Fungal

See week-by-week clearance times, correct shampoo contact time, and maintenance steps that prevent warm-weather return flares.

Pair retinol with antifungal care: choose oil-free formulas and avoid irritation that hides healing.

Learn how humidity feeds yeast, how to spot itchy uniform bumps, and which habits calm flares fast.

Why a niacinamide serum is safe to keep on fungal-acne skin, what the trial evidence really covers, and the acne drugs that worsen it.

Why dermatologists treat fungal acne with antifungals and keep salicylic acid in a supporting role, plus what the one trial really showed.

Lab studies show benzoyl peroxide kills the yeast behind fungal acne, but antibiotics—not BPO—are the documented aggravator.

Tell folliculitis from true acne, calm friction bumps, and know when you need antibiotics or antifungals.

Learn to spot uniform itchy bumps versus mixed comedones and choose the right treatment path.