Is there a diet-acne connection?
Drs. Jonette Keri and Rajiv Nijhawan from the University of Miami in Florida have reviewed the evidence. Here are the...
Acne and touching your face
For the average American kid — you know the one: has caring parents, lives in a nice place, with no...
Soap and acne
In an adolescent’s zeal to punish pimples, there is a tendency to select the most harsh, abrasive skin cleansers available....
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Acne: Recommendations are easy; data, scarce
Herbalists recommend more than a dozen herbal remedies for acne and scarring, according to a recent article. Unfortunately, only 1...
Acne cosmetica and other myths
Acne cosmetica was first described over 30 years ago. It was proposed that substances in cosmetic products caused the formation...
Support for the effect of diet on acne
Acne vulgaris has anecdotally been attributed to diet. This review by researchers at The George Washington University Medical Center, in...
Herbal treatments for acne vulgaris
Faculty members from Hamdard University in New Delhi, India have published a review on Medscape of treatment options for acne,...
Ineffective herbal remedies for treating acne
I recently came across a website advocating herbals to treat or prevent acne. The website isn’t important, but the results...
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Consumer Alert: Miracle Mineral Supplement aka MMS
This product, when used as directed, produces an industrial bleach that can cause serious harm. Swallowing doses of this bleach,...