You’ve tried salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, and a dozen spot treatments. Your chest still looks like a pepperoni pizza. It itches. It won’t go away. That’s not regular acne. That’s fungal acne (pityrosporum folliculitis), and treating it wrong makes it worse. Fungal acne is caused by an overgrowth of yeast from the Malassezia family. It…
You’ve tried salicylic acid. Benzoyl peroxide. Retinoids. Your face still looks like a pepperoni pizza with small, itchy bumps that won’t pop. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s probably not acne. It’s a yeast infection on your skin called Malassezia folliculitis — commonly known as fungal acne. And treating it with standard acne products makes it…