Indications: To treat inflamed acne cysts or nodules. The treatment helps reduce inflammation and prevent scarring

Mechanism Of Action: This treatment usually minimizes the pain, swelling and redness of acne cysts and promote healing.

Dosage: Each acne lesion is given a dilute cortisone injection using a very small needle. The injections can be repeated in a month or more if lesions are not responding.

Expectations: The cyst/nodule will soften in a few days and they become flat in a week.

Side effects: If too high of a concentration is used atrophy can occur at the sites of injections. Atrophy implies that scars can become depressed and look like dents in the skin.