Corticosteroid Injections for Cystic Acne
Some large, cystic acne postules simply cannot be treated by medication, and need to be physically interfered with so that they may drain properly or “dry up” and not cause severe scarring and pitting.
One of the methods for helping to get rid of a large acne cyst is a corticosteroid injection directly into the infected area, which almost instantly makes the large cyst go down by promoting fast healing and helping to completely get rid of the fluid and infected buildup.
Large cystic acne is the kind that you might get once in a while, or if you’re less lucky, you might get them all the time. They are large inflammations underneath the skin that cause a large bump in the infected area and are often painful. They need a special acne treatment to clear pores up usually.
They are only really visible because of their protrusion, but sometimes they also cause a redness in the swollen area which makes them a little more conspicuous.
The dermatologist may choose to perform a sort of “surgery” on the acne comedone also and will actually excise ( open up) and extract the infected cyst surgically in sanitary conditions, so that it does not get further infected. The yucky stuff is then extracted professionally, and you should end up with a fairly neat looking entrance wound which will heal a lot quicker than the cyst would have on its own.
Sometimes I will have a large cyst on my chin, and I do think about going and getting a corticosteroid injection, but then I think of the cost and usually don’t. Sometimes they just go away on their own inexplicably, and sometims they emerge into a zit that’s larger than life! BTW, the “technical name” for these acne cyst injections is “Interlesional Corticosteroid Injection”.
