of retinoic acid should start from low concentration, such as 0.05% - 0.1%, in order to avoid skin irritation, once a night. Drugs need to be used for a long time to be effective.

Second: the more gentle method of exfoliation is to use bath salt (salt also has exfoliation effect, but the sodium will make the skin dry, "chicken skin" people or appliance moisturizing effect of dead sea bath salt is better). You can choose to bathe with bath salts or mix it with plant based bath milk. It should be noted that this method is suitable for patients to use in showers. When bathing salt is used for bathing, they can also add rose and sandalwood essential oil, which can also moisturize the skin while exfoliating.

Third: apply retinoic acid, or under the guidance of a professional doctor for fruit acid skin, can make the skin appear crystal clear in a few days. However, this is only an "emergency method" to treat the symptoms but not the root cause.

matters needing attention

After understanding how to treat chicken skin, people with chicken skin should also avoid scratching the skin lesions on weekdays.