What if it isn’t acne? That would certainly be an acne remedy, to find out what you thought was acne isn’t acne at all. I read an interesting article about a disease called Hidradenitis suppurativa on CNN.com. According to the author, this disease can be mistaken for acne because” Puss-filled lesions under the skin may be evident in early stages” and apparently a doctor might think these lesions are acne, when they are actually a sign of the disease.

According to the doctor who wrote this article, there are different degrees of severity of the disease. This makes me wonder how many people have had mild forms of this disease and never been treated or helped because people assumed they have acne. Simple treatment for a mild form of the disease is antibiotics, which are often used to treat acne, so the person may even get better from the disease when the “acne” is treated. This makes me wonder if there are other disease that are mimicking acne and subsequently aren’t being treated properly? It’s kind of scary to think that doctors don’t know enough to properly diagnosis. I understand doctors are human and they make mistakes, but, I would hope that they wouldn’t mistake a horribly painful disease for regular old acne!