The appearance of a rash around the mouth always gives a lot of discontent in terms of health and beauty. After all, trying to quickly get rid of pustules, you risk not only injuring the skin, but also causing a serious infection. Masking these shortcomings even with the most expensive tonal means, you still can not hide the aesthetic problem.
What rash happens?
Skin rashes can be primary and secondary in nature. The first are blisters, blisters, spots, nodules in the mouth that appear in certain areas of the skin. Secondary - ulcerative lesions that occur due to the evolution of primary rashes.
Depending on the clinical manifestations, aesthetic problems are divided into types:
- Bubbles that are located in or below the epidermis are filled with white contents. Rashes are the result of many diseases, such as chickenpox or herpes.
- Deep and superficial abscesses, filled mainly with muddy contents.
- Blisters, the main symptom of which is the absence of a cavity. They appear for a short time. The main causes of rash around the mouth are insect bites or even allergies. Literally in all cases, accompanied by severe itchy sensations.
- Spots - the changed color of the skin. There are pigmented, inflammatory and non-inflammatory.
- Nodules are located mainly under the epidermis. Only in certain diseases does their growth and combination occur, for example, in candidiasis.
- An ulcer is the evolution of a rash around the mouth. It occurs mainly with severe chickenpox, lupus erythematosus, or purulent infections of the skin.
Features of the appearance of rashes on the face
Most often, this pathology occurs in women for the following reasons:
- hormonal failure;
- frequent stressful situations;
- uncontrolled intake of hormonal agents, creams, ointments;
- daily use of fluoride toothpaste;
- diseases of the female reproductive system;
- chronic inflammatory processes that occur in the body.
If pathology is ignored or treatment is not started at the right time, complications appear, for example, pigmentation, premature wrinkles, and in severe cases a small rash around the mouth, which leads to demodecosis.
Other causes of rashes around the mouth
A red rash around the mouth and on the chin appears as an allergic reaction to:
- cosmetical tools;
- cold;
- animal hair.
This pathology also speaks of problems with digestion, that is, a malfunction in a section of the intestine. Problems with the body arise due to a weakening of the nervous system, a long course of antibiotic treatment and as a result of eating junk food.
Rashes around the mouth of an inflammatory nature indicate a blockage of the sebaceous ducts of the skin. The reason for this:
- hormonal disbalance;
- stress (the skin at the same time produces a large amount of fat);
- overweight and malnutrition;
- endocrine system diseases;
- intoxication of the body (alcohol, tobacco, drugs, harmful chemicals).
Diagnostics
Before a dermatologist makes an accurate diagnosis and prescribes treatment, a diagnosis is mandatory. It includes a visual examination by a therapist, as well as passing medical tests.
A dermatologist or therapist should present the results of blood tests for hormones that are given in the morning on an empty stomach (5-7 days after menstruation for women). You will also need to conduct a biochemical blood test, thanks to which you can determine whether there is an inflammatory process in the body.
If the rash around the mouth looks like a scattering of small red pimples, due to which the skin will acquire a pink-red tint, then the doctor can make a diagnosis of “perioral dermatitis”. With this disease, a symmetrical pattern forms, but a free strip of healthy skin remains around the lips.
Symptoms that accompany rashes
To facilitate the search for the nature of the pathology and make an accurate diagnosis, doctors pay attention to the disease and condition of the body at the time of the appearance of unpleasant and painful rashes. Concomitant symptoms of a rash around the mouth:
- Fever, which indicates an infectious lesion.
- The patient has lethargy, weakness, severe headaches, decreased performance.
- There is a strong burning sensation and thirst.
- Pain, swelling, hyperemia of the oral mucosa are direct signs of inflammatory processes.
- Weight loss combined with an increase in lymph nodes is a sign of cancer.
- At the same time as fever, there is a significant increase in lymph nodes, which indicates the development of inflammation.
Treatment methods
If a painful rash appears on the face around the mouth, then further actions directly depend on the health status of the adult or child and the reasons that triggered this reaction. For the treatment of rashes, folk remedies and medications can be used.
Usually, many are in no hurry to use medicines without special reasons and recommendations of a treating doctor. In this situation, traditional medicine methods that are used to treat a rash around the mouth and nose that goes without complications will come to the rescue. Such folk remedies include washing with a decoction of celandine, chamomile and linden (1 tablespoon of dry raw materials is poured with a liter of boiling water, boiled in a water bath for 15 minutes, then cooled and filtered).
If the rashes are the result of bacterial and fungal diseases, then antibiotics will help in this situation. However, it is worth remembering that an incorrectly prescribed drug can provoke a relapse.
If the rashes appeared due to irritation on the skin under the influence of external factors, then heated vegetable oil is used. They need to lubricate the inflamed areas of the skin three times a day. If we talk about medicines, Bepanten is well suited, which will help to quickly get rid of allergy symptoms.
Additional treatments and skin care
How to remove the rash around the mouth without the use of drugs, a qualified cosmetologist will tell. To align the tone of the skin, doctors will offer various procedures and cosmetics. But if scars and scars have already appeared on the skin, then they cannot be removed with masks and creams. It is necessary to use the methods of hardware cosmetology, namely, laser resurfacing.
At the time of treatment of the skin it is best to abandon the use of spicy and fatty foods, alcoholic beverages, sweets and daily use of decorative cosmetics. Tip: be sure to rinse off all your makeup from your face at night, cleanse and moisturize your skin well. When acquiring new tonal products, masks and scrubs, pay attention to their composition and ability to clog pores.