Boils are painful, pus-filled, and are caused by infections like Staphylococcus aureus. Cysts are painless, non-infectious growths filled with keratin or other substances. Antibiotics may treat boils ...

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 ...

A painful bump on or around the ear may be a boil, which occurs when a bacterial skin infection develops in a hair follicle or oil gland. Over time, pus collects in the lump. Boil sometimes go away, ...

Dermatologist Sandra Lee, MD, or Dr. Pimple Popper, as she goes by online and on TV, is a pimple-popping machine. This Memorial Day Weekend, she went all out, posting ten different videos of pops on ...

Dermatologist Sandra Lee, MD, a.k.a. Dr. Pimple Popper , is a busy bee of a doctor this Monday. She is off to the races and popping all kinds of pimples in her latest Instagram video. There are ...