Folliculitis: What's Causing the Breakouts on Your Booty?
If you suffer from painful pimples and bumps on your buttocks, you may think you have booty acne. Although you can get acne on your buttocks, your breakouts might not be acne after all. You could have folliculitis instead. Learn more about your booty breakouts and how to proactively stop them below.
Why Is Your Buttock Skin Prone to Breakouts?
Acne typically shows up on your cheekbones, chest, chin, and forehead. Some adults even develop whiteheads, blackheads, and small cysts around their lips, on their backs, and along their inner thighs. But when acne-like bumps and pimples develop on your buttocks, it's called folliculitis. Folliculitis affects the tiny hair follicles on the surfaces of your skin.
Folliculitis isn't a true form of acne. Unlike traditional acne, which develops from dead skin cells and sebum, booty acne develops from yeast, fungi, and the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. Yeast, fungi, and Staphylococcus aureus can be hard to treat with regular medications, including the topical treatments prescribed by your doctor. Certain factors, such as heavy sweating and prolonged sitting, can make butt acne worse over time; sweating and prolonged sitting can irritate the pores in your buttocks.
You can take proactive measures to reduce the breakouts on your booty.
How Do You Proactively Treat Your Skin?
You can do several proactive things at home to treat your booty acne. Try to keep your buttock skin as dry as you can during the day, especially when you work out or exercise. Also, change your undergarments and pants regularly during the day. If your clothing builds up with bacteria and yeast, it can make your breakouts worse.
If your job requires you to sit most of the day, take a moment to stand up or walk around. You want to keep as much pressure and tension off your buttocks as you can.
Finally, contact a compound pharmacist and request medications to treat your buttock acne. There may be different dermatological compounds you can use to unclog your skin follicles and pores. The treatments may be stronger or more effective than traditional medications as well.
If you have delicate or sensitive skin, a compound pharmacy can use treatments that alleviate these issues for you. A pharmacy may also contact your regular doctor for more information about your skin problem.
If you're concerned about these skin blemishes or need help getting rid of them, contact a compounding pharmacy today. Click here to continue reading about what a compounding pharmacy can do for you, including creating dermatology compounds.
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