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Acne vulgaris

ästhetische dermatologie & kosmetologie, 2014
Acne vulgaris is worldwide the most common skin disease. Acne is an inflammatory disorder in whose emergence androgens, PPAR ligands, the IGF-1 signaling pathway, regulating neuropeptides and environmental factors are probably involved. These factors interrupt the natural cycling process in the sebaceous gland follicle and support the transition of ...
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Acne Vulgaris

Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 1989
Acne vulgaris is a disease of the pilosebaceous unit that affects nearly all persons to some degree during the teenage years. It is a disease that should be treated because of the anxiety and disfigurement it causes in the affected patient. Acne therapy is directed against the three probable pathogenic processes in acne: (1) abnormal keratinization of ...
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The Management of Acne Vulgaris

Postgraduate Medicine, 1952
It is the authors' purpose to present a practical approach to the treatment of acne vulgaris. This necessarily leads the physician to a diligent search for the pathologic processes in the individual case. Therapeutic suggestions are offered which, if properly utilized, should result in improvement in the majority of such patients.
R L, DAY, N P, ANDERSON
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Management of Acne Vulgaris

Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 2011
Acne is a chronic and multifactorial skin condition affecting about 80% of persons aged 11 to 30 years, the majority of whom are adolescents (Morelli, 2007; Shamban & Narurkar, 2009; Zaenglein & Thiboutot, 2006). Although acne has no cure and has the potential to cause emotional distress and permanent scarring, proper treatment can control the disease ...
Supriya, Ramanathan, Adelaide A, Hebert
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Acne Vulgaris in the Athlete

The Physician and Sportsmedicine, 1988
In brief: The treatment of acne is basically the same for athletes and nonathletes. However, certain aspects of sports can affect acne adversely, and in some cases treating athletes may require a cautious approach. The best treatments are topical tretinoin for comedonal acne, benzoyl peroxide or topical antibiotics and tretinoin for comedonal and mild ...
R J, Conklin, J E, Taunton
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Acne vulgaris and malignancy

British Journal of Dermatology, 1988
Seventy patients with lymphomas and leukaemias were interviewed. Details of past acne vulgaris were recorded and a clinical examination performed. A history of acne was less common in the patients than in matched controls. In addition, fewer patients had received treatment prescribed by a medical practitioner for their acne than had the controls ...
R A, Sheehan-Dare   +5 more
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TREATMENT OF ACNE VULGARIS

Journal of the American Medical Association, 1951
Stuart Way and one of us (G. C. A.) recently reviewed the literature of acne vulgaris with especial reference to hormone imbalance.1The present paper simply describes an experiment. Two years ago we decided to try to use for a year only antibiotics and estrogenic substances in treatment of acne vulgaris and not to employ X-ray irradiation.
G C, ANDREWS, A N, DOMONKOS, C F, POST
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ISOTRETINOIN FOR ACNE VULGARIS

International Journal of Dermatology, 1996
Abstract Background. The clinical efficacy of oral isotretinoin in the treatment of severe acne is now well established and so are the clinical and laboratory adverse effects of the drug. Isotretinoin was first introduced in Saudi Arabia late in 1987.
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Inflammation in acne vulgaris

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, 1995
Recent findings suggest that an overly vigorous immune response to Propionibacterium acnes may be the fundamental problem in patients with inflammatory acne. These data and evidence for the antiinflammatory effects of acne medications are reviewed.
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Vitamin A in acne vulgaris

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 1987
Summary Thirty-five patients with acne vulgaris were studied regarding vitamin A and E status, and the safety and efficacy of vitamin A supplementation over a 6-week period. The patients studied had significantly lower plasma vitamin A levels than normal controls and a lower frequency of consumption of foods rich in vitamin A.
Labadarios D.   +6 more
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