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ʻO ka salicylic acid a me ka sulfur topical he lāʻau hui e mālama ai i ka ʻakena a me nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe ma ka hana pū ʻana e wehe i nā pores a hoʻemi i ka mumū. Hoʻohui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau hana pālua i ʻelua mau mea i hoʻokumu maikaʻi ʻia e kōkua ana i ka poʻe e loaʻa i ka ʻili maʻemaʻe no nā makahiki he nui.
E ʻike ʻoe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma nā ʻano like ʻole e like me nā ʻaila, nā gels, nā lotions, a me nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe. Hana maikaʻi ka hui ʻana ma mua o kekahi mea hoʻohui wale nō, e lilo ia i koho kaulana no ka ʻakena paʻa ʻaʻole i pane i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi.
Hoʻohui kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ʻelua mau mea hakakā ʻakena ikaika i hoʻokahi lāʻau. ʻO ka salicylic acid he beta-hydroxy acid e hoʻoheheʻe mālie i nā paʻa ma waena o nā cell ʻili make, ʻoiai ʻo ka sulfur e hana ma ke ʻano he mea antimicrobial e kōkua ana i ka maloʻo ʻana i nā maʻi ʻakena.
Hoʻokumu ka hui ʻana i kahi hopena synergistic kahi e hoʻonui ai nā mea ʻelua i nā pōmaikaʻi o kekahi. Wehe ka salicylic acid i nā pores paʻa ma ka wehe ʻana i nā cell ʻili make, e ʻae ana i ka sulfur e komo hohonu a kuhikuhi i nā bacteria e hana ana i ka ʻakena.
E ʻike maʻamau ʻoe i kēia hui ʻana i nā ʻano like ʻole mai 0.5% a 2% salicylic acid i hui pū ʻia me 2% a 10% sulfur. Aia ka nui o ka nānā ʻana i nā pono o kou ʻili a me ka pae ʻike.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa mua kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka acne vulgaris, me nā blackheads, whiteheads, a me nā pimples inflammatory. He mea maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe e ʻike i ka comedonal acne (blackheads a me whiteheads) a me nā ʻāpana inflammatory.
Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻakene, hiki i kēia hui pū ʻana ke kōkua i nā maʻi ʻili ʻē aʻe. Hiki ke kauoha ʻia no ka dermatitis seborrheic, kahi maʻi e hana ai i nā ʻāpana ʻili, ʻāʻī ma ke poʻo a me ka maka. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe dermatologist i ka keratosis pilaris, nā puʻupuʻu liʻiliʻi e ʻike pinepine ʻia ma nā lima a me nā ʻūhā.
He hana maikaʻi ka lāʻau lapaʻau no ka poʻe me ka ʻili ʻaila e hakakā nei me nā ʻōpū pinepine. He mea maikaʻi loa inā ua hoʻāʻo ʻoe i nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi me ka holomua ʻole, no ka mea, ʻo ka hui pū ʻana e kālele ana i nā kumu he nui o ka ʻakene i ka manawa like.
ʻAʻole maʻamau, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no kekahi mau maʻi ʻili fungal a i ʻole ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi hana mālama ʻili ākea no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi ʻili mau e pili ana i ka hana ʻaila nui a me nā pores paʻa.
Ua manaʻo ʻia he lāʻau lapaʻau ʻakene ikaika e hana ana ma o nā ʻano hana ʻelua. Hana ka waikawa salicylic ma ke ʻano he exfoliant kemika, e hoʻoheheʻe ana i ka mea paʻa e paʻa ana i nā cell ʻili make i loko o kou pores.
Hoʻopili ka ʻāpana waikawa salicylic i nā pores i piha i ka ʻaila a wāwahi i nā plugs keratin e hana ai i nā blackheads a me nā whiteheads. E noʻonoʻo iā ia he mea hoʻoheheʻe mālie e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i ke ala no ke kaʻina hana hou o kou ʻili.
Hāʻawi ʻo Sulfur i kāna mau waiwai antimicrobial ma ka hana ʻana i kahi kaiapuni e kūʻē i ka bacteria e hana ana i ka ʻakene. He hopena maloʻo maʻalahi hoʻi e kōkua ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hana ʻaila nui, hiki ke kōkua i nā pores paʻa.
ʻO ka hui pū ʻana, hana kēia mau mea i kahi ala multi-pronged e kamaʻilio ana i nā kumu nui o ka ʻakene. He ikaika ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hana i nā hopena i ʻike ʻia i loko o 4-6 mau pule akā ʻoluʻolu no ka hoʻohana lōʻihi ke hoʻohana ʻia e like me ke kuhikuhi.
E hoʻomaka me ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana i kou ʻili me kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe mālie, ʻaʻole comedogenic a me ka holoi ʻana a maloʻo loa. E hoʻopili i kahi papa lahilahi o ka lāʻau lapaʻau i nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia wale nō, e pale ana i ka wahi maka a me nā membrane mucous.
E hoʻomaka me ka hoʻohana ʻana i hoʻokahi manawa i ka lā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i ke ahiahi, e hāʻawi i kou ʻili i ka manawa e hoʻoponopono ai. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻonui mālie i ʻelua manawa i ka lā inā maikaʻi kou ʻili a ʻōlelo kāu kauka.
Mai hoʻopili i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma hope koke o ka ʻauʻau ʻana a i ʻole ka holoi ʻana i kou maka me ka wai wela, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka absorption a hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki. E kali ma kahi o 10-15 mau minuke ma hope o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana.
E holoi mau i kou mau lima ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau. Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau topical ʻē aʻe, e hoʻopili mua i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau a kali ma kahi o 10 mau minuke ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka moisturizer a i ʻole ka pale lā.
ʻAʻole pono ʻoe e lawe i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka meaʻai no ka mea ua hoʻopili ʻia i luna. Eia naʻe, e pale i ka loaʻa ʻana i kou waha, a inā e ʻai ʻoe i kekahi mea, e holoi i kou waha me ka wai.
Hoʻomaka ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ko lākou ʻili i loko o 4-6 mau pule o ka hoʻohana mau ʻana. Eia naʻe, maʻa mau ka 8-12 mau pule e ʻike i nā pōmaikaʻi piha o kēia lapaʻau hui.
E ʻōlelo paha kāu kauka e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau no ka liʻiliʻi o 3 mau mahina e loiloi pono i kona pono. Pono paha kekahi poʻe e hoʻohana ia mea no 6 mau mahina a ʻoi aku paha, ʻoiai inā e mālama ana lākou i ka ʻāʻī mau a i ʻole nā maʻi ʻili maʻi ʻē aʻe.
Aia ka lōʻihi o ka mālama ʻana i nā mea he nui me ke koʻikoʻi o kou maʻi, pehea ka maikaʻi o kou ʻili e pane ai, a inā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao. E nānā kāu dermatologist i kāu holomua a hoʻoponopono i ka hoʻolālā lapaʻau.
No ka mālama ʻana, hoʻomau kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau 2-3 manawa i ka pule ʻoiai ma hope o ka maʻemaʻe ʻana o ko lākou ʻāʻī. Kōkua kēia i ka pale ʻana i nā puka hou mai ka hana ʻana, ʻoiai inā maʻalahi ʻoe i ka ʻāʻī e hoʻi hou ana.
Mai hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau me ka ʻole e kūkākūkā me kāu kauka, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke alakaʻi i kahi hopena rebound kahi e hoʻi hou ai kou ʻāʻī me ka ikaika ma mua o ka wā ma mua.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e ʻike i nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻalahi i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai lākou e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, a hoʻomaikaʻi maʻamau kēia mau mea i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai kou ʻili. ʻO nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e komo pū ana me ka ʻulaʻula maʻalahi, ka maloʻo, a me ka ʻili iki ma kahi e hoʻopili ai.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao āu e ʻike ai, i hoʻonohonoho ʻia mai ka mea maʻamau a hiki i ka mea liʻiliʻi:
Nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau (e pili ana i nā mea hoʻohana he nui):
Nā hopena ʻaoʻao liʻiliʻi (e pili ana i kekahi mau mea hoʻohana):
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao hiki ke mālama ʻia a hōʻike i ka hana ʻana o ka lāʻau. Eia naʻe, inā ʻike ʻoe i ka huhū nui a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi, e hooki i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau a e kelepona koke i kāu mea mālama ola.
ʻO nā kānaka i ʻike ʻia he maʻi i ka salicylic acid, sulfur, a i ʻole kekahi mea hana ʻole i loko o ka formulation e pale aku i kēia lāʻau. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā hopena koʻikoʻi i ka aspirin, pono ʻoe e makaʻala loa no ka mea pili kemika ka salicylic acid i ka aspirin.
ʻAʻole ʻōlelo ʻia kēia lāʻau no nā keiki ma lalo o 12 mau makahiki ke ʻole i kauoha ʻia e ka dermatologist pediatric. ʻOi aku ka ʻili o nā keiki ʻōpio a hiki ke komo i nā mea hana, e alakaʻi ana i nā hopena makemake ʻole.
Pono nā wahine hāpai a me nā wahine e hānai ana i ka waiū e kūkākūkā i kā lākou mea mālama ola ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau. ʻOiai ua manaʻo ʻia ka salicylic acid topical he palekana ma mua o nā ʻano waha i ka wā hāpai, he mea nui nō naʻe e kūkākūkā i nā pilikia a me nā pōmaikaʻi me kāu kauka.
Pono nā kānaka me kekahi mau maʻi ʻili e hoʻohana i kēia lāʻau me ka akahele a i ʻole e pale aku iā ia. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka eczema, psoriasis, a i ʻole ka ʻili koʻikoʻi, hiki i kēia hui ke paʻakikī loa a hiki ke hoʻonui i kou maʻi.
ʻO ka poʻe e lawe ana i kekahi mau lāʻau, ʻo ia hoʻi nā mea hoʻoheheʻe koko a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau acne topical ʻē aʻe, pono e haʻi i kā lākou kauka ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i kēia lāʻau. Hiki i ka hui ke launa pū me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe a i ʻole e hoʻonui i ka ʻili.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pilikia o ka puʻupaʻa a i ʻole ke akepaʻa, e kūkākūkā i kēia me kāu kauka, no ka mea, aia kahi hiki liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻonui ʻia ʻana o ka absorption ma o ka ʻili i pōʻino a i ʻole ka ʻili.
Nui nā hōʻailona kaulana e hana i kēia lāʻau hui. ʻO kekahi o nā inoa hōʻailona i loaʻa pinepine ʻia ʻo Fostex, Pernox, Rezamid, a me Sastid.
E loaʻa nō hoʻi kēia hui ʻana i nā hōʻailona hale kūʻai like ʻole a me nā ʻano generic. Nui nā kaulahao hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau e lawe ana i kā lākou mau mana ponoʻī, a he mau mea hana like nō naʻe me ke kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa.
Hoʻokumu kekahi mau hōʻailona i nā ʻano hana kikoʻī, e like me nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe, nā lāʻau lapaʻau kikoʻī, a i ʻole nā lotions e waiho ʻia. ʻO nā koho maʻamau ma luna o ka pāʻani e komo pū ana i kekahi mau huahana Neutrogena a me Clean & Clear e hui pū ana i kēia mau mea.
Hiki i kāu kauka lāʻau lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike i nā hōʻailona i loaʻa ma kou wahi a hiki ke hōʻike i ke koho kūpono loa e kūpono i kāu mau pono kikoʻī.
Inā ʻaʻole hana maikaʻi kēia hui ʻana iā ʻoe, hiki i kekahi mau koho ʻē aʻe ke hāʻawi i nā pōmaikaʻi like. ʻO ka benzoyl peroxide me ka salicylic acid kekahi hui maʻamau e hāʻawi ana i nā hopena antimicrobial me ka hana hoʻomaʻemaʻe pore.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokahi mea e komo pū ana me ka salicylic acid wale nō, he ʻoluʻolu a maikaʻi no ka ʻili maʻalahi, a i ʻole ka sulfur wale nō, he mea pono loa ia no ka poʻe i hiki ʻole ke ʻae i ka salicylic acid.
Hāʻawi nā Retinoids, ma luna o ka pāʻani (e like me adapalene) a i ʻole ka ikaika kauoha, i kahi ala ʻokoʻa ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke kelepona a me ka pale ʻana i nā pores paʻa. He mea pono loa kēia mau mea no ka ʻāʻī mau akā pono paha i kahi manawa hoʻoponopono lōʻihi.
No ka ʻāʻī bacterial, hiki i nā antibiotics topical e like me clindamycin a i ʻole erythromycin ke kūpono. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia kēia mau mea no ka ʻāʻī inflammatory i pane ʻole i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
ʻO nā koho kūlohelohe e komo pū ana me ka ʻaila lāʻau tī, nona nā waiwai antimicrobial, a i ʻole ka azelaic acid, e hāʻawi ana i nā pōmaikaʻi antibacterial a me anti-inflammatory me ka liʻiliʻi o ka hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki.
He kūpono nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua no ka ʻakene, akā hana lākou i nā ʻano like ʻole a he kūpono paha no nā ʻano ʻili like ʻole a me nā ʻano ʻakene. He maʻalahi ka hui ʻana o ka waikawa salicylic a me ka sulfur a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no ka poʻe me ka ʻili maʻalahi.
He maikaʻi ka hui ʻana o ka waikawa salicylic a me ka sulfur i ka mālama ʻana i ka ʻakene comedonal (nā poʻo ʻeleʻele a me nā poʻo keʻokeʻo) a me ka ʻakene mumū māmā. He maikaʻi loa ia no ka poʻe i loaʻa ka ʻili hui a i ʻole ka poʻe e ʻike i nā ʻano ʻelua o nā ʻōpū.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka benzoyl peroxide i ka ʻakene mumū a me nā bacteria e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻakene, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi no ka poʻe me nā pimples ʻulaʻula a mumū. Eia naʻe, hiki iā ia ke hoʻomaloʻo a hiki ke hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā lole a me ka lauoho.
ʻO ke koho ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e hilinaʻi pinepine ʻia i ka ʻae ʻana o kou ʻili a me kāu ʻano ʻakene. Manaʻo kekahi poʻe e hoʻololi ma waena o nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻelua a i ʻole ka hoʻohana ʻana iā lākou i nā manawa like ʻole o ka lā.
Hiki i kāu dermatologist ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻoholo i ka lāʻau lapaʻau kūpono loa e pili ana i ke ʻano o kou ʻili, ka paʻakikī o ka ʻakene, a me nā pane lapaʻau i hala.
Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia hui ʻana ma ka ʻili maʻalahi, akā pono ia i ka hoʻolauna a me ka nānā ʻana. E hoʻomaka me ka haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a hoʻopili iā ia i kēlā me kēia lā ʻē aʻe i ka wā mua e ʻae i kou ʻili e hoʻoponopono mālie.
Pono ka poʻe me ka ʻili maʻalahi e ʻimi i nā formulations e komo pū ana i nā mea moisturizing a i ʻole e noʻonoʻo e hoʻohana i kahi moisturizer maʻalahi ma hope o ka lawe ʻia ʻana o ka lāʻau. Inā ʻike ʻoe i ka huhū nui, e hōʻemi i ke alapine o ka noi a i ʻole e kūkākūkā i kāu dermatologist e pili ana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana nui i kēia lāʻau, e holoi mālie i ka mea nui me ka wai anuanu a me kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe maʻalahi. E pale i ka holoi ʻana, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka huhū a me ka hiki ke komo i nā mea hana.
E hoʻopili i kahi mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻala ʻole e kōkua i ka hōʻoluʻolu i kekahi huhū. Inā ʻoe e ʻike i ka ʻāʻā nui, ka ʻeha, a i ʻole nā hōʻailona o ka hopena maʻi, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola a i ʻole ke kikowaena mana ʻawa.
E hoʻopili wale i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke hoʻomanaʻo ʻoe, ke ʻole kokoke ka manawa no kāu noi i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. I kēlā hihia, e lele i ka mahele i poina a e hoʻomau me kāu papa manawa maʻamau.
Mai hoʻopili i ka lāʻau lapaʻau keu e uku ai i kahi mahele i poina, no ka mea, hiki i kēia ke hoʻonui i ka pilikia o ka huhū a me nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻOi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomau ma mua o ka manawa kūpono, no laila e kālele ana i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i kahi hana maʻamau hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻomau i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau i ka wā e ʻōlelo ai kāu kauka, ʻoiai ma hope o ka maʻemaʻe ʻana o kāu ʻāʻī. ʻO ka hooki ʻana i ka wā mua e alakaʻi pinepine i ka hoʻi ʻana mai o nā ʻōpala i loko o kekahi mau pule.
E ʻōlelo maʻamau kāu dermatologist i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ke alapine ma mua o ka hooki koke ʻana. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kēlā me kēia lā ʻē aʻe, a laila ʻelua manawa i ka pule, ma mua o ka hooki ʻana.
ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i ka makeup i ka wā e hoʻohana ana i kēia lāʻau lapaʻau, akā e koho i nā huahana non-comedogenic ʻaʻole e paʻa i kou pores. E kali ma kahi o 10-15 mau minuke ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua o ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka makeup e ʻae iā ia e komo pono.
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