Dealing with cystic acne can be painful and scarring — physically and mentally. Cystic acne gets its name from cysts, which are pus-filled pimples. They're typically large, painful and set deep in the ...

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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 ...

Freshman year of college, I woke up to stinging between my shoulder blades. I reached around my back to find the source of the soreness and grazed across a dime-sized nodule. Standing in front of the ...

Lately, I’ve received a number of questions regarding remedies for common health problems. Among them, readers have asked me how they can treat gout, cystic acne and toenail fungus. Here are the ...

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, ...

Cystic, or nodulocystic acne, is a rare but severe form of acne that develops mostly in young men. It appears as cysts, either singly or as multiple cysts on the chest, face, back and shoulders, which ...

Cystic acne has haunted me most of my life. I got through puberty relatively clear, but at 18, my face started to light up like fireworks on the Fourth of July. My skin was covered with painful, large ...