I-Pustular acne iphuhliswa xa i-sebum engaphezulu, iipore ezivalelekileyo kunye neebhaktheriya zesikhumba zibangela ukuvuvukala kwiifollicle zeenwele, kwimvelaphi yeempembelelo zofuzo kunye nehomoni. Ukufikisa, ii-androgens, uxinzelelo, izithambiso, ukungqubana, kunye nokutya konke kunokunceda, kodwa kunqabile ukuba kubekho unobangela omnye kuphela.
I-Pustular acne ngokwayo ayiqhelekanga ukuba iyingozi, kodwa inokukhokelela kwizilonda ezisisigxina, amabala amnyama kunye noxinzelelo olukhulu lwengqondo ukuba ayinyangwa kakuhle. Kwimeko ezingaqhelekanga, i-acne enzima okanye engakhathalelwanga inokuthi ithwaxwe kakhulu okanye ibonise iingxaki zehomoni okanye ze-metabolic ezingaphantsi.
Unyango lwe-pustular acne luhlala ludibanisa iimveliso zokuthambisa ezichasene nokuvuvukala kunye ne-antibacterial, ii-retinoids zokulungelelanisa ukujikeleza kwesikhumba, kunye nokhathalelo lwezithambiso oluthambileyo. Kwimeko ezinzima okanye ezinganyangekiyo, oogqirha banokongeza i-antibiotics zomlomo, unyango lwehomoni okanye iinkqubo ezifana nonyango lokukhanya, iipeels okanye i-laser ukunciphisa ukuvuvukala kunye nokuphucula izilonda.