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current research on acne
Acne is a skin condition that shows up as different types of bumps They include whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, and cysts What causes these annoying bumps? Well, your skin is covered with tiny holes called hair follicles, or pores Pores contain sebaceous (say: suh-bay-shus) glands (also called oil glands) that make sebum (say: see-bum), an oil that moistens your hair and skin
There are basically four types of acne; whiteheads, blackheads, pimples and nodules. Whiteheads are when the sebum (oil) and resulting bacteria are trapped below the skin’s surface and you can actually see a white head appear above (or near popping out of) the skin. Blackheads are when the sebum and resulting bacteria are only partially trapped, slowly draining out the surface and turning black because of your skin’s melanin or pigmentation. In the absence of either white or blackhead are generally (but not always) smaller pimples. And the often deeper, boil-like lesions are referred to as nodules.
Blackhead: A non-inflammatory acne lesion that is filled with excess oil and dead skin cells Blackheads are also called “open comedomes” because the surface of the skin remains open
Non-rational prescribing of oral antibiotics in acne is common, and there is currently an unmet need for up-to-date guidelines that specifically address these issues Presented here is a set of recommendations on the use of oral antibiotics in acne, developed by a group of European acne specialists, designed to be considered by dermatologists and general practitioners in their daily practice throughout Europe Recommendations cover optimal choice of antibiotic, drug doses, duration of treatment, combination treatment, and maintenance therapy
Photodynamic therapy (PDT) with use of topical 5-aminolevulinic acid (ALA, Levulan Kerastick, Dusa Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Wilmington, MA) photosensitizing agent is a new modality for the treatment of acne Eighteen patients (aged 15 to 63) with moderate to severe inflammatory acne received ALA-PDT ALA remained in contact with skin for 15 to 30 minutes before exposure to blue light (ClearLight [Lumenis] or BLU-U [Dusa Pharmaceuticals, Inc]) or the Aurora DSR (Syneron Medical Ltd), which uses Electro-Optical Synergy (ELOS), a unique combination of optical and radiofrequency (RF) energy Patients received two to four ALA-PDT treatments over four to eight weeks or two cycles of ALA-PDT (weeks 2, 4) preceded by salicylic acid peel (weeks 1, 3) over four weeks The average follow-up time was four months On a scale of 00 to 40, the average acne grade improvement was 175
During treatment with adapalene, less than 5% of patients reported moderate or severe skin irritation at any time during the study, and the incidence of skin oiliness decreased markedly We conclude that adapalene gel 01% was well tolerated and highly effective in African patients with acne vulgaris and was found to reduce hyperpigmentation
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