Tests: Test For Fungal Acne At Home
You might be asking, how do you know if you have fungal acne? Telling the difference between Fungal acne and normal acne can be hard. In this post, we made 4 key questions and tests that will tell whether you have fungal acne or normal acne.
What Do They Look Like?
Unlike normal acne, fungal acne have a specific appearance
Acne: Not uniform, red and varying size of acne
Fungal acne: Uniform, flesh-colored and tiny
Does Acne Products Work?
Another key difference is the type of treatment. Since fungal acne isn’t acne at, all typical acne products will not work for fungal acne.
Acne: Typically treated with salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide
Fungal acne: Treated by using anti-dandruff shampoo and using a fungal acne-safe skincare routine.
Does Your Skin Get Worst When You Use Oil?
Fungal acne strives on oil. The more oily your product, the better the yeast will strive. That is why the more oil you use, the worst your skin gets.
Acne: Normal acne doesn’t react much when you have oil in your skin regimen
Fungal Acne: Most likely any thick moisturizer or oily product will trigger fungal acne and make your skin more textured and bumpy
Try Head and Shoulders Shampoo As A Mask
A simple test to determine if you have fungal acne is by using an anti-dandruff shampoo. There are many anti-dandruff shampoos we use could use like Nizoral or Selsun Blue. If you have a bottle of Head and Shoulders lying around you could use it too
Mask: Using a dimed size of Head and Shoulders apply a layer on the area where you think you have fungal acne. Leave on the mask for 10 minutes. After rinsing off with water. If you see a reduction in the size and appearance of your acne, it might be fungal acne. You might have to repeat this a couple of times to see a big difference.
Acne: You will not see any difference
Fungal Acne: Bumpiness of skin is reduced
In General, you have Fungal Acne if:
- Your acne is uniform, tiny, and flesh-colored
- If typical acne products don’t work
- When oil and oily products make your skin worst
- After using an anti-dandruff shampoo your skin looks better