We all know Woody Harrelson from his appearances in unforgettable movies such as “White Men Can’t Jump”, “Kingpin” and “Natural Born Killers”. And who could forget his splendid role as the hilarious bartender in the sitcom “Cheers” ? Woody had tons of acne Turns out that in his early twenties Woody had a terrible complexion [...]
As promised, here is a follow-up post to the acne viewpoint paper that was published in Experimental Dermatology (Ref 1) . This paper was published very recently and summarizes the state-of-the-art of our knowledge about acne. This post explains recent insights in the way sebocytes recognize and respond to bacteria. Sebocytes are more than skin [...]
This post summarizes a clinical trial that compares tea tree oil and benzoyl peroxide for the treatment of acne (Ref 1). The paper is from 1990, so it is a bit old, but it is still considered a classic and it is cited a lot. The data that it presents definitely is still relevant. In [...]
