Nodular acne is exactly the same as Cystic Acne. Both of these diseases are known as Acne Vulgaris and sometimes are referred to as Nodulocystic Acne. If you suffer from scaly red patches of skin with black heads, white heads, maybe pimples and large, raised, painful cysts you are more than likely suffering from nodular acne.

Acne Vulgaris or cystic acne is a common skin disease usually seen more in teenage boys and men.  Often the worst breakouts that can occur in the skin, these nodules or lesions are quite painful and raised and can often leave disfiguring scars.  Usually it causes red, scaly patches on the skin that have can [...]