A 20-year-old man presents with a 4-year history of a skin condition on his face. He tried an over-the-counter salicylic acid facewash that did not help much. The lesions are sometimes painful and ...

Papule A small, slightly elevated, red or otherwise discolored bump with a slightly excavated (caved-in) center. Papules occur when a pore becomes clogged with excess oil, bacteria, and dead skin ...

The types of acne are blackheads, whiteheads, pustules, papules, nodules, and cysts. A papule is a raised lesion that can fill with pus and become a pustule. Though you can treat most types of acne ...

In nine of 11 adult patients treated with actinomycin D a characteristic skin eruption developed, with predictable progression from erythema to papules and pustules and from face to trunk. The ...

Individuals with PFB are at increased risk for hypertrophic scarring, keloid scarring, and infection. Pseudofolliculitis barbae is a chronic inflammatory condition, and the only true cure is shaving ...