Introducing Sana Fela Tangerine Anti-Shine Cream! Nobiletin reduces sebum production If you have read part one of our posts on oil control and acne, you know that Nobiletin has been shown to be very effective in reducing the amount of oil that is produced by the sebaceous glands, as well as the overall size of the [...]
OK, so may be that is a bit of an exaggeration. An apple a day doesn’t REALLY keep acne away. … Or does it? Let me not mince words here and give it to you straight. The fact of the matter is that eating right is a large part of being acne free. I know you [...]
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 [...]
Acne develops when bacteria, in particular Propionibacterium acne, infect the oil (sebum) that accumulates inside plugged hair follicles. See the post on the “skinny on acne“ for more details. But the question is: how and why exactly do the hair follicles get plugged? The answer is found in one of the properties of the bacteria [...]
New Viewpoint Paper on Acne An awesome new paper on current understanding of the causes of acne and how it can be treated was recently published in Experimental Dermatology (1). This is like a consensus paper that was written by 14 scientists from all over the world — USA, Japan, China, Germany, Taiwan, Hungary, Italy, [...]
A mixture of plant extracts to fight acne Part (1) of this series describes how nobelitin, an ingredient found in citrus fruits, reduces the amount of oil that is produced by the sebaceous glands surrounding the hair follicles. Less oil means fewer acne breakouts and better looking skin! This post describes an alternative treatment to [...]
Once you have treated an acne infection, how do you prevent acne from re-occurring? This post describes a research paper that shows how topical application of Nobiletin, an ingredient found in citrus fruits, can prevent acne by reducing the size of the sebaceous glands, by reducing the amount of oil at the skin surface, and by [...]
Professor Bodo Melnik of the Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrueck, Germany, has published a thought-provoking perspective on a causal relation between cow’s milk consumption and Acne in Western societies (1). Since the vast majority of adolescents will suffer from Acne, an environmental factor may be the cause. One of the pillars of the Western [...]
A nice review of the role of diet in the occurrence of acne was recently published by Dr. Elsa Spencer and co-workers from the George Washington University School of Medicine in Washington, DC. (Ref. 1) They reported on studies that show the negative interaction between glycemic load, insulin sensitivity, hormone mediators, and acne. It goes [...]
