You are not alone if you find watching pimples pop to be exciting and gratifying. But what about when it's not a zit? The latest pop-ular internet trend is focused on popping and removing cysts, with ...

I had the good fortune of sailing through high school with only the occasional breakout — nothing that a dab of over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide couldn’t fix in a couple of days. With my teens and ...

Here’s yet another not-so-fun fact about getting older — although you’re not a teenager anymore, acne doesn’t always go away. Sometimes, it can even get worse. Working as an esthetician for over five ...

Branded content. Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services. While acne can be a damaging skin condition that predominates within your ...

Cystic acne is one of the most challenging and emotionally draining forms of acne. It’s deep, painful, persistent, and often resistant to the standard routines that work for milder breakouts. For many ...

To reduce the inflammation, swelling, and pain of cystic acne, a dermatologist can inject a diluted corticosteroid directly into a cyst. This treatment is usually reserved for tender, swollen acne ...

When I was in high school, I suffered from about six months of cystic acne. Believe it or not, I was incredibly stressed about tennis, of all things. As much as I preferred to hang with my punk peers, ...

The panic of waking up with a giant, underground zit—then desperately Googling how to get rid of a cystic pimple ASAP—is something most of us can relate to. And if you’ve had one of these angry face ...