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 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 ...

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, ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? There's acne, and then there's cystic acne—those blemishes that are swollen, ...

Hi, I'm Liz and I cannot stop watching Dr. Pimple Popper videos. I need help. I watch them with my fingers mostly over my eyes, ready to close them as soon as her popping gets too gruesome. I can ...

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 ...