No one is immune absent beard acne it came out of nowhere it got worse and worse anyone go away from gross anatomy when I do reveal my scars in public I can see people are disgusted you can see it in their face school marie i often if them so much that it causes them to bleed uncontrollable acne i was a beautiful girl since the breakout I feel like I'm ugly disgusting worthless watch as we medically treats fill in these patients why hope for is a diagnosis or a proper treatment so I can become myself again it's gross anatomy the doctors special edition about a year ago my face started I felt very badly it came out of nowhere it got worse and worse why I want is a proper treatment so I can become myself again today we're covering all the health problems that often make people feel embarrassed and uncomfortable and Brittany's condition has completely changed the way she feels about herself my name is Brittany I'm 19 I have severe acne about a year ago my face started I felt very badly it came out of nowhere it got worse and worse anyone go away it started out on my jawline from there it spread to my cheeks into my forehead and now partly down my neck before my breakout I felt confident I had high self-esteem I feel I can go out and conquer the world and I was a beautiful girl since the breakout my confidence level and my self-esteem have dropped dramatically I feel like I'm ugly disgusting worthless why I want in hope for is a diagnosis in a proper treatment so I can become myself again Brittany is here along with dermatologist dr. Sandra Lee welcome and I'm going to tell you right now various things from ugly or disgusting or worthless okay and and yet you're suffering from something that is a true medical condition and doctors explain to everyone because you're so brave to share this explained everyone what's going on here well Brittany here has actually a condition in general that affects 8090 percent of the population but in her case she has a severe form this is known to many of us as acne vulgaris but in her case she has a more severe form that we call acne conglobata and this is because you know the mildest form you get blackheads and whiteheads they can turn into papules and pustules nodules and cysts and that's when we have a potential for scarring and sometimes they can get to such a level that these nodules and cysts connect or abscesses kind of burrow underneath the skin fortunately there are treatments okay let's walk through those and I know we're even going to do some of those today are you ready fine - okay one of the most common things that we'll do is certainly if you have more like scars from it or even really inflamed angry lesions we can inject them with a little bit of intralesional steroids so what we're gonna do is I'm gonna do that right now we're gonna check some of them and make them feel better are you gonna do great okay I'm just gonna take a little one right here I'm going to pinch it and wiggle it and I'll tell you...
