I-Pustular acne ithuthuka lapho i-sebum eningi, izimbotshana ezivinjiwe namagciwane esikhumba kubangela ukuvuvukala ezindaweni zezinkophe, ngemuva kwezizathu zofuzo nezomzimba. Ukukhula, ama-androgens, ukucindezeleka, izimonyo, ukungqubuzana, nokudla konke kungaba nomthelela, kodwa kuvame ukuba nezizathu eziningi ezihlangene.
I-Pustular acne ngokwayo ayivamile ukuba yingozi, kodwa ingaholela ezibazini ezihlala njalo, izindawo ezimnyama nokukhathazeka okukhulu ngokomzwelo uma ingelashwa kahle. Ezimweni ezingavamile, i-acne ebucayi noma enganakwa ingaba namagciwane amaningi noma ibonise izinkinga ezithile zamahomoni noma zokuziphatha komzimba.
Ukwelashwa kwe-pustular acne kuvamise ukuhlanganisa imikhiqizo yokulwa nokuvuvukala namagciwane, ama-retinoids ukuze ajwayele ukujikeleza kwesikhumba, nokunakekelwa kwezimonyo okuthambile. Ezimweni ezinzima noma ezingamelani, odokotela bangase bengeze ama-antibiotics omlomo, ukwelashwa kwehomoni noma izinqubo ezifana nokwelashwa ngokukhanya, ama-peels noma i-laser ukuze kuncishiswe ukuvuvukala futhi kuthuthukiswe izibazi.