If you're an adult experiencing breakouts, you may have chalked them up to a change in skin care products, dry winter skin or over-exfoliation — because acne is only meant to pop up on teenagers, ...

Breaking out anywhere on your face (or body) can be super annoying, but there’s nothing quite like the frustration of a giant, throbbing pimple inside your nose. Anyone who’s had one knows just how ...

The beauty editors and writers on staff at the Strategist have so much to say about the products they try that they recently launched a newsletter, The Strategist Beauty Brief, to share what they are ...

To start, let’s define acne. According to experts, acne refers to a skin condition that occurs when a build up of oil, sebum, and dead skin cells clog pores and hair follicles. The result is the ...

Blackhead, whitehead, or cyst, when I was in high school I treated every pimple the exact same way. Each zit would get covered in whatever spot treatment my mom picked up for me at the drugstore. It ...

The triangle of death is the area of your face including your upper lip, nose, and between your eyebrows. Popping a pimple in this area can lead to major infections because of its location.

While using wax for hair removal doesn't cause breakouts, bacteria that enter the open pores after waxing can. It's common to ...

Pimples or a pimple-like rash can develop on any part of the body, including on the legs and thighs. Potential causes include folliculitis, keratosis pilaris, and hives. Pimples often appear as one or ...

A TikTok user popped a pimple above her lip, waking up to swelling and pain hours later. She was diagnosed with a staph infection, which required treatment. Staph bacteria naturally occurs on some ...