Akrustal. Reviews for psoriasis and instructions for use.

Dermatitis, psoriasis, eczema and other skin diseases, although not serious, can significantly complicate life. Modern medicine offers many drugs to combat them, but many of them are based on hormones, which negatively affects the body. But there is another option. The drug "Akrustal" belongs to the category of non-hormonal; it effectively fights psoriasis, eczema and dermatitis of various origins. From this article you will learn how to use Akrustal drugs for psoriasis, read reviews from patients with psoriasis.

Composition of the drug Akrustal

Most often, doctors prescribe steroid medications to treat psoriasis. They are, of course, effective in fighting inflammation, but taking them is addictive and has a negative effect on the body. Unlike them, Akrustal is based only on natural components. The natural composition not only has the necessary anti-inflammatory effect, relieves itching, but also strengthens the body and increases local immunity. The drug contains the following ingredients:

• Aloe extract;
• Licorice extract;
• Calendula extract;
• Sea buckthorn oil;
• Juniper oil;
• Cedar oil;
• Eucalyptus oil;
• Chamomile flower extract;
• Yarrow extract;
• Rose hip extract;
• Solid oil.

The combination of purified solid oil and natural extracts ensures maximum effect. Experts painstakingly studied the properties of medicinal herbs and plants and selected the most optimal combination that has a mild soothing and healing effect on the affected skin. Akrustal cream acts delicately, gradually, its use will definitely not have a shock effect on the body.

Natural cream Akrustal is a replacement for synthetic drugs aimed at combating skin diseases.

Medicinal properties and composition

The drug belongs to non-hormonal drugs of natural origin intended for external use. It helps protect the skin from the negative effects of the external environment and relieve clinical symptoms of diseases such as eczema, psoriasis, allergic and atopic dermatitis.

Akrustal ointment has anti-inflammatory, antipruritic, keratolytic, protective and regenerating effects.

In the fight against psoriasis, it eliminates psoriatic rashes, working directly at the source of inflammation until the disappearance of dyschromic spots. If you approach treatment responsibly, you can achieve a stable period of remission.

This happens thanks to the components of the herbal remedy. It does not contain hormones, antibiotics or chemical fillers, as a result of which the drug boasts a high degree of safety in use.

Let's look at what is included in the multicomponent structure of Akrustal in the following table.

Akrustal phytomal ointment has a viscous, rich structure, colored yellow. The price of a 65 gram jar in Russian pharmacies is 500–700 rubles, in Ukrainian - 320 hryvnia.

How to use Akrustal for psoriasis

Akrustal cream is intended for external use only. To reduce the likelihood of developing negative reactions, it is necessary to conduct an allergy test - apply a small amount of the product to the plaque, wait 2 hours.

The cream is applied to the affected areas; there is no need to rub it in. For psoriasis on the head, ointment is applied along the direction of hair growth. For the first 7 days, the product should be used once every 2 days and washed off after 6 hours. Then the drug can be used daily until the manifestations of the disease completely disappear.

If the affected area is large, Akrustal should not be applied to all inflamed areas at once. For the first 2-3 days it is necessary to treat the plaques on the legs, then the skin on the hands, by the end of the first week you can begin to lubricate the affected areas on the body.

The duration of therapy depends on the severity of the disease - 14–90 days. To eliminate hyperpigmentation, the product should be used once a day for 4 weeks. During treatment, you should refrain from eating sweets, processed foods, strong tea and coffee, and foods high in preservatives and dyes. Alcoholic drinks are prohibited.

Mechanism of action

With the help of new patented formulas in the production of Akrustal, it provides a unique opportunity to preserve all the healing ingredients of the drug in their original form. Their work is based on the normalization of metabolic processes in the epidermis.

Plant extracts and extracts included in the herbal remedy interact with the skin, restoring and stabilizing its metabolic processes in the deepest layers. Thanks to this, softening of the epidermis is achieved, but the entire life cycle of each cell is normalized.

Gentle cleansing of the epithelium leads to the elimination of the inflammatory process, tissue regeneration and restoration of their protective layer. The solid oil included in the composition complements the therapeutic effect, preserving and enhancing the influence of all components present in the structure of Akrustal.

Soap

The composition of Akrustal brand soap includes:

1. Elemental sulfur: promotes the formation of collagen - a protein that mainly consists of connective tissue;
2. Sea Salt: Provides an extensive list of micronutrients;
3. Wood ash: has the ability to bind and then remove harmful substances and toxins;
4. Camelina seed oil: contains vitamins (retinol, E), chlorophyll, the antibacterial effect of which has long been known;
5. Citric acid: stimulates cell renewal processes and has a beneficial effect on the skin, increasing its elasticity.

A total of 9 types of Akrustal soap are produced. They differ in the content of additional additives:

• Linden flowers;
• Mint;
• Dried raspberries;
• Fir extract, etc.

Coconut and palm oils, glycerin, and propylene glycol are used in the production of soap.

It is recommended to use Akrustal as daily skin care for acne, various types of dermatoses and for prevention - alternating with regular toilet soap.

A 100-gram bar of soap costs about 300 rubles.

Instructions for use

If a person has previously been treated with glucocorticoid medications, he should take a break of at least 14 days before starting to use Akrustal.

Herbal medicine therapy must begin with a sensitivity test to individual ingredients of the medicine. In this case, the ointment is applied exclusively to psoriatic rashes for at least 3 hours. If there is no negative reaction to it after this time, therapy begins. Akrustal intolerance refers to skin itching, swelling and irritation of the dermis.

The drug is applied in a thin layer to the diseased areas of the body with light movements. The product should not be rubbed into the epithelium. If foci of inflammation occupy a large area of ​​the body, you need to be patient and begin therapy gradually, without affecting all foci at once.

It is not advisable to place bandages on top of the drug or use bedding or linen. You must wait until the medicine is absorbed.

In the first 7 days of therapy, Akrustal should be used at least once every 6 hours. Starting from the second week, the product continues to be used regularly, limited to a single application at night. Treatment is carried out until recovery occurs. Reviews from patients indicate that the drug brings visible success from the 15th day of use.

Sometimes, after the disappearance of psoriatic plaques, characteristic traces of hyperpigmentation remain on the skin. In order to maximally even out the tone of the epithelium and achieve its restoration, it is necessary to use the medication for another month.

Tea drinks and fees

In addition to products for external use, the manufacturer offers 4 more types of tea drink and two collections - for external use. The company does not have its own herb plantations: they purchase raw materials from other suppliers. The composition of herbal mixtures is arranged in such a way that their components not only get along with each other, but also mutually enhance the positive aspects.

Types of Akrustal tea drinks:

1. No. 1 - Sedative - contains valerian, motherwort, hop cones, blue cyanosis, ziziphora and fireweed. The calming effect of these herbs has long been known, so there is no doubt: tea should really have a calming effect on a person.
2. No. 2 - Blood purifying: it contains wormwood, stinging nettle, string, felt burdock, celandine and other herbs. Brewing tea collection No. 2 is useful for poisoning - acute and chronic, diseases caused by impaired salt metabolism, rheumatism, chronic fatigue.
3. No. 3 - For the liver: milk thistle, St. John's wort, immortelle and chicory together with buckthorn, Canadian goldenrod, chamomile and knotweed make up a well-chosen mixture that can help with inflammation of the liver, spleen, and disorders of the endocrine glands (pancreas, adrenal glands, thyroid).
4. No. 4- For immunity: it includes echinacea, red brush, common raspberry and other plants that can have a tonic effect on the nervous system and improve metabolism. This tea is useful to drink during colds, treatment of anemia, and endocrine diseases.

Infusions of collections No. 5 and 6 can be used for skin diseases and to strengthen hair weakened by seborrhea. Both formulations have a soothing effect on itchy skin. Collection No. 5 helps with skin inflammation. Hair washed in the infusion of collection No. 6 gets rid of brittleness, while gaining the natural shine lost due to disruptions in the body.

Tea drinks are supplied packaged in 160 gram bags and sold for 340 rubles each. Herbal infusions for external use are a little more expensive (the packaging is similar to tea) - 360 rubles.

Additional recommendations

To achieve a lasting therapeutic result, experts advise using the herbal remedy in accordance with the following rules:

• Before carrying out a treatment course with Akrustal, you need to cleanse the body using special techniques to combat waste and toxins in the liver and intestines.
• During therapy, strictly follow medical prescriptions, do not exceed the dosage of the medication and do not interrupt the course ahead of time.

• Do not combine the use of the drug with glucocorticoids.
• Follow a diet, categorically giving up alcohol, sugar, and junk food.

Use for preventive purposes

You can use Akrustal when psoriasis is already at a regressive stage. During this period, there are no new rashes, and old ones are invisible. We must not allow the disease to worsen.

In some cases, the acute phase occurs due to the change of seasons. Sometimes this occurs due to nervous tension and stress. Akrustal should be applied for preventive purposes once every few days. You can repeat several courses. The patient must follow other advice from his attending physician, namely:

• Rejection of bad habits;
• Using the right hygiene products;
• Dieting.

Akrustal herbal remedy must be used in accordance with the rules. Before treatment, you should cleanse the body to relieve the liver of excess stress. During treatment, do not exceed the dosage or interrupt the course.

Akrustal can be combined with the following external agents:

1. Linseed oil;
2. Cedar resin;
3. Soap Nut Bath;
4. Moisturizing cream.

The products are not applied at the same time, but before or after Akrustal. Soap nuts are also a natural product that successfully replaces shower gel. The fruits of Sapindus mukorossi are called soap nuts. The product contains natural foam formers - saponins. These substances do not dry out the skin and have an antibacterial effect, which is necessary for psoriasis.

Side effects and contraindications

In most cases, the drug is well tolerated by patients without causing negative systemic reactions. Only in some situations do people encounter manifestations of contact-allergic dermatosis, namely itching and rashes on the skin. The listed symptoms are associated with individual hypersensitivity of the body to one or more components of the drug.

Akrustal has practically no contraindications, with the exception of intolerance to herbal ointment.

Akrustal: general information

Under the Akrustal brand, three lines of natural products are produced designed to relieve the symptoms of skin diseases - psoriasis, eczema and other dermatoses:

1. Creams;
2. Soap;
3. Fees for external and internal use.

According to the manufacturer, the product formulas do not include hormonal supplements. Its quality is confirmed by certificates of conformity issued by Paracels LLC. The document indicates NPC Bioterra LLC as the manufacturer. There is also a “Declaration of Conformity” of the Customs Union. Based on the above documents, we can conclude that Akrustal products are manufactured in accordance with GOST standards.

Creams and soaps of the Akrustal trademark are not classified as medicines. They are produced on the basis of standards for cosmetics.

Advantages

The drug has the following positive aspects that make it attractive compared to similar medications. Let's list them.

• The ointment gently but effectively fights psoriatic rashes, removing characteristic plaques from the body and scalp.
• The drug eliminates dyschronomic spots that remain after inflammation has healed.
• The product does not contain hormones, alcohol, antibiotics and salicylic acid, which makes it possible to use the medication by pregnant and lactating women, and children over 2 years of age.
• The ointment easily penetrates into the deep layers of the skin without lingering on its surface.
• The drug can be easily removed from the epithelium using ordinary soap.
• The drug transfers the disease into a process of stable remission, provided that all recommendations prescribed by the doctor are followed.
• The ointment has a thick structure, which guarantees its economical consumption.
• The drug does not provoke addiction, so it is allowed to be used for preventive purposes for the required amount of time.
• The product does not have a specific aroma, for this reason it can be used regardless of the surrounding circumstances - in a work environment, at home, etc.
• Reasonable cost and quick effect make Akrustal accessible to people with any income.

Addiction to psoriasis creams: truth or myth?

But is Akrustal cream, made on the basis of solid oil and components of exclusively natural origin, capable of causing a similar reaction?

Getting used to anti-psoriasis creams

The concept of addiction in relation to external therapy drugs used to combat skin diseases primarily concerns glucocorticosteroid drugs. These substances are divided into 4 categories according to the power of impact:

strong (above average);

The strength of hydrocortisone, as the weakest hormone in action, was taken as a starting point. If psoriasis is treated uncontrollably with hormonal-based ointment, the effect will begin to disappear over time. To achieve results, you need to move on to a more powerful drug. It, of course, almost immediately has a positive effect on the foci of rashes, but its side effects also occur more quickly.

Another negative point is that if a patient needs to change a strong corticosteroid drug to a non-hormonal substance, for example, Akrustal ointment for psoriasis, this will be more difficult to do than switching to a hormonal drug of a lower class. This is due to withdrawal syndrome.

But the value of glucocorticosteroid ointments remains obvious. In many cases, when a dermatologist needs to radically solve a problem and urgently achieve relief for the patient’s condition, they are simply irreplaceable. If you need to quickly stop progressive psoriasis, ointment with hormones works flawlessly.

Cream "Acrustal". Mechanism of action

Today, this is one of the most effective solid oil ointments developed for the treatment of skin diseases. The drug acts much more mildly than the corticosteroid analogues discussed above. The purpose of hormonal products is emergency medical care, the purpose of this cream is to treat for a long time and without dangerous side complications.

But Akrustal cream, no matter how excellent it is, cannot lead to stable remission without the support of the patient himself. So, what is required from the patient?

There are general recommendations for patients with psoriasis, without following which success is impossible:

good spirits and positive psychological attitude;

willingness to strictly obey all instructions of the attending physician;

strict internal discipline in everything - from dietary restrictions to lifestyle.

Of course, Akrustal ointment for psoriasis, like any other modern medicine for this disease, will not be able to heal forever, but it is quite capable of preventing a progressive stage for as long as possible.

destroys foci of keratinization;

activates the development of epithelium in the affected areas.

Of course, in comparison with hormonal ointments, positive dynamics begin to be observed much later (on average 10-14 days), but the disappearance of rashes occurs reliably, without serious side effects and addiction to the cream. There has not yet been a single case recorded in which a patient who interrupted a course of therapy developed withdrawal syndrome. Moreover, the result obtained during treatment is consolidated at the achieved level.

The benefits of positive motivation for psoriasis: ointment is only a helper

You can expect the effect of using solid oil ointments much faster if you help your own body slow down the process of accelerated cell division. At the same time, one cannot limit oneself only to diet and taking care of immunity and health in terms of preventing overheating and hypothermia. Help must be comprehensive. For example, it needs to include a full examination of the body and the fight against identified pathologies:

Along with Akrustal ointment for psoriasis, it is useful to undergo detoxification therapy and a course of taking hepatoprotectors.

Some patients weaken self-discipline after noticing positive dynamics. This is especially often expressed in allowing indulgences in the diet. In such cases, the process of disappearance of the rash is inhibited. And getting used to grease-based creams has nothing to do with it. It’s just that, along with prohibited foods, substances enter the bloodstream that stimulate cell division and the growth of fresh papules. The same phenomenon is observed in the absence of treatment for concomitant pathologies.

Akrustal cream: effective, but not yet perfect

No remedies have yet been developed against skin diseases that do not have disadvantages. The Akrustal ointment for psoriasis has them. Allergies may occur to some ingredients included in the drug, for example, natural honey. Also, due to blockage of sweat channels with grease, oil acne sometimes occurs - folliculitis. In the first case, a detailed interview with the patient and preliminary tests will help to avoid complications. In the second - reducing the one-time volumes of applied ointment and the frequency of applying the ointment according to the instructions.

But this drug is not addictive! The lack of results is associated only with poor diet and chronic diseases.

Analogs

Substitutes for the drug should be used in case of intolerance to some of its components. In pharmacies and specialized herbal stores you can purchase analogues of Akrustal. These include:

• Daivonex is a non-hormonal drug based on calcipotriol. This is a direct analogue of vitamin D3, which is of natural origin. The drug helps restore the dermis, reduces itching and inflammation. The cost of Daivonex is 1100 rubles in Russia and 900 hryvnia in Ukraine.

• Daivobet is a hormonal medication created on the basis of calcipotriol and betamethasone dipropionate. Both active ingredients are effective against the symptoms of psoriasis. The drug fights inflammation and itching, forming a vasoconstrictor and immunosuppressive effect. The price for Daivobet in Russia is 1080 rubles, in Ukraine - 590 hryvnia.

Akrustal has no structural analogues.

Reviews

Feedback about the drug is mostly positive. Let's look at what some of them look like.

Yulia, 26 years old. “The drug Akrustal saved me during pregnancy. The delicate situation did not allow the use of the usual glucocorticoid ointments for relapse of psoriasis at 30 weeks. I had to pay attention to more natural and safe medicines. Akrustal ointment showed excellent results and did not cause any harm to the baby - he was born completely healthy.”

Alexandra, 30 years old. “For many years I struggled with psoriasis in the shins and elbows. I tried all kinds of remedies, and now it was Akrustal’s turn. I would like to note right away that the natural composition of the drug did not inspire confidence, since without active chemical components the product seemed weak, but this is only in theory. In practice, my doubts were in vain - the medicine helped eliminate the lesions and spots left after the disease. There have been no relapses of the pathology for 7 months. I am very pleased".

Currently, natural preparations are increasingly used in the treatment of psoriasis. This is due to their effectiveness, safety and lack of risk of addiction. Akrustal phytomal ointment meets all these requirements, which means it helps to cope with the disease without harm to health.

Akrustal - reviews of the drug

Reviews of Akrustal as a remedy for psoriasis, eczema, and dermatitis are mostly positive, but many complain about the high price.

Natalya, 38 years old, Kaluga

I got sick with psoriasis a long time ago, when I was young. A dermatologist at a local clinic prescribed the drug Akrustal. Before this I used many other drugs, some helped, others did not. Many hormonal drugs have no effect at all. I was treated with Akrustal for a month and noticed big changes. The plaques have completely disappeared, the itching has gone away, and the redness has noticeably faded. I will take the course completely to ensure I am cured.

I would like to note: the product does not have an unpleasant odor, it leaves almost no traces on clothes, although it comes in the form of an ointment, which are “famous” for the fact that they constantly stain things. I am very glad that the product consists exclusively of herbal ingredients. It seems to me that such means are the safest for us.

Elizaveta, 45 years old, Uralsk

I got psoriasis a few years ago after some stress. I was treated from the very beginning, as soon as I got sick, and managed to test a lot of different ointments. There were some hormonal ones that are very effective, but they should not be used so often, in small quantities, so that there is no addiction. To improve my health, I often go to special health programs and sanatoriums.

I especially remember the Akrustal ointment. This drug does not contain hormones and consists only of natural products. But its efficiency is very high. The symptoms began to disappear after a couple of weeks, and soon disappeared altogether. It is also important for me that the product does not stink or stain clothes; Akrustal also did a good job with this, although it contains solid oil. They also say that some people use Akrustal as a face wash.

Inna, 52 years old, Kazan

I recently started treatment for psoriasis with Akrustal. It's a shame that the product didn't work for me. When used, it caused a severe allergic reaction and increased symptoms of psoriasis. My skin turned red, red spots appeared, my skin began to itch and the plaques became more noticeable. It seems to me that it will cause allergies in many people, since it contains a lot of different products.

It’s a shame that it didn’t fit, because I bought a large package and paid a lot of money for it.