Acne doesn’t discriminate – and nor does its more permanent sidekick: acne scarring. Whether it’s shown up after an ISO-induced DIY extraction (nobody’s perfect) or it’s the after-effects of a particularly bad breakout, we explain why it happens, what it looks like, what you can do about it.

An important part of knowing how to deal with acne is knowing what causes it. Here, we explain what acne is, what causes it, and how we’re dealing with all sorts of breakouts right now in isolation.