Kevin is presenting with a very severe form of dissecting cellulitis, along with hidradenitis suppurativa. His condition has continued to progress aggressively despite multiple past attempts at treatment, creating the kind of difficult clinical problem that leads Dr. Sanusi Umar to look beyond conventional approaches. When Powerful Medications Do Not
James’ acne keloidalis nuchae story carries a simple warning from Dr. Sanusi Umar: do not ignore persistent scalp changes when they are still small. When James returned to Dr. Umar years after an earlier visit, the bumps on the back of the head had changed dramatically, and he also had
When James returned to see Dr. Sanusi Umar, he already had a large lump on the back of his head. What made his acne keloidalis nuchae case especially revealing was that Dr. Umar had seen him years earlier, giving them a record of how much the condition had changed over
For seven years, Arturo had been battling acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN). When he reached a pivotal point in his care with Dr. Sanusi Umar, the weight of that long experience was visible, but so was the possibility of moving forward. “I know it’s been a very long journey for you,”
For more than three decades, Festus lived with acne keloidalis nuchae and recurring keloids that affected his life despite repeated attempts at treatment. After four unsuccessful surgeries and radiation that did not stop the recurrence, this Bumpinator chapter introduces a new stage of his care with Dr. Sanusi Umar and
This Los Angeles patient complained of large bumpy growing lesions on what looked like razor bumps in head and neck areas. They were painful, itchy, and often discharged pus and blood. A number of steroid injections were used previously at other clinics without success. Oral and topical antibodies were also
Article Update: In April of 2021, Dr. Umar, AKA Dr. U, published a groundbreaking medical publication outlining a new AKN classification system. The study, titled “A Retrospective Cohort Study and Clinical Classification System of Acne Keloidalis Nuchae,” is the first AKN classification system to hit the world and can be
Article Updated July 2022 Many men are dismayed to discover a large barber’s rash on the back of the neck. This circumstance becomes even more dismaying when they find out they have a condition called acne keloidalis nuchae, which refuses to go away. One such man from Miami searched for almost
