Get Rid of Scalp Acne

Acne on your face is bad enough; when it stretches to your head it is even worse. Those pimples really hurt when they end up on your scalp because your brush, your comb and your fingers always seem to find them. What is it about a pimple on our head? We seem to pick at it 100 times a day, which is the worst "treatment" for it because your dirty hands are simply adding bacteria to the problem.

You need to give that sore place a rest and come up with a plan to get rid of your scalp acne. Acne invades your scalp due to a couple of causes–it could break out there for the same reasons that it emerges on other parts of your body (blocked pores, excessive oils, bacteria) or it could result from a problem with your hair follicles. These different causes will require different treatments. Here's some help:

1) Many pimples in the scalp area will go away in time if they are left alone, often within a week.

2) Other pimples might require treatment as they grow very tender and remain on your head. Attacking your scalp acne can be tricky because hair often stands in the way of treating the inflammation. Step one in this case is to eliminate the oily products that you use on your hair. Some hair products have more oil than others and you need to cut out the high-oil ones. If you do a little research, you can find hair products with low oil content. You also can do an experiment and switch hair products to see if the problem resolves itself. If so, you will need to make that change permanent.