Note: since this article was written, Lerosett has continually threatened us with misguided legal claims, accused us of slander and threatened to sue us. What they haven’t done, however, is produce a single copy of any of the studies their website cites. Lerosett is a skin care product / active treatment system made by Gunilla…
Email from a site visitor today: “I just saw an ad for MaxClarity Foam. Does it work? Is it a scam?” I don’t know! I haven’t tried every acne product in existence. They are all just a little different. This is a foam for God’s sake! A foam! Maybe someone finally bottled the magic acne cure. But…
Epiduo® Gel is that wonderful form of new medicine, that relies on a cheaply available product (Benzoyl Peroxide) combined with another cheaply available product (a slightly modified retanoid), with a study that proves the product is slightly more effective than Benzoyl Peroxide alone. With this, and some paperwork, the product becomes a prescription medication which…
I don’t know anything about the ViaSalus skin therapy solution. For all I know, it’s fabulous. However, I was perusing the latest online news about acne products, and a quote from their CEO Paul Metzinger rubbed me the wrong way. What he said: “Most products on the market today attempt to treat the acne, not…
Have you ever noticed that the people with the best skin barely touch it? They certainly don’t wash, apply glycolic acid, apply benzyol peroxide, apply toner, apply moisturizer. Most of the people I know with great skin don’t do any of these things. Is their great skin genetic? Or is it a series of subtle…
If you have used Accretropin (somatropin rDNA Original) and experienced an increase or decrease in acne, please tell us about it here. Be sure to include as much information as possible, including when you started taking Accretropin, the dosage, other side effects you experienced, and anything else that might be relevant. Acne is sometimes a…
If you have used Accolate and experienced an increase or decrease in acne, please tell us about it here. Be sure to include as much information as possible, including when you started taking Accolate, the dosage, other side effects you experienced, and anything else that might be relevant. Acne is sometimes a side effect of…
If you have used ABREVA (docosanol) and experienced an increase or decrease in acne, please tell us about it here. Be sure to include as much information as possible, including when you started taking ABREVA, the dosage, other side effects you experienced, and anything else that might be relevant. Acne is sometimes a side effect…
If you have used Abilify (aripiprazole) and experienced an increase or decrease in acne, please tell us about it here. Be sure to include as much information as possible, including when you started taking Abilify, the dosage, other side effects you experienced, and anything else that might be relevant. Acne is sometimes a side effect…
Have you experienced increased acne after taking Wellbutrin? Please tell us your thoughts. Wellbutrin is a smoking cessation aid and antidepressant. There are several studies that link nicotine to improved skin, so a correlation between Wellbutrin and acne could be linked to the elimination of nictoine consumption rather Wellbutrin itself. However, there is no publicly…