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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 glands themselves. [...]
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 and tons of [...]
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 (Ref 1, [...]
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, South [...]
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 [...]
