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IMequinol ne-tretinoin yimithi yokugcoba kadokotela ehlanganisa izithako ezimbili ezinamandla zokwelapha amabala obudala nokulimala kwelanga esikhumbeni sakho. Le khilimu isebenza ngokukhanyisa amabala amnyama ngenkathi futhi ikhuthaza isikhumba sakho ukuthi sizivuselele ngokushesha. Ngokuvamile uzobona le nhlanganisela inikezwa lapho ukwelashwa okungaphezu kwe-counter kungasebenzi ngokwanele ezindabeni zokubala.
IMequinol ne-tretinoin iyikhilimu yokugcoba esebenza kabili eqondise i-hyperpigmentation nezimpawu zokuguga. Umuthi uqukethe i-mequinol, i-ejenti yokukhanyisa isikhumba, ehlanganiswe ne-tretinoin, uhlobo lukavithamini A olusheshisa ukuguqulwa kwamaseli esikhumba.
Cabanga ngale nhlanganisela njengomzamo weqembu wesikhumba sakho. I-Mequinol isebenza njenge-ejenti yokukhipha ekhanyayo eqondise ngqo i-melanin eningi emabaleni amnyama. Okwamanje, i-tretinoin isebenza njengomvuseleli wesikhumba, isiza amaseli esikhumba amadala alimele ukuthi achitheke ngokushesha ukuze kuvele isikhumba esisha, esinempilo.
Lokhu akulungisi okusheshayo nokho. Umuthi udinga ukubekezela nokusetshenziswa okuqhubekayo ezinyangeni eziningana ukuze kubone imiphumela enengqondo. Udokotela wakho wezikhumba ngokuvamile uzokunika lokhu lapho unokulimala kwelanga okuphakathi nendawo kuya kokukhulu okungazange kuphendule kahle ekwelashweni okuthambile.
Lo muthi ohlanganisiwe ngokuyinhloko unikezwa ukwelapha i-solar lentigines, okuyilawa mabala ansundu, ayisicaba avela ezindaweni zesikhumba esivezwe yilanga. Ungase wazi lokhu kangcono njengamabala obudala, amabala elanga, noma amabala esibindi.
Umuthi usebenza kahle kakhulu ebusweni bakho, ezandleni, nakwezinye izindawo lapho ukulimala kwelanga kubonakala kakhulu. Udokotela wakho angase ancome lokhu kwelashwa uma unamabala amaningi amnyama akwenza uzizwe unamahloni noma uma okunye ukwelashwa kokukhanyisa kungasebenzi ngempumelelo.
Ngenkathi ukusetshenziswa kwayo okuyinhloko kungokwama-age spots, ezinye izazi zokwelapha isikhumba zikwenza futhi ukuyinikeza ngeminye imithi yokwelapha i-hyperpigmentation. Nokho, lokhu kubhekwa njengokusetshenziswa okungahambisani nemithetho, okusho ukuthi akuyona injongo eyinhloko evunywe yi-FDA kodwa ingasebenza ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwezokwelapha.
Lo muthi ubhekwa njengokwelashwa okuqinile okusebenza ngezindlela ezimbili ezihlukene. Ingxenye ye-mequinol iphazamisa ukukhiqizwa kwe-melanin, okuyipigment enikeza isikhumba sakho umbala futhi idale lawo mabala amnyama angathandeki.
I-Tretinoin, isithako sesibili esisebenzayo, ingeyeqembu lemithi ebizwa ngokuthi ama-retinoids. Isebenza ngokwandisa izinga lapho amaseli esikhumba sakho eguquka khona, empeleni isiza isikhumba sakho ukuthi sichithe amaseli alimele ngokushesha. Le nqubo yembula isikhumba esisha, esinombala ofanayo ngaphansi.
Ngokuhlangene, lezi zithako zenza inhlanganisela enamandla evimbela ukwakheka kwe-pigmentation entsha futhi isize amabala amnyama akhona ukuthi anyamalale. Le nqubo ngokuvamile ithatha izinyanga ezi-3-6 ukukhombisa ukuthuthuka okukhulu, nakuba abanye abantu beqaphela izinguquko ngokushesha njengamasonto ama-4-6.
Ngenxa yokuthi lokhu ukwelashwa okunamandla okudinga incwadi kadokotela, kunamandla kunezinye izinketho eziningi ezingathengiswa ngaphandle kwencwadi kadokotela. Lokhu kusho ukuthi kungasebenza kahle kakhulu, kodwa futhi kudinga ukuqapha ngokucophelela ngumhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ukuze uqinisekise ukuthi uyisebenzisa ngokuphepha.
Uzosebenzisa lo muthi ngokuqondile esikhumbeni esihlanzekile, esomile kanye ngosuku, ngokuvamile kusihlwa ngaphambi kokulala. Qala ngokuwasha ubuso bakho ngesihlanzi esithambile bese usomisa ngokuphelele ngaphambi kokusetshenziswa.
Sebenzisa ungqimba oluncane kuphela emabaleni amnyama ofuna ukuwelapha, hhayi ebusweni bakho bonke. Sebenzisa okwanele nje ukumboza izindawo ezithintekile ngaphandle kokuzihlikihla ngamandla. Abantu abaningi benza iphutha lokusebenzisa okuningi, okungandisa ukucasuka ngaphandle kokuthuthukisa imiphumela.
Njalo linda okungenani imizuzu engama-30 ngemva kokuhlanza ngaphambi kokusebenzisa umuthi. Lesi sikhathi sokulinda sisiza ukuqinisekisa ukuthi isikhumba sakho somile ngokuphelele, okunciphisa ingozi yokucasuka. Isikhumba sakho kufanele sizizwe sikhululekile futhi singaqini noma singaqhumi lapho usebenzisa ukhilimu.
Ngemva kokusebenzisa, gwema ukuwasha izindawo eziphathwayo okungenani amahora angu-8. Lokhu kunika umuthi isikhathi sokumuncwa kahle futhi usebenze ngempumelelo. Ungasebenzisa i-moisturizer ethambile phezu kwezindawo eziphathwayo uma isikhumba sakho sizizwa somile, kodwa linda imizuzu engu-10-15 ngemva kokusebenzisa umuthi.
Ukuvikelwa elangeni kubaluleke kakhulu ngenkathi usebenzisa lokhu kwelashwa. Sebenzisa i-sunscreen ebanzi eno-SPF okungenani ongu-30 njalo ekuseni, ngisho nasezinsukwini ezinamafu. Ingxenye ye-tretinoin yenza isikhumba sakho sizwele kakhulu emisebeni ye-UV, futhi ukuchayeka elangeni kungase kubhebhethekise ukufiphala okuzama ukukwelapha.
Abantu abaningi basebenzisa lo muthi izinyanga ezi-3-6 ukuze babone imiphumela emihle, nakuba udokotela wakho ezonquma ubude obuqondile ngokusekelwe ekuphenduleni kwesikhumba sakho. Ezinye iziguli zibona ukuthuthuka phakathi kwamasonto angu-4-6, kanti ezinye zingase zidinge izinyanga ezi-6 ezigcwele ukuze zizuze imiphumela yazo efiselekayo.
Udermatologist wakho ngokuvamile uzohlela ama-aphoyintimenti okulandelayo njalo ngemva kwamasonto angu-4-6 ngesikhathi sokwelashwa ukuze aqaphe inqubekela phambili yakho. Bazohlola ukuthi amabala amnyama ayancipha kangakanani nokuthi ngabe uhlangabezana nemiphumela emibi ekhathazayo engase idinge ukulungiswa kohlelo lwakho lokwelashwa.
Uma usuzuze imiphumela yakho oyifunayo, udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuyeka umuthi noma ukunciphisa imvamisa yokusebenzisa. Abanye abantu baguqukela ekuyisebenziseni izikhathi ezi-2-3 ngesonto ukuze banakekele, kanti abanye bayeka ngokuphelele futhi bagxile ekuvikelweni elangeni ukuze bavimbele amabala amasha ukuthi angakheki.
Kubalulekile ukuthi ungayeki imithi ngokuzenzela, ngisho noma uzizwa wanelisekile ngemiphumela. Udokotela wakho udinga ukuhlola isimo sesikhumba sakho futhi anikeze isiqondiso ngendlela engcono kakhulu yokugcina ukuthuthuka kwakho isikhathi eside.
Njengemithi eminingi kadokotela, i-mequinol ne-tretinoin kungabangela imiphumela emibi, nakuba kungewona wonke umuntu oyitholayo. Imiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ihlobene nokucasuka kwesikhumba futhi ngokuvamile kulawuleka ngokusebenzisa kahle.
Nawa amanye emiphumela emibi evame kakhulu ongase uyithole:
Le miphumela emibi ejwayelekile ngokuvamile iyathuthuka njengoba isikhumba sakho sijwayela imithi emasontweni ambalwa okuqala okwelashwa. Abantu abaningi bathola ukuthi ukusebenzisa i-moisturizer ethambile nokuqala ngokusebenzisa kaningi kunciphisa le miphumela.
Imiphumela emibi engathi sína ayivamile kodwa idinga ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha ngokushesha. Xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha uma uhlangabezana nokusha okukhulu, ukuvuvukala, noma izimpawu zokungezwani komzimba njengokuqubuka okubanzi, ukuvuvukala, noma ubunzima bokuphefumula.
Abanye abantu bangase bathuthukise isimo esibizwa ngokuthi i-ochronosis, lapho isikhumba sithuthukisa umbala oluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka-omnyama. Lokhu akuvamile kodwa kungenzeka kakhulu ukuthi kwenzeke ngokusebenzisa isikhathi eside noma kubantu abanesikhumba esimnyama. Udokotela wakho uzoqapha lokhu ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwakho okuvamile.
Ezimweni ezingavamile kakhulu, abanye abantu bathola i-depigmentation efana ne-vitiligo, lapho izindawo eziphathwayo ziba lula kunesikhumba esizungezile. Yingakho kubalulekile ukusebenzisa imithi kuphela ezindaweni ezimnyama hhayi esikhumbeni esijwayelekile.
Lo muthi awufanele wonke umuntu, futhi udokotela wakho uzobukeza ngokucophelela umlando wakho wezokwelapha ngaphambi kokuwubhala. Abesifazane abakhulelwe akufanele basebenzise lo muthi, njengoba i-tretinoin ingalimaza ingane esakhula.
Kufanele ukugweme lokhu kwelashwa uma uhlela ukukhulelwa noma uncelisa. Uma ukhulelwa ngenkathi usebenzisa lo muthi, yeka ukuwusebenzisa ngokushesha futhi uthinte umhlinzeki wakho wezempilo ukuze uxoxe ngezindlela eziphephile.
Abantu abanezimo ezithile zesikhumba kungenzeka bangabi ngabazali abahle balokhu kwelashwa. Uma une-eczema, i-seborrheic dermatitis, noma ezinye izimo zesikhumba ezivuvukalayo ezindaweni ofuna ukuzelapha, udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuthi ubhekane nalezi zinkinga kuqala.
Labo abanesikhumba esizwelayo kakhulu noma umlando wokungezwani komzimba kuma-retinoids noma ama-hydroquinone-related compounds kufanele basebenzise lo muthi ngokuqapha okwengeziwe. Udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuhlolwa kwesichibi ngaphambi kokuqala ukwelashwa okuphelele.
Uma njengamanje usebenzisa eminye imithi yendawo noma ukwelashwa kwezinduna noma ukulwa nokuguga, tshela udokotela wakho. Ezinye izinhlanganisela zingakhuphula ukucasuka noma zinciphise ukusebenza kahle. Lokhu kuhlanganisa imikhiqizo etholakala ngaphandle kwe-oda equkethe i-salicylic acid, i-benzoyl peroxide, noma ezinye izithako ezikhiphayo.
Igama elivamile lomkhiqizo lalesi sihlanganisela somuthi yi-Solage, nakuba lingase litholakale njengokwakheka okujwayelekile. Ikhemisi lakho lingase lithwale izinhlobo ezahlukene zabakhiqizi bomuthi ofanayo.
Lapho uthatha umuthi wakho, qiniseka ukuthi umuthi uqukethe kokubili i-mequinol (ngokuvamile 2%) ne-tretinoin (ngokuvamile 0.01%). Ukupakishwa kufanele kubhale ngokucacile zombili izithako ezisebenzayo kanye nokugxila kwazo.
Amanye amakhemisi angase adinge uku-oda lo muthi ngendlela ekhethekile, njengoba ungagcinwa njalo njengamanye amakhambi atholakala ngaphandle. Ungamangali uma udinga ukulinda usuku olulodwa noma ezimbili ukuze umuthi wakho ulunge, ikakhulukazi uma uthola inguqulo yegama lomkhiqizo.
Uma i-mequinol kanye ne-tretinoin kungakulungele, ezinye izindlela zokwelapha zingasiza ngamabala obudala kanye nomonakalo welanga. Udokotela wakho angase ancome i-hydroquinone yodwa, okuyinto ethambile yokukhanyisa isikhumba engabandakanyi ingxenye ye-tretinoin.
Izindlela zokukhipha amakhemikhali ezenziwa ngudokotela wesikhumba nazo zingasiza ekunciphiseni ukubukeka kwamabala elanga. Lezi zindlela zokwelapha zisebenzisa ama-asidi ukususa izendlalelo eziphezulu zesikhumba esilimele, ziveze isikhumba esicacile ngaphansi. Le nqubo ngokuvamile idinga izikhathi eziningi kodwa ingasebenza kahle kakhulu.
Ukwelashwa ngama-laser kunikeza enye indlela, ikakhulukazi kubantu abafuna imiphumela esheshayo. Ukukhanya okunamandla (IPL) kanye nezinye izindlela zokwelapha ngama-laser zingaqondisa umbala ngqo. Kodwa-ke, lezi zindlela zokwelapha zivame ukubiza kakhulu futhi zingadinga izikhathi eziningi.
Kulabo abakhetha izindlela ezithambile, imikhiqizo equkethe i-vitamin C, i-kojic acid, noma i-arbutin ingasiza ekukhanyiseni amabala amnyama ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Lezi zithako zisebenza kancane kunezindlela zokwelapha ezibhalwe ngudokotela kodwa zingase zibekezelelwe kangcono ngabantu abanesikhumba esibucayi.
Abanye abantu bathola impumelelo ngezindlela zokwelapha ezihlanganisiwe, njengokusebenzisa umuthi othambile ngaphandle kanye nezindlela zokwelapha eziqeqeshiwe njenge-microdermabrasion noma ukukhipha amakhemikhali alula. Udokotela wakho wesikhumba angakusiza ukuthi unqume indlela engcono kakhulu yesimo sakho esithile.
Inhlanganisela ye-Mequinol kanye ne-tretinoin ingasebenza kahle kakhulu kunama-hydroquinone yodwa kubantu abaningi, ikakhulukazi ngoba ibhekana nombala ngezindlela ezimbili ezihlukene. Ingxenye ye-tretinoin yengeza izinzuzo zokuvuselelwa kwesikhumba ezinganikezwa yi-hydroquinone yodwa.
I-Hydroquinone yodwa ngokuvamile inobumnene futhi ingaba yindawo engcono yokuqala uma unesikhumba esibucayi noma umusha ekwelashweni kokubola okubhalwe ngudokotela. Futhi ihlolwe kabanzi futhi inerekhodi elide lokuphepha uma isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Umuthi ohlanganisiwe uvame ukusebenza ngokushesha kune-hydroquinone yodwa ngoba i-tretinoin isiza ukusheshisa ukujika kwamaseli. Lokhu kusho ukuthi ungase ubone imiphumela ezinyangeni ezi-3-4 kunokuba izinyanga ezi-6-8 ukuthi i-hydroquinone yodwa ingase idinge.
Nokho, inhlanganisela nayo ingase ibangele ukucasuka, ikakhulukazi emasontweni ambalwa okuqala kokwelashwa. Uma unesikhumba esibucayi kakhulu noma uthambekele ekucasukeni, udokotela wakho angase ancome ukuqala nge-hydroquinone bese engeza i-tretinoin kamuva uma kudingeka.
Izindleko nazo zingaba yisici esinqumweni. I-Hydroquinone yodwa ngokuvamile ayibizi kakhulu futhi itholakala kabanzi, kuyilapho umuthi ohlanganisiwe ungase ubize kakhulu futhi udinge uku-oda okukhethekile ekhemisi lakho.
Ngenkathi le nhlanganisela ingasebenza kahle ku-melasma, idinga ukuqapha okwengeziwe nokuqapha ngokucophelela ngudokotela wakho wesikhumba. I-Melasma yisimo esithonywe ngamahomoni esingaba ngaphezu kokungalindeleki kunamabala elanga avamile.
Ingxenye ye-tretinoin ngezinye izikhathi ingase iqale ukwenza i-melasma ibe yimbi ngaphambi kokuba ithuthuke, yingakho udokotela wakho ezofuna ukukubona njalo ezinyangeni ezimbalwa zokuqala zokwelashwa. Abanye abantu abane-melasma basabela kangcono ku-hydroquinone yodwa noma ekwelashweni okuhlanganisiwe okuhlanganisa ama-corticosteroids.
Uma une-melasma, ukuvikelwa elangeni okuqinile kuba kubaluleke nakakhulu ngenkathi usebenzisa lo muthi. Ngisho namanani amancane okuvezwa yilanga angabangela ukuqubuka kwe-melasma futhi achithe izinyanga zentuthuko yokwelashwa.
Uma ngabe usebenzise umuthi omningi ngengozi, geza ngokucophelela okuningi ngamanzi abandayo nensipho ethambile. Ungagcobi noma usebenzise imikhiqizo eqinile, ngoba lokhu kungandisa ukucasuka esikhumbeni esesivele selashwe ngokweqile.
Sebenzisa i-moisturizer ethambile, engenamvini ukusiza ukuthoba isikhumba sakho, futhi gwema eminye imikhiqizo yokunakekela isikhumba amahora angama-24-48 alandelayo. Isikhumba sakho singase sizizwe sicasukile kunokujwayelekile, kodwa lokhu kufanele kulunge kancane kancane ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Uma uhlangabezana nokusha okukhulu, ukuvuvukala, noma izimpawu zokungezwani komzimba, xhumana nodokotela wakho ngokushesha. Kubantu abaningi, ukusebenzisa okuningi ngezikhathi ezithile ngeke kubangele izinkinga eziqhubekayo, kodwa kubalulekile ukubuyela enanini elichaziwe lezicelo zesikhathi esizayo.
Uma uphuthelwa ukusebenzisa kusihlwa, vele usebenzise umuthi kusihlwa esilandelayo ngesikhathi sakho esijwayelekile. Ungaphindi ngokusebenzisa kabili ngosuku olulodwa noma usebenzise okwengeziwe ukuze ulungise umthamo ophuthelwe.
Ukuphuthelwa imithamo ngezikhathi ezithile ngeke kuphazamise imiphumela yakho ngokuphawulekayo, kodwa zama ukugcina ukuqina ukuze uthole imiphumela engcono kakhulu. Uma uzithola uvame ukukhohlwa izicelo, cabangela ukusetha isikhumbuzi sefoni noma ukugcina umuthi endaweni ebonakalayo.
Uma uphuthelwa izinsuku eziningana zilandelana, ungase uzwe ukucasuka okuncane lapho uqala kabusha ukwelashwa, kodwa ungase futhi udinge ukwelula isikhathi sakho sokwelashwa esiphelele ukuze uzuze imiphumela oyifunayo.
Kufanele uyeke lo muthi kuphela ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukadokotela wakho, ngisho noma uzizwa wanelisekile ngemiphumela yakho. Abantu abaningi baqeda inkambo ephelele yokwelashwa, evame ukuthatha izinyanga ezi-3-6, ukuze baqinisekise imiphumela engcono kakhulu yesikhathi eside.
Udermatologist wakho uzohlola intuthuko yakho ngesikhathi sokuqokwa okulandelayo okuvamile futhi uzokwazisa uma usufeze imiphumela emihle. Abanye abantu bayazuza ekuqhubekeni nokwelashwa ngokuphindaphinda okuncishisiwe ngenjongo yokulondoloza.
Ukuyeka ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ngisho noma ubona ukuthuthuka okuthile, kungaholela ekubuyeni kwamabala amnyama noma ukungafinyeleli amandla okukhanyisa aphelele. Udokotela wakho uzokusiza ukuthi ushintshele emsebenzini wokulondoloza ogcina imiphumela yakho ngenkathi kuncishiswa ukusetshenziswa kwemithi eqhubekayo.
Yebo, ungasebenzisa izimonyo ngenkathi usebenzisa lo muthi, kodwa kuzodingeka uqaphele kakhulu ngemikhiqizo oyikhethayo. Linda kuze kube ekuseni ukuze usebenzise izimonyo, unikeze umuthi isikhathi sokumuncwa ebusuku.
Khetha imikhiqizo yezimonyo emnene, engenamvini futhi gwema noma yini enezithako ezisebenzayo njenge-salicylic acid noma i-glycolic acid. Izimonyo zamaminerali zivame ukuba yindlela enhle ngoba mancane amathuba okuthi zibangele ukucasuka esikhumbeni esiphathwayo.
Susa njalo izimonyo ngobumnene ngesihlanzi esithambile ngaphambi kokusebenzisa umuthi wakho wakusihlwa. Gwema ukusula izimonyo noma imikhiqizo yokususa enokhahlo engase ikhulise ukucasuka noma iphazamise ukusebenza komuthi.
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