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 ...

Cystic acne is when you have large, red, painful breakouts deep in your skin. Pimples start when a pore in your skin gets clogged, usually with dead skin cells. Bacteria can also get trapped, causing ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Acne is a skin condition affecting the oil glands and hair follicles. Oil (sebum), skin cells, and the hair follicle can clog together, plugging a skin pore. Trapped bacteria, such as the bacterium ...