It also tends to develop in women in their twenties. Usually there is some component of bacterial infection. Mild cases will respond quite nicely to topical antibiotics or benzyol peroxide. Benzyol peroxide is available over the counter. Occasionally, several different topical antibiotics will need to be tried to find out which one works best.
Inflammatory acne is more severe.
This type of acne causes more scaring and will cause deep, inflammatory nodules. Another name for this condition is cystic acne. Usually topical tretinoin is applied once daily with an oral antibiotic. Again, it may take four to eight weeks to reduce the bacteria and curtail the formation of new inflammatory lesions. Large lesions may be injected with steroids.