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The Good article nomination for Acne/Archive 1 has failed, for the following reason(s):
To summarise, I think is not organised enough yet, and some important information is missing. All comments are welcome! Steven Fruitsmaak 19:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
I think it's worse actually, that we need an expert on the subject banner here. Look at all the disagreement and controversy on it. The snare 01:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I edited the section about milk and acne since it includes sorbet as a dairy product. One needs to only click on sorbet, or be a person with dairy allergies like myself, to know that sorbet is not a dairy product, and is not made with milk. Apparently changing this to reflect the most likely real dairy product, sherbet, is vandalism. Could someone who knows better explain how sorbet belongs in the section about milk and acne? Rachaella ( talk) 01:27, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
I responded on your talk page to the message you left me, but for further information new sections are normally added at the bottom of talk pages. -- UltraMagnus speak 12:00, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Those pics are disgusting! Shouldn't we perhaps apply more "encyclopedia-ish" ones?
A lot of pictures regarding medical things are disgusting, pretty much any medical encyclopedia or text has multitudes of pictures, of burns, keloid scars, tumors, bloody wounds and open bone fractures, that's just the way it is. You have to get used to it if you want to study medicine. Not that wikipedia is a comprehensive medical guide that doctors cite on their term papers, but it's more educational and accurate to see what the injury looks like than a text description. The snare ( talk) 02:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
need a redirect for 'acne' lowercase, is that an admin thing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DennisDaniels ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 23 October 2002 (UTC)
Something to consider adding, though it's relatively new. Why stress is a factor, Substance P. Jamesday 03:34, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Yes, stress should be mentioned, how stress causes increased oil secretion in some people causes acne.-- 203.166.57.11 00:05, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Shall we go into detail about treatments and causes that are more controversial or only stick to what we know?--
203.166.57.11 00:05, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I think these picutres are fine just they way they are as they depict reality instead of artwork Aujlakam 00:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
There is an available online resource Acne Vulgaris: Clinical Pictures and Treatment Info for additional clinical images of Acne Vulgaris. I think it would be helpful to add to the external links b/c it shows acne on a variety of skin types, body locations, and ages. I work closely with this site though so I do not feel comfortable adding it to the external links. Burrillr 15:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Nothing on popping zits?? -- CJWilly
Male hormones, secreted oil, and skin particles don't "cause" bacteria, so I have trouble with bacteria being labeled an effect of acne. In the absence of the bacteria, pimples don't appear. Also, in the case of benzoyl peroxide at least, treatment can't be considered finished (until the hormone/skin oil causes subside) and acne will reappear within days if treatment is stopped. Yath 17:08, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I wrote some of those changes, the bacteria is the result of other things, but without it, no pimple, so it is a cause. Killing the infection gets rid of the pimple. I agree with changes to what I wrote.-- 203.166.57.11 00:05, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm wondering whether it's the cause of things too- it wouldn't surprise me if the presence of the bacteria didn't damage the skin and thus cause the skin to make more sebum; the skin would be trying to protect itself from damage. But the bacteria eats the sebum and emits chemicals that cause even more damage, so it's a vicious circle.
-WolfKeeper
Why have you removed all of my comments in your last revision lowry?? Some of them were good. -- Komencanto 08:54, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Consumption of heat damaged foods. Proteins exposed to heat are altered in such a way that digestive enzymes are unable to break them down into constituent amino acids. These proteins are processed by lymph glands and excreeted through the skin. Due to the hydrophilic nature of protein, subcutaneous water pressure is increased which closes off sebum canals, trapping bacteria. A cyst is the result. - Boy does this sound like nonsence pseudoscience. Has anyone got a reference for this stuff???? (posted by anon)
Anybody heard about acne being reduced by sun exposure? I think I heard and read quite a bit about that in my time. It seems sun rays change the sebum chemically as well as plainly heating it and it can flow outwards easier.
It's a good news/bad news kind of deal.
The blue light in sunlight kills P.Acnes; this improves acne in the short-term.
However the UV light damages the skin, and then acne comes back worse than ever when P.Acnes recolonises.
I heard a claim that 90% of people had worse acne after sun exposure in the long term, but I have never tracked it back to the literature to check.
That's what the ClearLight/Dermalux lamps are about- they don't produce much if any UV light.
-WolfKeeper
The dermatologist I went to told me sunlight had no effect on it at all. The snare 04:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
This section should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liquidblue8388 ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Okay, obviously the "sex/masturbation causes acne" myth needs to be addressed, but the current paragraph feels very uncertain. It states:
Sex. Rumours have had it that both celibacy and masturbation are causes for acne. This is not the case. It is notable however that masturbation and any other sexual activity affects hormone levels and thus bodily oil production.
My particular objection is to that last sentence, which contradicts the main sentence since it suggests that masturbating or not does have some effect on acne. Just for a start, are there any credible studies that show the effect masturbation has on hormone levels? If not, then that last sentence should be deleted. -- LostLeviathan 05:53, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
it has been widely accepted that these are not true due to lack of scientific study on the subject I understand what this is trying to say, but on the other hand I don't think that a lack of study is generally accepted as proof of anything. Perhaps someone should change it to "there is nothing in the scientific literature to confirm this." 72.240.220.81 03:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
sex has a massive therapeutic value in all senses, concerning the aids a young person to achieve emotional completion.it is clear that young people in some kinds of societies are very misled about it so it's hard to trust who is writing the comments regarding it here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I found a mention that acne was previously (before the 1970s) thought to be a sign of constipation and/or masturbation.-- Auric ( talk) 02:06, 8 October 2009 (UTC) [1]
The article currently says:
Chocolate, chips, sugar, milk and seafood among others have not been shown to affect acne. This means that the scientific studies done to date did not find a big difference between acne in two groups of people, one group eating the food in question and one group avoiding it.
Could someone cite a source for this? Everything I've read suggests that no serious scientific studies have been done on this subject. -- LostLeviathan 06:25, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Re. acne and diet, I already can pinpoint the flaw of the study design. Perhaps the reason people who eat a bad diet have no significant different # of acne is because they can from a genetic basis. A better study design would be to have a prospective study on the effect of diet on the acne-prone people. This article makes much more sense: http://www.choiceusa.net/news_articleAcne&Diet11.03.htm. -- Skindr 14:15, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Re: Re. acne and diet, more mention should be made of the study linking hunter-gatherer populations with no incidences of acne and a different diet in comparison to what most Westerners with acne eat. Also, the theory of IGF-1 and acne that researcher Loren Cordain has proposed should be addressed, which would make up a decent basis for a diet-acne connection.
"One study [specify] suggested that chocolate, french fries, potato chips and sugar, among others, affect acne. A high GI (glycemic index) diet that causes sharp rises in blood sugar worsens acne" - chocolate and sugar aren't high GI —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.194.79.203 ( talk • contribs) 14:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm fairly sure that something in the product Ovaltine (malt chocolate milk drink) causes my acne to flare greatly, Im not suggesting we put this in as it is "original research" but just putting it out there for people doing research and such. Fists ( talk) 08:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Does Ovaltine contain egg powder?
There may be no general rule which foods cause acne and which don't. It looks like it depends on the individual's metabolism. E.g. I get acne from chicken meat and eggs, including cakes and biscuits, anything which contains egg or chicken meat.
It took me decades to establish this, because the acne appears between 5 and 7 days after consuming such products. The more of these products I consume, the more acne I get. Why there is such a delay is kind of baffling, but science ought to take delay factors into account, which also happen in migraines from diesel fumes and some such like. I eat chocolate regularly and in medium quatities, dark chocolate which still contain 50% sugar. 121.209.48.117 ( talk) 04:36, 9 December 2008 (UTC) (layperson)
I would consider this bullshit. How can eating eggs and chicken meat change the pH so that acne occurs in 5 to 7 days time? 121.209.51.139 ( talk) 01:45, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Again, a "myth" in the article that I have some objection to. I've commented it out; the text read:
Acne is not caused by dirt... It is useful to clean your skin, but doing so will not prevent acne. Anything beyond very mild cleaning will make your skin worse because you'll damage it.
The last part is true; it is possible to clean excessively, irritating the skin and possibly increasing acne. But, how can it be claimed that cleaning your skin will not prevent acne? Can you name a dermatologist who does not recommend that acne patients wash their face on a regular basis? Furthermore, many things that the skin can be exposed to do cause acne. I'm not sure about "dirt" in the strict sense, but if your face is visibly dirty, I'd say the odds are good that something on it is comedogenic. Cleansing also can help reduce the cell build-up that clogs pores. Perhaps a better myth would be "It is impossible to clean your skin too much"? -- LostLeviathan 06:40, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Acne goes on about 2 mm below the surface of the skin within the tiny pores. It's essentially impossible to clean out the pores with any kind of cleanser. You cannot clean out or unclog the pores by washing- the pores are way too small.
-WolfKeeper
I'm really confused now. When you say the hair follicle are blocked, do you mean inside it, kind of like say a golf ball in a garden hose, if it was stuck at one of the ends it could be pulled out, but not if it was furthur down?
It seems to me the main problem is the blocked hair follicle. I was on acne medication once- minocin, which was to kill the bacteria in blocked pores (which I did not follow religiously, but it eventually went away), but what good would that do if the follicle is blocked and the same thing could start again. Unless, however, that the sebum would eventually build up pressure and push the blockage out. That it's the bacteria that cause pustules and red spots, and that's only if they are in the follicle before it gets blocked. The snare 19:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Benzoyl peroxide and the topical retinoids may be the best compromise between cost effectiveness and genuine effectiveness and negative side effects in many cases.
I would like to see a source for this recommendation — it seems questionable to me. Benzoyl peroxide has a peeling effect, and tends to dry the skin somewhat. Topical retinoids can also cause dryness, redness, and skin irritation. Using two such products in combination may, conceivably, make the problem of acne even worse by over-drying the skin.
The patient information leaflet for Retin-A recommends (and this is a direct quote) not using "skin peeling agents or toiletries which have a strong drying effect on your skin" in conjunction with the product.
So -- is this a reputable recommendation, or is it just something that someone posted here without thinking about the possible consequences for other people? R Lowry 06:25, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
What you need are references. Frencheigh 07:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
Poll:
¿What is the fastest known way to remove a pimple? A week should be enough time. ¿How about we close the poll on 2005-06-01T00:00:00 ( GMT/ UTC)?
Is fastest known way to remove a pimple popping it?
Yes:
No: (you must name a faster way with your vote):
Comments:
As far the fastest way to get rid of a pimple, aren't there hand held acne vaccums you can use to suck out the sebum from the pore? Though would this cause any scarring? When you get a pustule of acne, it's already inflammed as you normally can't see a sebaceous gland within the hair follicle because it is so small, and when you can see the pustule it has been inflammed. There's this that claims to restore acne in seconds (but according to this web site, it says minutes)
http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/igia-ultra-clear.html The snare ( talk) 02:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm adding an external link to site which has 70 - 80 pages of very valuable acne information..
the correct way to get rid of fluid under the skin which has been segregated into a pocket is by lancing if it serves no more function and it is unable to evacuate itself.read it up on the Internet-lancing-acne —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I added a link with information on Levulan Photodynamic Therapy to the article. I have had this treatment myself and it is extremely effective. Elaborating in this detail on the acne page seems out of place, so the link is useful.
These links were moved here from the main page:
If you believe that any of these are apprpriate according to
Wikipedia:External links please discuss here prior to adding them back.
brenneman
(t)
(c) 08:42, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Can we copy the existing links here and thrash them out? Following that, then any new links we remove from the main page to here for discussion? - brenneman (t) (c) 03:29, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
I have moved this link here which was recently added. If anyone thinks it should be included in the article then please include it.
-- Clawed 01:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
There is a new ingredient on the market called Praventin, which supports a clear complexion from the inside Praventin ™ is a bioactive protein complex rich in Lactoferrin, and derived from whey. It is patent pending for an application in supporting a clear complexion by enhancing the body’s natural defenses. In a recent consumer study with teenagers it was demonstrated that oral supplementation with Praventin™ promoted a clear complexion, as assessed in table 1. Oral supplementation with Praventin™ resulted in a considerable improvement in skin condition. In table 2 a median decrease of 71% in blemishes after one month and 95% after two months is reported. Improvements were observed regardless of gender, age, or baseline appearance. Two weeks of Praventin™ use resulted in a clearer complexion, as illustrated in figures 1 and 2. The 44 teenagers were asked a set of questions about how they believed Praventin™ had supported skin health. • 76% saw visible differences in their complexion, among them were fewer blemishes, a reduction in redness, and less oiliness, consistent with a healthier complexion. • 83% stated they would like to continue taking Praventin™. The subjects reported no adverse side effects. As demonstrated in the study, Praventin™ can be used to support a clear complexion benefiting the physical and emotional well-being of young adults.
Recent anonymous edits overstate the role of dairy products. As far as I know, there is only one study suggesting a link between skim milk consumption and acne. Karl Stas 17:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
I also have reservations about the following passage added by the same anonymous user: "The most likely mechanism of plugging is a failure of terminal differentiation, the same process whereby leaves undergo a metabolic process that separates them from their twig or stem. Failure of this process may be linked to the anoxia produced by increased pressure in the lumen of the duct. This pressure in turn is produced by the hormone-induced overproduction of the duct lining cells. There is a very tight wrap around the duct preventing over-expansion, so internal pressures are thought to build up as a result. There is to date only circumstantial evidence to support this explanation but there is no conclusive proof of this theory." No reference is given. The language is very academic, I suspect a copyvio. Karl Stas 21:16, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
I removed the following because this is an encyclopedia and not a how-to guide.
. However, if you must pop a pimple make sure that the yellow pus is above the skin level. To do it safely without leaving any scar tissue, clean the area around the acne with a liquid antiseptic to minimize the risk of contamination. Then take a needle and sterilize it with alcohol and run it briefly through a flame to make sure the remaining microbes are dead. Next, take the sterilized needle and gently prick the top of the pimple's surface carefully enough not to poke it too far. Finally, use a clean piece of gauze, hold it over the pricked pimple, and apply gentle pressure on the sides of the pimple to extract the infected pus. If the pus does not come out with minimal pressure, then STOP immediately! Do not forget to apply an antibiotic ointment on the acne after doing this.
-- Clawed 22:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
I have mentioned lancing twice in this article and some idiot has deleted it...if you want references just look on the Internet there are thousands of them
if someone with acne doesn't know how to poke the bastards with the needle,all he will do is end up bruising his skin by using very blunt pressing movements with his fingers, and when the skin is bruised it is weakened and the infection spreads all around
Therefore the idiot who deleted lancing twice should really be given the condition for a while so he can figure it out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 18:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Put it back up ... it's been a while ;) 67.165.246.147 ( talk) 05:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
On one hand the article says:
Anything beyond very gentle cleansing can actually worsen existing lesions and even encourage new ones by damaging or overdrying skin.
But on the other hand:
Exfoliating the skin. This can be done either mechanically, using an abrasive cloth or a liquid scrub...
What gives? Are we to scrub rougly? Or not to scrub at all?
-- Vitalyb 11:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
I think that the Exfoliating part is done after the acne is controlled by other means. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.253.206.200 ( talk) 22:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the following text:
The possible role of high-glycemic foods is already mentioned in the article. The uncorroborated claim that a "buildup of toxins in the blood" can aggravate acne seems dubious. Karl Stas 16:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
I have read otherwise, that toxins in your body do affect acne. Please check this information. - Jessica Walkuski
Why is this article been tagged for cleanup. Can someone please list what sections of this article need to be improved. Otherwise I think the tag should be removed as I don't see any real problems with this article.-- Clawed 09:39, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I think this article should be moved to Acne Vulgaris; since it doesn't describe Acne rosacea for example. Anyone disagree? (I was planning a redirect or disambiguation from Acne). WolfKeeper 08:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't know about anyone else, but i'm i the only one who seems to have noticed that Acne.org is a COMMERCIAL LINK.....here is a direct quote from the site "Drugstore.com gives me 10% of every order made from this page. Please bookmark this page for future orders. Currently the bandwidth charges for acne.org are around $1000 per month". Now if this seems to be ok with everyone, why not other commercial sites or a site with some guy with excellent marterail but has a few google adds on it.
Come on people...........Acne.org is a commerical site for the purposes of making profit, So why in the world is it added to external link section everywhere??????
New External Link, Skin Cosmos Site about Acne. Other Skin Conditions are included. Easy to follow acne information, clean. Skin Cosmos Acne Information This site is managed by M.D Students and Ph.D Students.
The link is not to the discussion forum, but thanks for the information we are learning about wikipedia. Acne.org also has a discussion forum.
I want to put up an external link - Acne Home Remedies, that has many effective home remedies for acne. I really hope this will help the wikipedia's visitors.
I'd also like to suggest an external link - Acne Information. This site has articles on acne, acne statistics, acne depression, acne stress, and several other acne related topics. It's a good resource and should be of help to those who read the main article. If nobody has any objections, I'll add it in a couple of days.
I would like to put up an external link
Just to review that everyone approves of all the current links:
Hi all. Sorry but I removed quite a few links before noticing your discussion here. I have since reverted. The links I removed were either blatantly promoting some product or were ad conduits via googlewords. Please consider removing the following links ...
Monkeyman( talk) 01:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Once again I have added a link to Acne.org's protocol page. Please take a look before deleting the link. I'll point out especially that a) the protocol can be used with any low-concentration benzoyl peroxide preparation, and the site makes that clear, b) the protocol is not described in the Wikipedia article body, and c) the protocol is unknown by most doctors and is not available from other websites or publications. 66.44.0.192 13:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Can we add below link under "External links" on "Home remedy" page?
Manjubalaw "...wrong eating habits and chronic constipation" I dont think its nonsense....Irregular hours of eating, excessive starch consumption, too much of sugar, fried and fatty foods are also common causes of acne. Chronic constipation is another cause of acne vulgaris. If the bowels do not move properly, the waste matter is not eliminated as quickly as it should be and the bloodstream becomes surcharged with toxic matter. The extra efforts of the skin to eliminate excess waste result in acne and other forms of skin diseases.
I propose to add the largest non-profit acne home remedywebsite currently on the internet. I believe that offering home remedies for acne is something that people would be interested & very relevant in the treatment solutions. Most encyclopedias contain a huge list of treatments, not just viable commercial ones such as the laser light.
Up for approval Acne Information
This isn't a joke or anything, but I have acne on my scrotum (or at least they seem to be similar to pimples as they spew pus when successfully popped) and I want to know how to get rid of them. Anyone know what causes them and where I can find more info?
I know this is not the place, but I feel sorry for the lad when a simple method like the following may be of help:
Do not eat eggs, chicken, or turkey meat for 2 months. Do not eat cakes, biscuits, candy bars, processed meat, mayonnaise - anything that contains egg. Make no exceptions - because it takes a LONG time for the (unknown) culprit to wash out of your system. Do not make any other changes in diet or hygiene. If it works and you have lost nearly all of your problem, eat egg or poultry meat for a test, once. Acne should recur after 5 or 7 days. If this method does not achieve any results at all, try something else. 121.209.50.103 ( talk) 06:14, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Adult acne makes uncited claims of rising incidence in adults, has a brief description that adds nothing to fuller explanation in this article. Its one sentance mention of just some of the medicated products is in alarmist terms and then states herbal products are safe, yet there is no scientific evidence for their efficacy either.
I suggest perhaps a brief mention in this Acne vulgaris article that acne can occur in adulthood too, and emphasise the possibe medical causes at this time of life (vs the factors already listed as predisposing to its cause in adolescence) e.g. Polycystic ovary syndrome & Cushing's syndrome. The Adult acne then becomes just a redirect to here. David Ruben Talk 14:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Please see text for requests for citations for both incidence and increasing prevelance. I wonder if this is not being confused with Acne Rosacea that occurs in middle/later life and often looks similar to Acne vulgaris. In particular I note the comment in Similar conditions section: "Rosacea (ro-ZAY-she-ah) sometimes called "Adult Acne" occurs in people of all ages...", which is factually incorrect as it does not occur in infancy/adolescents. If so, then this is not "adult Acne vulgaris" and a rewrite is needed to just indicate the possible causes as currently listed. David Ruben Talk 03:17, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Once perceived as a disease of adolescence, acne is now affecting 25% of the men and nearly 50% of the woman at some time in their adult lives. citation neededThe likelihood of acne developing or recurring during adulthood has increased significantly over the past decade. citation needed Certain causes are more likely to be a factor in adult acne. These include hormone changes induced by pregnancy, menopause, or the aging process, as well as Polycystic ovary syndrome and Cushing's syndrome.
-- Clawed 04:59, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
In the recent votes, 5 voted for redirect and 3 for merge. A single sentance definition is all that is required - the rest seems uncited drivel: whilst it may describe acne being on the back, it needs verification that it is:
A quick search for 'Bacne' indicates on Google 26,100 hits of which the top listing sites are for the more cosmetic/advertising-linked sites that this article has already had edit conflicts over, wikiditionary & wikipedia itself. This is just over 0.07% of the 36,000,000 hits for acne itself. Finally PubMed (listing of much of world's medical journals/research) gave an impressive 0 hits !
Lets mention that acne on the back may require stronger topical agents in response to this area's thicker skin and that oral agents may therefore prove more effective and be easier to comply with, than trying to apply topical creams to this inaccessable location (depending upon whow flexible one is !). The rest, I think, should be copyedited out as duplication &/or speculation. David Ruben Talk 17:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I have mild to moderate acne, but I had this one deep-rooted zit that just wouldn't go away despite the topicals and anti-biotics. My dermatologist said something about it being too deep for my immune cells to get to or something, I don't remember exactly.. bottom line is he injected it directly with a shot of cortisone and told me it should go away. Can someone who knows more about this add info about it in the article? Thanks. - Seyon (on 22 April 2006)
I would like to suggest an addition to external links from Wilopedia in regards to acne. This article here: www.clearogen.com/research.html provides insight into research suggesting very positive results in treating acne from reducing (binding) free DHT in the skin, thus reducing oils and the associated bacteria and clogged pores. This is published research and data collected and interpreted by Dr Khadavi, baord dertified Dermatologist: www.clearogen.com/dr-khadavi.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cainer ( talk • contribs).
I suggest to add Facts about adult acne located at www.iacnecare.com/adult-acne. The sites provides some fact about adult acne, cause and treatment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IntegrateIS ( talk • contribs).
I found great Acne Resources located at www.about-acne-cure.com. This web site provides useful information about acne cure and more. —The preceding
unsigned comment was added by
Chockdee (
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contribs).
Another source I found for Acne Resources located at www.infofreesearch.com/acne/index.php They provides article and news information about acne and more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcephuk ( talk • contribs)
This one is getting a bit large. Any suggestions for what could be summarised better, split into its own article, or doesn't have a source and can be removed? - brenneman {L} 06:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
A large amount of unsourced material that is mostly duplicated in
Scar#Treatments_for_skin_scars was added in the edit above. I've pasted in the table of contents from that page and a precis of the section added, noting where there is duplication.
brenneman
{L} 03:37, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
From this page | Existing in scar article |
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2 Treatments for skin scars
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I've just removed some recently added material that was without a source. Are there any sections that are biased/dubious that curretnly do not have sources? - brenneman {L} 02:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
The NYT Science Page, Questions and Answers, July 11, 2006, says that according to the latest scientific research, chocolate and fatty foods do not cause acne, or aggravate it. Skim milk, or nonfat milk, however, does: Three glasses a day increase the severity of acne by 22%. Das Baz 16:52, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Hello, how are links to websites that detail personal experience with acne handled around here? The page in question is: How I Got Rid Of Acne - it explains what this person used to clean up her face and what different products she tried. Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.69.136.26 ( talk) 17:42, 22 September 2006
I seem to remember reading something about acne vulgaris being highly prevalent in people of Celtic descent. Is this true? Schprunkel 18:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
In the section Available treatments, the reference to www.CureAcneNaturally.com is spam. I erased that. 201.228.183.57 20:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Does it seem to anyone else that acne, which common and "natural" in the 21st century, is totally absent from man's history overall? When was the last time you saw an old (pre-1900) picture of someone with acne? When have you seen cures for it in ads in old (19th century or earlier) newspapers? Where is it mentioned in old/ancient medicine? What about in literature? You would expect an event so "essential" to adolescence to have appeared as a rite of passage in some culture, but there is no mention of it!
So, does anybody have any information on why acne might not have appeared until around the 20th century? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.174.244.253 ( talk) 03:09, 6 February 2007
There's a mention of pigmentation "scars" in the article - I think this is called "hyperpigmentation" by dermatologists and applications of Hydroquinone or another skin-lightening chemical will improve the skin's appearance over time. Does anyone know of an actual medical article to cite for this? The term "pigmentation 'scar'" doesn't sound very encyclopedic. Dianelowe 21:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
According to the article at
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040501/2123.html , Azelaic acid is used to counter hyperpigmentation.
Dianelowe 21:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
This http://www.dermanetwork.org/information/acne_scars.asp page also recommends microdermabrasion and chemical peels. Dianelowe 21:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I am shocked to find only 5 pictures of people's acne covered skin. I was certain this article would contain at least 100. You all are letting down the readers of this article, of Wikipedia in general, and the entire human race by your shocking failure to post many, many, many more of these gross pictures. -- Xyzzyplugh 20:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
what the #13 has to do with benzoyl peroxide? the whole text just talk about it and then slap Isotretinoin references(and bad ones) out of nonwhere
I was surprised to find a lack of information on seaweed as a treatment, and am putting ( http://aalgo.com/facial-treatments.html) in the article as a reference to information I found when researching the topic. Although the article is on a site that sells the product, it still provides relevant information, and see no reason why it should be rejected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Webspaced01 ( talk • contribs)
I think this article should mention something about the fact that spicy foods can cause acne. ― LADY GALAXY ★彡 Refill/ lol 04:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Alright, this is a message for Xyzzyplugh: If you want to complain about this shit, go here. I think its a much more appropriate place, and it won't kill you to look at those pictures of acne if you want to read the article. Thomasiscool 00:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to add two external links to this page:
Acne Guide - A patient guide to Acne written by Drs. Jerry Tan, Guy Webster, Roy Geronemus, and Marianne O'Donoghue. No commercial affiliation of any sort.
Acne Treatment - A collection of articles on acne treatment from Skin Therapy Letter (Skin Therapy Letter© is indexed by the US National Library of Medicine and listed in MEDLINE and Index Medicus, as well as being a featured journal in the Dermatology Publisher's Circle of Medscape) No commercial affiliation either.
Please let me know if anyone has objections/questions. Thank you.
R.B. 19:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
The second, third fourth and fifth paragraphs of this article should be deleted immediately. The information contained in these paragraphs is completely un-cited. These paragraphs are written sophomorically (in such a way as to be meaningless), contain inaccuracies and factually incorrect material, and serve only to perpetuate confusion on, and misinformation and misunderstanding of, an already too-misunderstood, myth-laden issue.
For example, the statement, "Surface infections are called zits whereas the deeper ones are called pustules" (besides suggesting acne is infectious, which it is not, although a proliferation of a constituent of the normal flora of the skin is involved), makes a useless and meaningless distinction, is incorrect and contradictory. "Zit" is a lay term, that is applied to any acne lesion (as the very first paragraph of the article itself states!), and "pustule" is a medical term, along with "macule", "papule", "nodule" and "cyst", describing various types of dermatological lesions, any of which may be symptomatic of acne. A "pustule", therefore, may be described as a "zit". A "pustule" would be "deeper" (to use the author's word, although, again, it is not the most useful, informative or descriptive) than a "papule" (the red or pinkish inflamed "surface" bumps commonly seen in acne and absent of the visible pus characteristic of a "pustule").
I came to Wikipedia as a single source for the latest references and cited material on the issue of acne vulgaris, as I do for many other subjects, and was shocked and horrified to see the inclusion of such blatantly un-cited and anecdotal material in an article that should be anything but. We must not allow this to continue to be the case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.119.252.59 ( talk • contribs) 23:13, 23 August 2007
The use of the 'expert attention' tag is unjustified; and by its own standards can never be removed, since how would we ever know if an expert ever edited this anyway? The wikipedia has no way to check credentials. There is a strong case for removing these tags from the wikipedia entirely.
Specifically, this article shows no signs of any major inaccuracies, acne is a condition of unknown cause, and the treatments are laid out and covered in reasonable detail and fairly and in context. More references would be desirable, but this article is by no means unreferenced, overall, this up-front tag is serving no purpose and shows no sign of ever helping, and I am removing it. WolfKeeper 12:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Medical articles should be relatively dense with inline citations. It is not acceptable to write substantial amounts of prose and then add your medical textbook to the References section. It is too easy for a later editor to change the body text and then nobody is sure which statements are backed up by which sources. Unlike many established scientific disciplines, medicine attracts controversy and opponents on even the most basic and commonly held facts.
On 30 March 2005 Karl Stas added this unsourced claim (and medical advice):
Seafood, on the other hand, may contain relatively high levels of iodine, but probably not enough to cause an acne outbreak. Still, people who are prone to acne may want to avoid excessive consumption of foods high in iodine.
On 13 January 2007 Fwdanby added a reference:
To summarize, there is no evidence to support iodides as a cause of comedonal acne.
On 24 October 2007, 69.208.163.216 removed the Seafood subsection of the Diet subsection of the Causes of acne section, which had said:
Seafood often contains relatively high levels of iodine. Iodine is known to make existing acne worse but there is probably not enough to cause an acne outbreak.PMID 17190637 Still, people who are prone to acne may want to avoid excessive consumption of foods high in iodine.
with this edit summary:
(→Seafood - rm unsourced seafood / iodine claim added 30 March 2005 by Karl Stas; source added 13 January 2007 by Fwdanby refutes claim)
69.208.163.216 05:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
some guy that read a lot of books but has never been taught how to write a common sense encyclopaedic article is hijacking this page and completely replacing other people's stuff with a very dry and poorly accomplished text. I wrote about form and function, I wrote an introduction as introductions should be explaining the colour diversity dimensions form and distribution, causes, effects, basic social consequences, bacterial outline, etc etc...
the guy seems to think he is an authority on the subject but he has not been taught to make an introduction properly in wherever he has been taught,he has no understanding or common sense, dialogic or medical reasoning
an introduction should provide an overview of the main topics of the subject, depending on the style of the reference,encyclopaedia, science abstract, General reference....
whatever it is, it doesn't look like it's made for a general audience, it looks like some guy with little common sense writing highly technical stuff without actually explaining what it means...therefore I suggest that there should be a general introduction followed by technical explanations in a further parts of the article.
I am annoyed with them because they seem to be some kind of pharmacy shop or something, they have wiped off all the commonsense staff about treatment and replaced it with a pharmacy book explanation which is a ridiculous opinionated overview of treatment, the kind that is promoted by companies rather than scientists.
unfortunately some scientists are unable to differentiate between science and company promoted science, and to provide balanced information covering the topic globally
in any case I mention clinical lancing in the treatment if he would wish to look it up and make a section about it maybe he would learn something.
in the process he would also be explaining to people how to reduce problems by at least 50%-lancing is highly effective look the thing up as a treatment you complete bloody idiot before deleting it-would it cost to the pharmacy to much in lost sales to explain how to prevent lesions and bruising?
there should be some guidelines to explain to people how to write an introduction -frankly in a proper educational institution, this introduction would get 3 out of 10, and the whole article would be a 5,
Not impressed with the monopolistic idiot with no sense... introductions are things like age/population distribution/physical distribution/colour/microbiology/small-scale morphology ...
the introduction should be written in English, the guy obviously has absolutely no biological understanding of what is going on whatsoever...biology is all about cause and effect and so is medicine, maybe he should write a little bit of that in the introduction —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
so in my previous example which noted discomfort, pressing behaviours, scarring, the correct thing sanctioned by wiki is not to be erase all this information and put your own interpretation. do you need references for that kind of information as well? Like if someone wrote that birds fly you don't need references for that, it's common sense.
I just wanted to explain why I changed "Exposure ... narcotics ... , especially when abused intravenously." to "Exposure ... narcotics ... , especially when taken intravenously." There are legal, medical uses for narcotics, and in the context of Acne, I don't see why "abusing" narcotics intravenously would be any different than "using" narcotics intravenously. Since both are supposed risks, I changed the wording to "taken intravenously." All of these causes are unsourced anyway, so who the heck knows what's real anyway? (my edit shows up as anonymous because I wasn't signed in, but it was me.) 05:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I have just come across the Zeno which seems a plausible device. I have cited their summary of their clinical trial data which is perhaps not independent enough but seems a reasonable start. Colonel Warden ( talk) 13:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Really?! 128.243.220.21 ( talk) 16:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I only get pimples if I use certain kinds of Shampoo on my hair, even if the shampoo is on my entire body the pimples only occur on my face in the places where pubescent acne occurs. I know this could be considered a rash but it is pimples and it has been suggested that the article on pimples be merged with this one. Is there any research on allergens causing acne? It took me many years to figure out that- hey if I use my moms shampoo my acne goes away, plenty of people could benefit from this kind of research. 66.140.72.126 ( talk) 19:10, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I can't find any sources on this, but i have always used surgical spirit to dry out spots, which then fall off. am I the only one that has ever heard of this? i was surprised to not see any references to this in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by UltraMagnus ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Why does this article have no lead section? This is very odd, I've never seen an article of this size without one. - kotra ( talk) 00:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Would be nice if people could spell SENTENCE this way.
A leader for such an article is very difficult, because like with so many skin problems, there is often a lack of solid scientific evidence but a lot of guessing regarding the large variety of symptms, possible causes, external, internal and how they relate to that particular individual. Like cancer, acne is not a word that describes one specific condition. It describes pimples with pus, of different severity and, in all likelihood, different causes. Specification has been difficult, as food, water, air pollution, beauty products, genetic make-up, metabolism, and possibly the state of mind/stress/hormones are interacting to produce these impurities which can occur all over the body but are most common in the face. Suggestions for treatment vary accordingly.
These types are most common: ........ I'm not an expert but this is how I would tackle a leader. 121.209.50.82 ( talk) 04:20, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
There is no discussion of "popping zits" ? Should this be included? Kirsted ( talk) 05:56, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone have any information as to weather or not caffiene causes acne and if it is by a significant amount. Please add this information to the article if you have it, i would really like to know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.34.215 ( talk) 13:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
The article refers in the "history of..." section to "what were known as 'chastity pimples'". Is there any evidence that this term was actually used? A search finds very little other than things using the info from this page. It sounds plausible given the notion that some might hold that sex would cure them , but at the same time it sounds unlikely that a term referring to this would become widespread. Billwilson5060 ( talk) 10:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
After a year of languishing the identical worded acne scar treatment merged with acne scarring. Now Acne scarring's almost wholy unreferrenced paragraphs need trimming down per WP:Verify, and then incorporating into a subsection of Acne#Treatment. David Ruben Talk 01:22, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
The article states that acne "is caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units" due to "an increase in male sex hormones"..."most common during adolescence". Is the difference between adult skin and a child's skin simply a side effect of male sex hormones? Or is there some evolutionary purpose for the oiliness of mature skin? 98.149.117.42 ( talk) 05:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Peanuts? I always get pimples after eating peanuts. Is it just an allergy or is peanuts also causing Acne? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.2.169.42 ( talk) 22:38, 9 August 2009 (UTC) I USE THE POPING AND ISOPROPOLY..STINGS....BUT DRIED UP IN TWO DAYS.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.65.160 ( talk) 06:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Cystic acne used to have its own article, but it now redirects here. The lumps that come with it aren't really cysts - they are boils. Grundle2600 ( talk) 21:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Might be a link or mention of Bukowski's Ham on Rye, his coming of age novel with great amounts of info on Acne Vulgaris and a sensitive account of what it is like to have it. Timbabwe ( talk) 18:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
I have moved a bunch of primary research from this article and begun adding reviews. For people who wish to join in feel free. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 08:42, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
I can't help but ask if diet is really as unrelated to acne as some people say.
If there is a relationship, even if it is a little tenuous, can acne be induced in any of the primates by preventing them from having enough vitamin A, and, perhaps, by simultaneously increasing their testosterone levels? If acne can be induced in primates, the main page of this article should be changed to read it is primarily a human skin disease.
I wouldn't be too surprised if this sort of thing has been tested over and over again, especially in trials with chimpanzees. Does anybody know of a reliable authority to quote? 216.99.219.38 ( talk) 06:33, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
acne free skin needed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.101.60 ( talk) 08:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Recently on a trip to the town of Jalostotitlan, Jalisco in Mexico, I found the cure for Acne. In a pharmacy called La Farmacia de el Caballito, I bought a product (compost) called Agua Maravillosa (Magical water). I was told by locals that this product did wonders and to my surprise this product does work and is very inexpensive about 8 ounces for $1.50. The product does not come with any labels or instructions it is mixed on a daily basis by the pharmacist who told me to soak a cotton ball and applied to clean skin two to three times a day. All I can tell you is that this product smells like formaldehyde. M.R. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.202.4.106 ( talk) 17:22, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering if we could have a section on the psychological effects of acne (Especially teenage acne)? Such as depression, social reclusion, esteem-issues, feelings of failure and disappointment, being bullied, failing at school & work etc.
I for one became suicidal and ruined my education because I had acne. I also developed a chronic case of body dysmorphic disorder. Can we link these diseases as well?
Thank you,
Alexei-Arbeaux. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.73.215.166 ( talk) 20:11, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I disagree. It could be applied to any condition or disease. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.115.142.143 ( talk) 18:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
I agree and second this suggestion. Acne is especially likely to cause the psychological trauma the OP describes given its obvious cosmetic nature and prevalence in adolescence. There's plenty of literature on this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15778823 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17004999 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18330741
The mere fact that psychological harm is caused by other disorders should not preclude a discussion of its characteristic presentation in the context of acne.
And lets not forget this often cited quote: "There is no single disease which causes more psychic trauma, more maladjustment between parents and children, more general insecurity and feelings of inferiority, and greater sums of psychic suffering than does acne vulgaris." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkom329 ( talk • contribs) 08:54, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
"Other associations such as chocolate and salt are not supported by the evidence" < WRONG! "The study identified crude associations between acne and high intake of chocolate and chips and low intake of vegetables." > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915192230.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.98.46.61 ( talk) 14:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
I've tagged the section using the {{peacock}} template, which apparently isn't available for only a section, because I believe it to be the most appropriate tag here. It sounds pretty biased and has no references, and the microdermabrasion article also has related problems. I doubt there's much science to back the process up or even to distinguish it from dermabrasion, and personally I believe it needs to be deleted, along with its parent article. -- SweetNightmares (awaken) 18:49, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
===Recommendations===
In the UK the National Health Service offers detailed justified recommendations [1]. A summary follows. Note that benzoyl peroxide is the only medication of those listed that is available over the counter in the UK.
Mild Acne
"Mild acne" consists of blackheads and whiteheads - and will often not be described as acne, as there are few if any "zits". Topical retinoid (tretinoin, isotretinoin, or adapalene) or benzoyl peroxide as first-line treatment. Topical antibiotic or azelaic acid if both topical retinoids and benzoyl peroxide are poorly tolerated. Consider prescribing a standard combined oral contraceptive in women who require contraception.
Moderate acne (papules and pustules)
Limited acne which is unlikely to scar:
- Prescribe benzoyl peroxide or a topical retinoid first-line. Azelaic acid is an option if other drugs are poorly tolerated.
Combined treatment should be considered in all people with moderate acne:
- Benzoyl peroxide combined with a topical antibiotic is the usual preferred regimen.
- Other options include a topical retinoid combined with benzoyl peroxide (but this may be poorly tolerated) or a topical retinoid combined with a topical antibiotic (but this may promote bacterial resistance).
- Consider prescribing an oral antibiotic (tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, lymecycline, or erythromycin) if topical treatment cannot be tolerated, if there is moderate acne on the back or shoulders (where it may be particularly extensive or difficult to reach), or if there is a significant risk of scarring or substantial pigment change.
Consider prescribing a standard combined oral contraceptive in women who require contraception.
Severe Acne (nodules and cysts, as well as papules and pustules)
There is a high risk of scarring. Refer all people with severe acne for specialist assessment and treatment (for example with oral isotretinoin), and consider prescribing an oral antibiotic in combination with a topical drug whilst waiting for an appointment. Oral tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, or lymecycline are first-line options. Erythromycin is an alternative if tetracyclines are poorly tolerated or contraindicated (such as in pregnancy). Minocycline is not recommended. Benzoyl peroxide or a topical retinoid are recommended as adjunctive treatment for most people. Azelaic acid is an alternative, but avoid the use of topical antibiotics with oral antibiotics. Consider prescribing a combined oral contraceptive in women who require contraception.
References
This ref could be used to support some of the content already here but no reason to duplicate it. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 18:17, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
The text absolves pure chocolate from any blame, despite suggestive recent studies. I'm curious as to the quality of the evidence for chocolate's 'not guilty' verdict. The review study ( full text) cited is a sketchy affair, and itself cites a pathetic 1965 study Chocolate as a Cause of Acne: a Dissenting View ( PMID 14327774) as proof.
We need to keep in mind that a very influential 1969 study ( PMID 4243053 — a clinical trial) appeared to scotch any association between chocolate and acne. This study made a big impact, and has been cited dozens of times in other journal articles, including (apparently) the review study above that is quoted in our article. But it has recently been roundly criticized, not least because it was funded by the Chocolate Manufacturers' Association of the United States of America.
There have now been a few suggestive studies worth looking at in this respect. They may warrant inclusion into the text.
So simply sticking to the 1960s line that "chocolate has no effect" is incorrect, and excluding these studies on the basis that they have not had time to be included in a new review study seems unnecessarily cautious. MLPainless ( talk) 01:47, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I didn't think "pimple" was a specific dermatology term? It looks out of place alongside papule etc. Lesion ( talk) 19:07, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
"As of 2012, evidence for light therapy and lasers is insufficient to recommend them for routine use.[41]"
"Light therapy is an expensive treatment modality[2] and while it appears to provide short term benefit, there is a lack of long term outcome data or data in those with severe acne.[42]"
So... the Titus and Hodge quote stays because they are secondary and four independent studies which corroborate each other must be disregarded because they are primary? What is wrong with this picture? Useful life-changing information is being suppressed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.115.228 ( talk) 18:27, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
We have a good secondary source here [8] Will look at the question of different rates in different regions further tonight. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:08, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Acne might cause small maccules of hyperpigmentation if there is scarring (which image does show) ... not sure this is described as orange skin...looks like the orange color might be an artifact of the lighting and color settings of the camera that took the pic. Lesion ( talk) 17:14, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Fulltext available here: http://jddonline.com/articles/dermatology/S1545961614P0428X -- Siddhant ( talk) 19:48, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drole007 ( talk • contribs) 10:44, 20 April 2014 (UTC)
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I am here in response to a request at WP:MED.
Per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles#Diseases_or_disorders_or_syndromes, I expect to see a "society and culture" section when that is relevant to the disease. For this to be promoted, I wish to see some coverage of social stigma, economics of treatment, and something about class distinctions and global perspective. Currently there is no social coverage of this.
The management section does not have an explanation of the default treatment option, which is doing nothing in particular. Also I would like to see some ranking of the treatments to indicate which response is most common. Some of these treatments are probably not common.
In the differential diagnosis section, I would like to see at least one differentiation made, perhaps between this condition and another common condition.
In all of these things I am happy with 1-2 sentence presentations and linking to a source. I expect that sources would be easy to find for all of these if someone checked PubMed and Google Scholar. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
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help)✓ Pass All the issues I raised have been addressed. It is my opinion that this article has coverage of all topics which are described in the medical manual of style and that the coverage is sufficient to meet the standards of a WP:GA health article. In my evaluation, I only checked for scope and extent of coverage, so for this article to pass GA, it needs to be evaluated from other perspectives. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:51, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
The article Acne vulgaris you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Acne vulgaris for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. DoctorJoeE review transgressions/ talk to me! 02:42, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Acne is a condition which sometimes gets no formal medical treatment and no alternative medicine which would be described as such.
In doing the good article review, I thought that there should be a section in treatment on "doing nothing". I checked for sources in Cochrane, PubMed, Google, and Google Scholar, and every paper I found talked about treating acne and nothing I found was about not treating acne.
It is my expectation that a large number of people with acne, probably the majority, do not have it severe enough to seek medical treatment for it. Because I did not want the article to convey that most people have to get treatment for acne, I put in a section about "doing nothing" even though I found no sources to support this. I tagged my statements as "citation needed".
I expect that there must be sources talking about the health consequences of not treating acne, and I think they should be used in this section, but I could not find them now. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Tyler, I see you reverted my edits. What is wrong with the source, in your view? Also, you undid my edit for flow. It would seem better not to have "Acne mostly affects skin with a greater number of oil glands including the face, upper part of the chest, and back" in the middle of a paragraph about causation. SarahSV (talk) 20:38, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
The review you cite above looked at 2011–2012, but the source I added is 2015 and there are other recent ones that seem to agree. SarahSV (talk) 00:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
The author is Bodo C. Melnik, Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück. The journal is Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. The journal's editor is Jeffrey M. Weinberg, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [11]
I don't know what the impact factor of that journal is, or to what extent that matters, but this 2014 review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology implies that there is a link (though I can only see the abstract): "The dermatoendocrinologic mechanism for the effects of glycemic index/glycemic load and milk on acne is described, as well as related clinical evidence for dietary modifications." Do you have access to that article? SarahSV (talk) 00:15, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
A question – the article says: "The relationship between diet and acne is unclear as there is no high-quality evidence."
The source for that sentence is: Davidovici BB, Wolf R (January 2010). "The role of diet in acne: Facts and controversies". Clinics in Dermatology (Review) 28 (1): 12–6. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.03.010. PMID 20082944.
What does that source say that is summarized as "there is no high-quality evidence," and what is the date range of the studies the source reviewed? SarahSV (talk) 23:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
I was suprised to see that this common portmanteau for acne occuring on ones back was left out of a discussion about acne. I thought it would have its own article.
It's too bad this drug is so maligned now. I was prescribed Accutane at 15/16 (was on it for 6 mos.), and it was really a miracle drug.
I'm 39 now, and still have the occasional pimple/whitehead, but I could have been the poster child for ravaging, disfiguring Acne before I took this treatment. I would do another round of Accutane, but I understand the government is involved in all stages of the treatment now, and I'd rather not get involved with this. This is something that should be between a doctor and their patient, and nobody else.
I think most of the topical stuff like Benzoil Peroxide/salicylic acid, etc. *may* work for the "typical" teenage acne, but it's never done a damn thing for me. 24.51.217.118 ( talk) 04:01, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
Results: Six studies were selected. The first meta-analysis, including all studies, showed a non significant role of smoke in the development of acne: OR 1.05 (95% CI: 0.66–1.67) with random effect estimate. The second meta-analyses, including data stratified by gender, showed a OR=0.99 (95% CI: 0.57–1.73) for males and a OR of 1.45 (95% CI: 0.08–24.64) for females, using random effect for the heterogeneity in both cases. The third meta-analysis, included studies with a quality score >6 resulted in an estimated OR= 0.69 (95% CI: 0.55–0.85): in this case it was possible to use the fixed effect estimate. The last meta-analysis, concerning the severity grading, showed a non-significant result: OR=1.09 (95% CI: 0.61–1.95) using the random effect approach.
Conclusions: The first two meta-analyses found no signification association between smoking and the development of acne. However, when we performed the analysis with only good quality studies, the protective significant effect was evident.
http://ijphjournal.it/article/view/5708 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.229.111.127 ( talk) 23:24, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
What causes it specifically on the bum or buttocks or arse (or near the arse hole)-- 178.106.99.31 ( talk) 23:44, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
Here's a few non-medical ideas that might be interesting to add to this article. All of these were taken from the third chapter of https://books.google.com/books?id=S-rNTj6IlVAC
I hope this is a helpful list of ideas that might be interesting for this article. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 00:41, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Here's a high-level summary of the suppports, opposes, and outstanding items from the FAC #2 nomination, as mostly stated in your own words. YMMV so if I've glossed over something you feel is critical please feel free to elaborate. My aim is to get this list down, and keep it down, to something manageable, reasonable, and surmountable. Sandbh ( talk) 04:55, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
@ CFCF:
@ My Core Competency is Competency:
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@ WhatamIdoing:
@ Bruce1ee:
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@ Lingzhi:
@ John:
Me (Sandbh) again
I look at this list as it currently stands and feel that, with patience and a bit of help, it's quite doable.
Sandbh (
talk) 04:55, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Year | Citation | Extracts | Assessment/comments |
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1993 | Mills CM, Peters TJ, Finlay AY. "Does smoking influence acne?" Clin Exp Dermatol 1993; 18:100–101 PMID 8481981 | "One hundred and sixty-five patients with acne completed a questionnaire on smoking habits. ... The findings of this study support the hypothesis that some component of cigarette smoke, possibly nicotine, has an anti-inflammatory action on acne." | Primary source; included because Bhate and Williams rely on it. According to Firooz et al. (2005), this was the first study to examine a link between smoking and acne. |
2001 | Schafer T, Nienhaus A, Vieluf D, et al. "Epidemiology of acne in the general population: the risk of smoking". Br J Dermatol 2001;145:100–104. PMID 11453915 | "Smoking is a clinically important contributory factor to acne prevalence and severity." | Primary source; included because several secondary sources rely on it. |
2005 | Firooz, A; Sarhangnejad, R; Davoudi, SM; Nassiri-Kashani, M (2005). "Acne and smoking: is there a relationship?". BMC Dermatology. 5 (2). doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-2 PMID 15790395 PMC 1079805 | "There are contradictory reports on the relationship between acne vulgaris and cigarette smoking. The objective of this study was to examine the relation between acne and cigarette smoking in a case-control study. An association between acne and cigarette smoking was not found in this study." | Primary source |
2005 | Zülal, Erbagci; Bayram, Nazan (2005). "Smoking and Skin: A Critical Literature Review on the Association between Smoking and Benign, Premalignant and Malignant Dermatological Disorders", in J. H. Owing (ed.), Smoking and Health: New Research, Nova Publishers, 140ff. | "Between the various causative and exacerbating factors, the effect of smoking is currently unclear. Whereas some study results showed that smoking is a clinically important contributory factor to acne prevalence and severity, the others found an insignificant or even an inverse relationship between acne and smoking habits." | Zülal is a dermatologist, Bayram a respirologist. Offers a review of the research. |
2006 | Klaz I, Kochba I, Shohat T, et al. "Severe acne vulgaris and tobacco smoking in young men". J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126: 1749–1752. PMID 16645586 | "There was an inverse, dose-dependent relationship between severe acne prevalence and daily cigarette consumption. ... The inverse relationship became statistically significant from 21 cigarettes a day ..." | Primary source; included because Bhate and Williams rely on it. In the "Discussion" section, it offers a good overview of previous research. |
2009 | Capitanio, B; Sinagra, JL; Ottaviani, M; Bordignon, V; Amantea, A; Picardo, M (2009). " Acne and smoking". Dermato-endocrinology. 1 (3): 129–135. PMID 20436880 | "Contrasting data are available on correlation between acne and smoking habit. Data on the correlation between acne and smoking are still controversial. The lack of significant statistical difference between smokers with and without acne regarding the cumulative smoking dose (considering that the calculation does not take numerous variables into account such as type of cigarettes smoked, manner of smoking, passive smoking, possible suspension periods, inaccurate number of cigarettes referred, possible variations in the number of cigarette smoked) could suggest that the clinical expression of acne in these patients could be related to genetic predisposition." | Primary source |
2010 | Metelitsa AI & Lauzon GJ 2012. "Tobacco and the skin". Clinical Dermatology. 28 (4): 384–390. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.03.021. PMID 20620754 | "Smoking negatively impacts the health of the skin as it does every organ system. Dermatologists need to encourage their patients to discontinue this deleterious habit.." | Good coverage on the deleterious impact of smoking on the skin |
2012 | Knutsen-Larson S, Dawson AL, Dunnick CA, Dellavalle RP. "Acne Vulgaris: Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Needs Assessment", Clinics in Dermatology, Jan;30(1):99–106. PMID 22117871 | "The link between smoking and acne is well established." | Relies on Schafer et al. (2001). |
2012 | Alice Mannocci, Leda Semyonov, Rosella Saulle, et al. "Association between smoking habits and acne vulgaris. A case-control study", Italian Journal of Public Health, 9(3), 2012. | "The association between acne and smoke shows an increased risk (OR=7.26) with a statistically significant CI. Moreover, people ≥ 18 years of age have twice the risk compared to persons < 18 years of age (OR=2.31)." | Primary source; included because La Torre et al. (2013) rely on it. |
2013 | Bhate, K; Williams, HC (March 2013). "Epidemiology of acne vulgaris". The British Journal of Dermatology (Review). 168 (3): 474–85. doi: 10.1111/bjd.12149. PMID 23210645. | Whether or not acne is caused by, exacerbated, improved, cured, or is not associated with smoking remains controversial.31,125–130 An earlier case series suggested an inverse relationship between acne and smoking, suggesting an anti-inflammatory effect of a component found in cigarettes.125 Later, in 2001, a larger cross-sectional analysis of 896 young people found a statistically significant correlation between acne prevalence and the number of cigarettes smoked per day and a dose-dependent relationship between consumption and severity (not affected by age, sex or social class).31 A large-scale, questionnaire study of 27 083 military men between 1983 and 2003 found the prevalence of acne to be lower in active smokers, with a dose-dependent inverse relationship between severe acne prevalence and cigarette consumption from 21 cigarettes per day and higher.131 ... Further observational research is likely to perpetuate previous problems in reporting bias and confounding. Clinicians are recommended to advise against smoking despite some evidence suggesting it is beneficial with regard to acne." | Relies on: ref 31: Shafer et al. (2001) ref 125: Mills et al. (1993) ref 131: Klaz et al. (2006 |
2013 | La Torre G, Gerald G & Semyonov L, Smoking-related diseases epidemiology, in G La Torre (ed.) 2013, Smoking Prevention and Cessation, Springer, New York, pp. 57–106 ( 85–86) | "Acne vulgaris has a multifactorial pathogenesis, but the contribution of smoking show contradictory results...some studies have shown that cigarette smoking aggravate acne (Schafer et al. 2001; Green and Sinclar 2001), others did not confirm this association (Jemec et al. 2002) or even showed a protective effect (Klaz et al. 2006; Rombouts et al. 2007)." ***** "Recently, Mannocci (2010) carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis concerning the association between acne and smoking. The first meta-analysis, including all studies, showed a nonsignificant role of smoke in the development of acne...The last meta-analysis...showed a nonsignificant result. The first two meta-analyses found no significant association between smoking and the development of acne but the analysis with only good quality studies showed a protective significant effect." |
Offers details, cites its sources, explains the back and forth. |
2014 | Rigopoulos, D; Korfitis, C (2014). "Acne and Smoking". In Zouboulis, C; Katsambas, A; Kligman, AM. Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acne and Rosacea. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 167–170. ISBN 978-3-540-69374-1. | "The association between acne and smoking constitutes an ongoing subject of debate. Several studies have been conducted albeit producing inconsistent results." | |
2015 | Alice Mannocci, Leda Semyonov, Rosella Saulle, et al. "Association between smoking habits and acne. A case-control study and a systematic review and meta-analysis" (pdf), Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 12(1), 2015. | "In conclusions, smokers have higher risk to develop acne, especially males. Conclusions are not robust, because of heterogeneity definitions of smokers and acne grading." | |
2016 | " Acne: Overview. PubMed Health. Cologne: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care. July 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017 | "It is not clear whether there might be a connection between smoking and acne." | |
2017 | DiPiro JT, Talbert RL & Yee GC 2017, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 10th ed., McGraw Hill, New York, p. 1536 | "Studies examining the relationship between tobacco smoking and acne show inconsistent results; however dermatologists have begun to counsel people to quit tobacco smoking as a potential auxiliary treatment for acne." | The last bit about counselling appears also in the 2011 8th ed. |
@ SlimVirgin: How does this lot look? Sandbh ( talk) 05:12, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
SarahSV (talk) 05:52, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
@ Sandbh: La Torre, Semyonov and Giraldi (2013), 84–86, is quite detailed ( La Torre bio). It discusses the studies that showed a connection, that didn't and that seemed to show a protective effect. And it cites its sources, so this article could cite those too where appropriate. SarahSV (talk) 22:18, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Very cool feedback, thank you Carl, WhatamIdoing, and Sarah. Sandbh ( talk) 22:24, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Have trimmed as number of primary sources. We really need to use high quality secondary sources per WP:MEDRS. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 18:21, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Page moved. Consensus supported this move as the common name. Arguments against were largely satisfied by an accurately worded hat note. ( closed by non-admin page mover) -- Dane talk 01:14, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
Acne vulgaris →
Acne – After the recently failed acne vulgaris FAC (see:
[17]), I wanted to make sure my watchlist remained on fire (cf:
[18]). I would like to reverse this redirect such that
acne vulgaris redirects TO
acne. I think this change is supported by
WP:COMMONNAME, and if the change does occur then I would merge and redirect into the
acne article many of the stubs that cover the various obscure subtypes of acne (see:
[19]). --
My Core Competency is Competency (
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Could the one use of "greasy" be changed to "oily" as the latter is often used in this article (9 times by my count). "Oily" seems to me to be just a bit more precise. -- Mahākāśyapa ( talk) 19:29, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
User:TylerDurden8823 about this diff - I just reviewed this page and its archive and I don't see anywhere that this "was requested by the Wikipedia community"; having this section runs against MEDMOS, actually. None of these people are described as having influenced the history of the condition. Where did the community request this? Jytdog ( talk) 06:45, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Readers of the Nutrition section might need more clarifications on how to weigh the evidence. It is already great that differentiations such as observational evidence and randomized trials are mentioned. I would like to add more guidance. Findings since 2015 might be integrated:
Fiedler (2017) [1] Link https://ww.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/mjl/adv/2017/00000097/00000001/art00003
Juhl et al (2018) [2] Link https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/8/1049/htm
Vaughn and Sivamani (2015) [3]
Link https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2014.0261?casa_token=IhoVMwq9qtwAAAAA:200D6P3VmjWC3GxAptBGN_3ygteRkjy4a1WEpYtg9UOzhNvouHGrPZxWUApqcv035eGQ0THpLOww
Additionally there is Logan's [4] "The Clear Skin Diet" with round-about 200 sources relating to the topic. Source 2: Link https://ww.amazon.com/Clear-Skin-Diet-Alan-Logan/dp/1581825749 Logan gives a non-academic summary of acne research up until 2007. The book as a source is likely not to wikipedia standards, as BallenaBlanca points but the sources they use may be.
Hypochonda ( talk) 20:06, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
References
Hypochonda ( talk) 08:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
Year | Name | Summary | Evaluation |
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2018 | Juhl et al. [1] | coming soon | coming soon |
2017 | Fiedler et al. [2] | coming soon | coming soon |
2016 | Kucharska [3] | Literature Review ? | Recommends patients to keep food diaries and exclude foods that exacerbate acne |
Year | Name | Summary | Assessment/comments |
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2018 | Juhl et al. [4] | 14 studies, n=78529 ' 'In conclusion, any dairy, such as milk, yogurt, and cheese, was associated with an increased OR (pooled random effects odds ratio) for acne in individuals aged 7–30 years. However, results should be interpreted with caution due to heterogeneity and bias across studies.' ' | coming soon |
2015 | Vaughn & Simavani [5] | Results: A total of 312 articles were found and a total of 4 studies met inclusion criteria. Three studies evaluated the effects of ingestion, while one evaluated the effects of topical application. All studies noted improvement with the use of fermented dairy.
Conclusions: Overall, there is early and limited evidence that fermented dairy products, used both topically and orally, may provide benefits for skin health. However, existing studies are limited and further studies will be important to better assess efficacy and the mechanisms involved. || coming soon | |
2014 | Grossi et al. [6] | Conclusion: Our analyses confirm the link between several dietetic items and acne. When providing care, dermatologists should also be aware of the complex interconnection between dietetic factors and acne. | can someone who knows what semantic connectivity map approach is comment ? |
Hypochonda ( talk) 08:18, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Hypochonda please note that this is a work in progress and that I do not have a medical background. Misrepresentation will inevitably occur.
If I want to "clean up" this section, am I allowed to delete my own content and replace it ? -- Hypochonda ( talk) 10:02, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
References
@ Doc James: with regards to this edit, the source doesn't support that statement. I changed the statement in this edit to reflect the source text, which says:
Acne is a follicular disease, the principal abnormality of which is impaction and distention of the pilosebaceous unit. The cause of the hyperproliferation of keratinocytes
and the abnormalities of differentiation and desquamation are unknown. It is likely that hyperresponsiveness to the stimulation of sebocytes and follicular keratinocytes by androgens leads to the hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands and the seborrhea that characterize acne.
— James, WD (April 2005). "Acne". New England Journal of Medicine (Review). 352 (14): 1463–72. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp033487. PMID 15814882.
The previous statement seems reasonable if it would've been sourced, but it needs accurate sourcing if we are to keep it.
-- Treetear ( talk) 16:34, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
The Good article nomination for Acne/Archive 1 has failed, for the following reason(s):
To summarise, I think is not organised enough yet, and some important information is missing. All comments are welcome! Steven Fruitsmaak 19:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
I think it's worse actually, that we need an expert on the subject banner here. Look at all the disagreement and controversy on it. The snare 01:28, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
I edited the section about milk and acne since it includes sorbet as a dairy product. One needs to only click on sorbet, or be a person with dairy allergies like myself, to know that sorbet is not a dairy product, and is not made with milk. Apparently changing this to reflect the most likely real dairy product, sherbet, is vandalism. Could someone who knows better explain how sorbet belongs in the section about milk and acne? Rachaella ( talk) 01:27, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
I responded on your talk page to the message you left me, but for further information new sections are normally added at the bottom of talk pages. -- UltraMagnus speak 12:00, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
Those pics are disgusting! Shouldn't we perhaps apply more "encyclopedia-ish" ones?
A lot of pictures regarding medical things are disgusting, pretty much any medical encyclopedia or text has multitudes of pictures, of burns, keloid scars, tumors, bloody wounds and open bone fractures, that's just the way it is. You have to get used to it if you want to study medicine. Not that wikipedia is a comprehensive medical guide that doctors cite on their term papers, but it's more educational and accurate to see what the injury looks like than a text description. The snare ( talk) 02:10, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
need a redirect for 'acne' lowercase, is that an admin thing? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DennisDaniels ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 23 October 2002 (UTC)
Something to consider adding, though it's relatively new. Why stress is a factor, Substance P. Jamesday 03:34, 17 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Yes, stress should be mentioned, how stress causes increased oil secretion in some people causes acne.-- 203.166.57.11 00:05, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Shall we go into detail about treatments and causes that are more controversial or only stick to what we know?--
203.166.57.11 00:05, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I think these picutres are fine just they way they are as they depict reality instead of artwork Aujlakam 00:26, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
There is an available online resource Acne Vulgaris: Clinical Pictures and Treatment Info for additional clinical images of Acne Vulgaris. I think it would be helpful to add to the external links b/c it shows acne on a variety of skin types, body locations, and ages. I work closely with this site though so I do not feel comfortable adding it to the external links. Burrillr 15:19, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
Nothing on popping zits?? -- CJWilly
Male hormones, secreted oil, and skin particles don't "cause" bacteria, so I have trouble with bacteria being labeled an effect of acne. In the absence of the bacteria, pimples don't appear. Also, in the case of benzoyl peroxide at least, treatment can't be considered finished (until the hormone/skin oil causes subside) and acne will reappear within days if treatment is stopped. Yath 17:08, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I wrote some of those changes, the bacteria is the result of other things, but without it, no pimple, so it is a cause. Killing the infection gets rid of the pimple. I agree with changes to what I wrote.-- 203.166.57.11 00:05, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
I'm wondering whether it's the cause of things too- it wouldn't surprise me if the presence of the bacteria didn't damage the skin and thus cause the skin to make more sebum; the skin would be trying to protect itself from damage. But the bacteria eats the sebum and emits chemicals that cause even more damage, so it's a vicious circle.
-WolfKeeper
Why have you removed all of my comments in your last revision lowry?? Some of them were good. -- Komencanto 08:54, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Consumption of heat damaged foods. Proteins exposed to heat are altered in such a way that digestive enzymes are unable to break them down into constituent amino acids. These proteins are processed by lymph glands and excreeted through the skin. Due to the hydrophilic nature of protein, subcutaneous water pressure is increased which closes off sebum canals, trapping bacteria. A cyst is the result. - Boy does this sound like nonsence pseudoscience. Has anyone got a reference for this stuff???? (posted by anon)
Anybody heard about acne being reduced by sun exposure? I think I heard and read quite a bit about that in my time. It seems sun rays change the sebum chemically as well as plainly heating it and it can flow outwards easier.
It's a good news/bad news kind of deal.
The blue light in sunlight kills P.Acnes; this improves acne in the short-term.
However the UV light damages the skin, and then acne comes back worse than ever when P.Acnes recolonises.
I heard a claim that 90% of people had worse acne after sun exposure in the long term, but I have never tracked it back to the literature to check.
That's what the ClearLight/Dermalux lamps are about- they don't produce much if any UV light.
-WolfKeeper
The dermatologist I went to told me sunlight had no effect on it at all. The snare 04:33, 6 November 2006 (UTC)
This section should be deleted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Liquidblue8388 ( talk • contribs) 22:57, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
Okay, obviously the "sex/masturbation causes acne" myth needs to be addressed, but the current paragraph feels very uncertain. It states:
Sex. Rumours have had it that both celibacy and masturbation are causes for acne. This is not the case. It is notable however that masturbation and any other sexual activity affects hormone levels and thus bodily oil production.
My particular objection is to that last sentence, which contradicts the main sentence since it suggests that masturbating or not does have some effect on acne. Just for a start, are there any credible studies that show the effect masturbation has on hormone levels? If not, then that last sentence should be deleted. -- LostLeviathan 05:53, 6 Dec 2004 (UTC)
it has been widely accepted that these are not true due to lack of scientific study on the subject I understand what this is trying to say, but on the other hand I don't think that a lack of study is generally accepted as proof of anything. Perhaps someone should change it to "there is nothing in the scientific literature to confirm this." 72.240.220.81 03:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
sex has a massive therapeutic value in all senses, concerning the aids a young person to achieve emotional completion.it is clear that young people in some kinds of societies are very misled about it so it's hard to trust who is writing the comments regarding it here —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 18:01, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I found a mention that acne was previously (before the 1970s) thought to be a sign of constipation and/or masturbation.-- Auric ( talk) 02:06, 8 October 2009 (UTC) [1]
The article currently says:
Chocolate, chips, sugar, milk and seafood among others have not been shown to affect acne. This means that the scientific studies done to date did not find a big difference between acne in two groups of people, one group eating the food in question and one group avoiding it.
Could someone cite a source for this? Everything I've read suggests that no serious scientific studies have been done on this subject. -- LostLeviathan 06:25, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Re. acne and diet, I already can pinpoint the flaw of the study design. Perhaps the reason people who eat a bad diet have no significant different # of acne is because they can from a genetic basis. A better study design would be to have a prospective study on the effect of diet on the acne-prone people. This article makes much more sense: http://www.choiceusa.net/news_articleAcne&Diet11.03.htm. -- Skindr 14:15, 21 January 2006 (UTC)
Re: Re. acne and diet, more mention should be made of the study linking hunter-gatherer populations with no incidences of acne and a different diet in comparison to what most Westerners with acne eat. Also, the theory of IGF-1 and acne that researcher Loren Cordain has proposed should be addressed, which would make up a decent basis for a diet-acne connection.
"One study [specify] suggested that chocolate, french fries, potato chips and sugar, among others, affect acne. A high GI (glycemic index) diet that causes sharp rises in blood sugar worsens acne" - chocolate and sugar aren't high GI —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.194.79.203 ( talk • contribs) 14:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm fairly sure that something in the product Ovaltine (malt chocolate milk drink) causes my acne to flare greatly, Im not suggesting we put this in as it is "original research" but just putting it out there for people doing research and such. Fists ( talk) 08:55, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Does Ovaltine contain egg powder?
There may be no general rule which foods cause acne and which don't. It looks like it depends on the individual's metabolism. E.g. I get acne from chicken meat and eggs, including cakes and biscuits, anything which contains egg or chicken meat.
It took me decades to establish this, because the acne appears between 5 and 7 days after consuming such products. The more of these products I consume, the more acne I get. Why there is such a delay is kind of baffling, but science ought to take delay factors into account, which also happen in migraines from diesel fumes and some such like. I eat chocolate regularly and in medium quatities, dark chocolate which still contain 50% sugar. 121.209.48.117 ( talk) 04:36, 9 December 2008 (UTC) (layperson)
I would consider this bullshit. How can eating eggs and chicken meat change the pH so that acne occurs in 5 to 7 days time? 121.209.51.139 ( talk) 01:45, 14 May 2009 (UTC)
Again, a "myth" in the article that I have some objection to. I've commented it out; the text read:
Acne is not caused by dirt... It is useful to clean your skin, but doing so will not prevent acne. Anything beyond very mild cleaning will make your skin worse because you'll damage it.
The last part is true; it is possible to clean excessively, irritating the skin and possibly increasing acne. But, how can it be claimed that cleaning your skin will not prevent acne? Can you name a dermatologist who does not recommend that acne patients wash their face on a regular basis? Furthermore, many things that the skin can be exposed to do cause acne. I'm not sure about "dirt" in the strict sense, but if your face is visibly dirty, I'd say the odds are good that something on it is comedogenic. Cleansing also can help reduce the cell build-up that clogs pores. Perhaps a better myth would be "It is impossible to clean your skin too much"? -- LostLeviathan 06:40, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Acne goes on about 2 mm below the surface of the skin within the tiny pores. It's essentially impossible to clean out the pores with any kind of cleanser. You cannot clean out or unclog the pores by washing- the pores are way too small.
-WolfKeeper
I'm really confused now. When you say the hair follicle are blocked, do you mean inside it, kind of like say a golf ball in a garden hose, if it was stuck at one of the ends it could be pulled out, but not if it was furthur down?
It seems to me the main problem is the blocked hair follicle. I was on acne medication once- minocin, which was to kill the bacteria in blocked pores (which I did not follow religiously, but it eventually went away), but what good would that do if the follicle is blocked and the same thing could start again. Unless, however, that the sebum would eventually build up pressure and push the blockage out. That it's the bacteria that cause pustules and red spots, and that's only if they are in the follicle before it gets blocked. The snare 19:55, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
Benzoyl peroxide and the topical retinoids may be the best compromise between cost effectiveness and genuine effectiveness and negative side effects in many cases.
I would like to see a source for this recommendation — it seems questionable to me. Benzoyl peroxide has a peeling effect, and tends to dry the skin somewhat. Topical retinoids can also cause dryness, redness, and skin irritation. Using two such products in combination may, conceivably, make the problem of acne even worse by over-drying the skin.
The patient information leaflet for Retin-A recommends (and this is a direct quote) not using "skin peeling agents or toiletries which have a strong drying effect on your skin" in conjunction with the product.
So -- is this a reputable recommendation, or is it just something that someone posted here without thinking about the possible consequences for other people? R Lowry 06:25, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)
What you need are references. Frencheigh 07:41, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
Poll:
¿What is the fastest known way to remove a pimple? A week should be enough time. ¿How about we close the poll on 2005-06-01T00:00:00 ( GMT/ UTC)?
Is fastest known way to remove a pimple popping it?
Yes:
No: (you must name a faster way with your vote):
Comments:
As far the fastest way to get rid of a pimple, aren't there hand held acne vaccums you can use to suck out the sebum from the pore? Though would this cause any scarring? When you get a pustule of acne, it's already inflammed as you normally can't see a sebaceous gland within the hair follicle because it is so small, and when you can see the pustule it has been inflammed. There's this that claims to restore acne in seconds (but according to this web site, it says minutes)
http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/igia-ultra-clear.html The snare ( talk) 02:19, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
I'm adding an external link to site which has 70 - 80 pages of very valuable acne information..
the correct way to get rid of fluid under the skin which has been segregated into a pocket is by lancing if it serves no more function and it is unable to evacuate itself.read it up on the Internet-lancing-acne —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 17:59, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
I added a link with information on Levulan Photodynamic Therapy to the article. I have had this treatment myself and it is extremely effective. Elaborating in this detail on the acne page seems out of place, so the link is useful.
These links were moved here from the main page:
If you believe that any of these are apprpriate according to
Wikipedia:External links please discuss here prior to adding them back.
brenneman
(t)
(c) 08:42, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
Can we copy the existing links here and thrash them out? Following that, then any new links we remove from the main page to here for discussion? - brenneman (t) (c) 03:29, 2 October 2005 (UTC)
I have moved this link here which was recently added. If anyone thinks it should be included in the article then please include it.
-- Clawed 01:28, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
There is a new ingredient on the market called Praventin, which supports a clear complexion from the inside Praventin ™ is a bioactive protein complex rich in Lactoferrin, and derived from whey. It is patent pending for an application in supporting a clear complexion by enhancing the body’s natural defenses. In a recent consumer study with teenagers it was demonstrated that oral supplementation with Praventin™ promoted a clear complexion, as assessed in table 1. Oral supplementation with Praventin™ resulted in a considerable improvement in skin condition. In table 2 a median decrease of 71% in blemishes after one month and 95% after two months is reported. Improvements were observed regardless of gender, age, or baseline appearance. Two weeks of Praventin™ use resulted in a clearer complexion, as illustrated in figures 1 and 2. The 44 teenagers were asked a set of questions about how they believed Praventin™ had supported skin health. • 76% saw visible differences in their complexion, among them were fewer blemishes, a reduction in redness, and less oiliness, consistent with a healthier complexion. • 83% stated they would like to continue taking Praventin™. The subjects reported no adverse side effects. As demonstrated in the study, Praventin™ can be used to support a clear complexion benefiting the physical and emotional well-being of young adults.
Recent anonymous edits overstate the role of dairy products. As far as I know, there is only one study suggesting a link between skim milk consumption and acne. Karl Stas 17:42, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
I also have reservations about the following passage added by the same anonymous user: "The most likely mechanism of plugging is a failure of terminal differentiation, the same process whereby leaves undergo a metabolic process that separates them from their twig or stem. Failure of this process may be linked to the anoxia produced by increased pressure in the lumen of the duct. This pressure in turn is produced by the hormone-induced overproduction of the duct lining cells. There is a very tight wrap around the duct preventing over-expansion, so internal pressures are thought to build up as a result. There is to date only circumstantial evidence to support this explanation but there is no conclusive proof of this theory." No reference is given. The language is very academic, I suspect a copyvio. Karl Stas 21:16, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
I removed the following because this is an encyclopedia and not a how-to guide.
. However, if you must pop a pimple make sure that the yellow pus is above the skin level. To do it safely without leaving any scar tissue, clean the area around the acne with a liquid antiseptic to minimize the risk of contamination. Then take a needle and sterilize it with alcohol and run it briefly through a flame to make sure the remaining microbes are dead. Next, take the sterilized needle and gently prick the top of the pimple's surface carefully enough not to poke it too far. Finally, use a clean piece of gauze, hold it over the pricked pimple, and apply gentle pressure on the sides of the pimple to extract the infected pus. If the pus does not come out with minimal pressure, then STOP immediately! Do not forget to apply an antibiotic ointment on the acne after doing this.
-- Clawed 22:25, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
I have mentioned lancing twice in this article and some idiot has deleted it...if you want references just look on the Internet there are thousands of them
if someone with acne doesn't know how to poke the bastards with the needle,all he will do is end up bruising his skin by using very blunt pressing movements with his fingers, and when the skin is bruised it is weakened and the infection spreads all around
Therefore the idiot who deleted lancing twice should really be given the condition for a while so he can figure it out —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 18:06, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
Put it back up ... it's been a while ;) 67.165.246.147 ( talk) 05:34, 16 January 2010 (UTC)
On one hand the article says:
Anything beyond very gentle cleansing can actually worsen existing lesions and even encourage new ones by damaging or overdrying skin.
But on the other hand:
Exfoliating the skin. This can be done either mechanically, using an abrasive cloth or a liquid scrub...
What gives? Are we to scrub rougly? Or not to scrub at all?
-- Vitalyb 11:28, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
I think that the Exfoliating part is done after the acne is controlled by other means. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 201.253.206.200 ( talk) 22:09, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
I have removed the following text:
The possible role of high-glycemic foods is already mentioned in the article. The uncorroborated claim that a "buildup of toxins in the blood" can aggravate acne seems dubious. Karl Stas 16:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
I have read otherwise, that toxins in your body do affect acne. Please check this information. - Jessica Walkuski
Why is this article been tagged for cleanup. Can someone please list what sections of this article need to be improved. Otherwise I think the tag should be removed as I don't see any real problems with this article.-- Clawed 09:39, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
I think this article should be moved to Acne Vulgaris; since it doesn't describe Acne rosacea for example. Anyone disagree? (I was planning a redirect or disambiguation from Acne). WolfKeeper 08:47, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
I don't know about anyone else, but i'm i the only one who seems to have noticed that Acne.org is a COMMERCIAL LINK.....here is a direct quote from the site "Drugstore.com gives me 10% of every order made from this page. Please bookmark this page for future orders. Currently the bandwidth charges for acne.org are around $1000 per month". Now if this seems to be ok with everyone, why not other commercial sites or a site with some guy with excellent marterail but has a few google adds on it.
Come on people...........Acne.org is a commerical site for the purposes of making profit, So why in the world is it added to external link section everywhere??????
New External Link, Skin Cosmos Site about Acne. Other Skin Conditions are included. Easy to follow acne information, clean. Skin Cosmos Acne Information This site is managed by M.D Students and Ph.D Students.
The link is not to the discussion forum, but thanks for the information we are learning about wikipedia. Acne.org also has a discussion forum.
I want to put up an external link - Acne Home Remedies, that has many effective home remedies for acne. I really hope this will help the wikipedia's visitors.
I'd also like to suggest an external link - Acne Information. This site has articles on acne, acne statistics, acne depression, acne stress, and several other acne related topics. It's a good resource and should be of help to those who read the main article. If nobody has any objections, I'll add it in a couple of days.
I would like to put up an external link
Just to review that everyone approves of all the current links:
Hi all. Sorry but I removed quite a few links before noticing your discussion here. I have since reverted. The links I removed were either blatantly promoting some product or were ad conduits via googlewords. Please consider removing the following links ...
Monkeyman( talk) 01:13, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
Once again I have added a link to Acne.org's protocol page. Please take a look before deleting the link. I'll point out especially that a) the protocol can be used with any low-concentration benzoyl peroxide preparation, and the site makes that clear, b) the protocol is not described in the Wikipedia article body, and c) the protocol is unknown by most doctors and is not available from other websites or publications. 66.44.0.192 13:46, 17 June 2006 (UTC)
Can we add below link under "External links" on "Home remedy" page?
Manjubalaw "...wrong eating habits and chronic constipation" I dont think its nonsense....Irregular hours of eating, excessive starch consumption, too much of sugar, fried and fatty foods are also common causes of acne. Chronic constipation is another cause of acne vulgaris. If the bowels do not move properly, the waste matter is not eliminated as quickly as it should be and the bloodstream becomes surcharged with toxic matter. The extra efforts of the skin to eliminate excess waste result in acne and other forms of skin diseases.
I propose to add the largest non-profit acne home remedywebsite currently on the internet. I believe that offering home remedies for acne is something that people would be interested & very relevant in the treatment solutions. Most encyclopedias contain a huge list of treatments, not just viable commercial ones such as the laser light.
Up for approval Acne Information
This isn't a joke or anything, but I have acne on my scrotum (or at least they seem to be similar to pimples as they spew pus when successfully popped) and I want to know how to get rid of them. Anyone know what causes them and where I can find more info?
I know this is not the place, but I feel sorry for the lad when a simple method like the following may be of help:
Do not eat eggs, chicken, or turkey meat for 2 months. Do not eat cakes, biscuits, candy bars, processed meat, mayonnaise - anything that contains egg. Make no exceptions - because it takes a LONG time for the (unknown) culprit to wash out of your system. Do not make any other changes in diet or hygiene. If it works and you have lost nearly all of your problem, eat egg or poultry meat for a test, once. Acne should recur after 5 or 7 days. If this method does not achieve any results at all, try something else. 121.209.50.103 ( talk) 06:14, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
Adult acne makes uncited claims of rising incidence in adults, has a brief description that adds nothing to fuller explanation in this article. Its one sentance mention of just some of the medicated products is in alarmist terms and then states herbal products are safe, yet there is no scientific evidence for their efficacy either.
I suggest perhaps a brief mention in this Acne vulgaris article that acne can occur in adulthood too, and emphasise the possibe medical causes at this time of life (vs the factors already listed as predisposing to its cause in adolescence) e.g. Polycystic ovary syndrome & Cushing's syndrome. The Adult acne then becomes just a redirect to here. David Ruben Talk 14:51, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
Please see text for requests for citations for both incidence and increasing prevelance. I wonder if this is not being confused with Acne Rosacea that occurs in middle/later life and often looks similar to Acne vulgaris. In particular I note the comment in Similar conditions section: "Rosacea (ro-ZAY-she-ah) sometimes called "Adult Acne" occurs in people of all ages...", which is factually incorrect as it does not occur in infancy/adolescents. If so, then this is not "adult Acne vulgaris" and a rewrite is needed to just indicate the possible causes as currently listed. David Ruben Talk 03:17, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
Once perceived as a disease of adolescence, acne is now affecting 25% of the men and nearly 50% of the woman at some time in their adult lives. citation neededThe likelihood of acne developing or recurring during adulthood has increased significantly over the past decade. citation needed Certain causes are more likely to be a factor in adult acne. These include hormone changes induced by pregnancy, menopause, or the aging process, as well as Polycystic ovary syndrome and Cushing's syndrome.
-- Clawed 04:59, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
In the recent votes, 5 voted for redirect and 3 for merge. A single sentance definition is all that is required - the rest seems uncited drivel: whilst it may describe acne being on the back, it needs verification that it is:
A quick search for 'Bacne' indicates on Google 26,100 hits of which the top listing sites are for the more cosmetic/advertising-linked sites that this article has already had edit conflicts over, wikiditionary & wikipedia itself. This is just over 0.07% of the 36,000,000 hits for acne itself. Finally PubMed (listing of much of world's medical journals/research) gave an impressive 0 hits !
Lets mention that acne on the back may require stronger topical agents in response to this area's thicker skin and that oral agents may therefore prove more effective and be easier to comply with, than trying to apply topical creams to this inaccessable location (depending upon whow flexible one is !). The rest, I think, should be copyedited out as duplication &/or speculation. David Ruben Talk 17:34, 11 April 2006 (UTC)
I have mild to moderate acne, but I had this one deep-rooted zit that just wouldn't go away despite the topicals and anti-biotics. My dermatologist said something about it being too deep for my immune cells to get to or something, I don't remember exactly.. bottom line is he injected it directly with a shot of cortisone and told me it should go away. Can someone who knows more about this add info about it in the article? Thanks. - Seyon (on 22 April 2006)
I would like to suggest an addition to external links from Wilopedia in regards to acne. This article here: www.clearogen.com/research.html provides insight into research suggesting very positive results in treating acne from reducing (binding) free DHT in the skin, thus reducing oils and the associated bacteria and clogged pores. This is published research and data collected and interpreted by Dr Khadavi, baord dertified Dermatologist: www.clearogen.com/dr-khadavi.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cainer ( talk • contribs).
I suggest to add Facts about adult acne located at www.iacnecare.com/adult-acne. The sites provides some fact about adult acne, cause and treatment. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by IntegrateIS ( talk • contribs).
I found great Acne Resources located at www.about-acne-cure.com. This web site provides useful information about acne cure and more. —The preceding
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contribs).
Another source I found for Acne Resources located at www.infofreesearch.com/acne/index.php They provides article and news information about acne and more. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcephuk ( talk • contribs)
This one is getting a bit large. Any suggestions for what could be summarised better, split into its own article, or doesn't have a source and can be removed? - brenneman {L} 06:02, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
A large amount of unsourced material that is mostly duplicated in
Scar#Treatments_for_skin_scars was added in the edit above. I've pasted in the table of contents from that page and a precis of the section added, noting where there is duplication.
brenneman
{L} 03:37, 3 July 2006 (UTC)
From this page | Existing in scar article |
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2 Treatments for skin scars
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I've just removed some recently added material that was without a source. Are there any sections that are biased/dubious that curretnly do not have sources? - brenneman {L} 02:21, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
The NYT Science Page, Questions and Answers, July 11, 2006, says that according to the latest scientific research, chocolate and fatty foods do not cause acne, or aggravate it. Skim milk, or nonfat milk, however, does: Three glasses a day increase the severity of acne by 22%. Das Baz 16:52, 22 July 2006 (UTC)
• Hello, how are links to websites that detail personal experience with acne handled around here? The page in question is: How I Got Rid Of Acne - it explains what this person used to clean up her face and what different products she tried. Thanks.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.69.136.26 ( talk) 17:42, 22 September 2006
I seem to remember reading something about acne vulgaris being highly prevalent in people of Celtic descent. Is this true? Schprunkel 18:13, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
In the section Available treatments, the reference to www.CureAcneNaturally.com is spam. I erased that. 201.228.183.57 20:35, 16 January 2007 (UTC)
Does it seem to anyone else that acne, which common and "natural" in the 21st century, is totally absent from man's history overall? When was the last time you saw an old (pre-1900) picture of someone with acne? When have you seen cures for it in ads in old (19th century or earlier) newspapers? Where is it mentioned in old/ancient medicine? What about in literature? You would expect an event so "essential" to adolescence to have appeared as a rite of passage in some culture, but there is no mention of it!
So, does anybody have any information on why acne might not have appeared until around the 20th century? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.174.244.253 ( talk) 03:09, 6 February 2007
There's a mention of pigmentation "scars" in the article - I think this is called "hyperpigmentation" by dermatologists and applications of Hydroquinone or another skin-lightening chemical will improve the skin's appearance over time. Does anyone know of an actual medical article to cite for this? The term "pigmentation 'scar'" doesn't sound very encyclopedic. Dianelowe 21:00, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
According to the article at
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20040501/2123.html , Azelaic acid is used to counter hyperpigmentation.
Dianelowe 21:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
This http://www.dermanetwork.org/information/acne_scars.asp page also recommends microdermabrasion and chemical peels. Dianelowe 21:21, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
I am shocked to find only 5 pictures of people's acne covered skin. I was certain this article would contain at least 100. You all are letting down the readers of this article, of Wikipedia in general, and the entire human race by your shocking failure to post many, many, many more of these gross pictures. -- Xyzzyplugh 20:12, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
what the #13 has to do with benzoyl peroxide? the whole text just talk about it and then slap Isotretinoin references(and bad ones) out of nonwhere
I was surprised to find a lack of information on seaweed as a treatment, and am putting ( http://aalgo.com/facial-treatments.html) in the article as a reference to information I found when researching the topic. Although the article is on a site that sells the product, it still provides relevant information, and see no reason why it should be rejected. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Webspaced01 ( talk • contribs)
I think this article should mention something about the fact that spicy foods can cause acne. ― LADY GALAXY ★彡 Refill/ lol 04:15, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
Alright, this is a message for Xyzzyplugh: If you want to complain about this shit, go here. I think its a much more appropriate place, and it won't kill you to look at those pictures of acne if you want to read the article. Thomasiscool 00:00, 22 May 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to add two external links to this page:
Acne Guide - A patient guide to Acne written by Drs. Jerry Tan, Guy Webster, Roy Geronemus, and Marianne O'Donoghue. No commercial affiliation of any sort.
Acne Treatment - A collection of articles on acne treatment from Skin Therapy Letter (Skin Therapy Letter© is indexed by the US National Library of Medicine and listed in MEDLINE and Index Medicus, as well as being a featured journal in the Dermatology Publisher's Circle of Medscape) No commercial affiliation either.
Please let me know if anyone has objections/questions. Thank you.
R.B. 19:43, 29 May 2007 (UTC)
The second, third fourth and fifth paragraphs of this article should be deleted immediately. The information contained in these paragraphs is completely un-cited. These paragraphs are written sophomorically (in such a way as to be meaningless), contain inaccuracies and factually incorrect material, and serve only to perpetuate confusion on, and misinformation and misunderstanding of, an already too-misunderstood, myth-laden issue.
For example, the statement, "Surface infections are called zits whereas the deeper ones are called pustules" (besides suggesting acne is infectious, which it is not, although a proliferation of a constituent of the normal flora of the skin is involved), makes a useless and meaningless distinction, is incorrect and contradictory. "Zit" is a lay term, that is applied to any acne lesion (as the very first paragraph of the article itself states!), and "pustule" is a medical term, along with "macule", "papule", "nodule" and "cyst", describing various types of dermatological lesions, any of which may be symptomatic of acne. A "pustule", therefore, may be described as a "zit". A "pustule" would be "deeper" (to use the author's word, although, again, it is not the most useful, informative or descriptive) than a "papule" (the red or pinkish inflamed "surface" bumps commonly seen in acne and absent of the visible pus characteristic of a "pustule").
I came to Wikipedia as a single source for the latest references and cited material on the issue of acne vulgaris, as I do for many other subjects, and was shocked and horrified to see the inclusion of such blatantly un-cited and anecdotal material in an article that should be anything but. We must not allow this to continue to be the case. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.119.252.59 ( talk • contribs) 23:13, 23 August 2007
The use of the 'expert attention' tag is unjustified; and by its own standards can never be removed, since how would we ever know if an expert ever edited this anyway? The wikipedia has no way to check credentials. There is a strong case for removing these tags from the wikipedia entirely.
Specifically, this article shows no signs of any major inaccuracies, acne is a condition of unknown cause, and the treatments are laid out and covered in reasonable detail and fairly and in context. More references would be desirable, but this article is by no means unreferenced, overall, this up-front tag is serving no purpose and shows no sign of ever helping, and I am removing it. WolfKeeper 12:59, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
Medical articles should be relatively dense with inline citations. It is not acceptable to write substantial amounts of prose and then add your medical textbook to the References section. It is too easy for a later editor to change the body text and then nobody is sure which statements are backed up by which sources. Unlike many established scientific disciplines, medicine attracts controversy and opponents on even the most basic and commonly held facts.
On 30 March 2005 Karl Stas added this unsourced claim (and medical advice):
Seafood, on the other hand, may contain relatively high levels of iodine, but probably not enough to cause an acne outbreak. Still, people who are prone to acne may want to avoid excessive consumption of foods high in iodine.
On 13 January 2007 Fwdanby added a reference:
To summarize, there is no evidence to support iodides as a cause of comedonal acne.
On 24 October 2007, 69.208.163.216 removed the Seafood subsection of the Diet subsection of the Causes of acne section, which had said:
Seafood often contains relatively high levels of iodine. Iodine is known to make existing acne worse but there is probably not enough to cause an acne outbreak.PMID 17190637 Still, people who are prone to acne may want to avoid excessive consumption of foods high in iodine.
with this edit summary:
(→Seafood - rm unsourced seafood / iodine claim added 30 March 2005 by Karl Stas; source added 13 January 2007 by Fwdanby refutes claim)
69.208.163.216 05:17, 24 October 2007 (UTC)
some guy that read a lot of books but has never been taught how to write a common sense encyclopaedic article is hijacking this page and completely replacing other people's stuff with a very dry and poorly accomplished text. I wrote about form and function, I wrote an introduction as introductions should be explaining the colour diversity dimensions form and distribution, causes, effects, basic social consequences, bacterial outline, etc etc...
the guy seems to think he is an authority on the subject but he has not been taught to make an introduction properly in wherever he has been taught,he has no understanding or common sense, dialogic or medical reasoning
an introduction should provide an overview of the main topics of the subject, depending on the style of the reference,encyclopaedia, science abstract, General reference....
whatever it is, it doesn't look like it's made for a general audience, it looks like some guy with little common sense writing highly technical stuff without actually explaining what it means...therefore I suggest that there should be a general introduction followed by technical explanations in a further parts of the article.
I am annoyed with them because they seem to be some kind of pharmacy shop or something, they have wiped off all the commonsense staff about treatment and replaced it with a pharmacy book explanation which is a ridiculous opinionated overview of treatment, the kind that is promoted by companies rather than scientists.
unfortunately some scientists are unable to differentiate between science and company promoted science, and to provide balanced information covering the topic globally
in any case I mention clinical lancing in the treatment if he would wish to look it up and make a section about it maybe he would learn something.
in the process he would also be explaining to people how to reduce problems by at least 50%-lancing is highly effective look the thing up as a treatment you complete bloody idiot before deleting it-would it cost to the pharmacy to much in lost sales to explain how to prevent lesions and bruising?
there should be some guidelines to explain to people how to write an introduction -frankly in a proper educational institution, this introduction would get 3 out of 10, and the whole article would be a 5,
Not impressed with the monopolistic idiot with no sense... introductions are things like age/population distribution/physical distribution/colour/microbiology/small-scale morphology ...
the introduction should be written in English, the guy obviously has absolutely no biological understanding of what is going on whatsoever...biology is all about cause and effect and so is medicine, maybe he should write a little bit of that in the introduction —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gt jaya ( talk • contribs) 22:49, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
so in my previous example which noted discomfort, pressing behaviours, scarring, the correct thing sanctioned by wiki is not to be erase all this information and put your own interpretation. do you need references for that kind of information as well? Like if someone wrote that birds fly you don't need references for that, it's common sense.
I just wanted to explain why I changed "Exposure ... narcotics ... , especially when abused intravenously." to "Exposure ... narcotics ... , especially when taken intravenously." There are legal, medical uses for narcotics, and in the context of Acne, I don't see why "abusing" narcotics intravenously would be any different than "using" narcotics intravenously. Since both are supposed risks, I changed the wording to "taken intravenously." All of these causes are unsourced anyway, so who the heck knows what's real anyway? (my edit shows up as anonymous because I wasn't signed in, but it was me.) 05:22, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
I have just come across the Zeno which seems a plausible device. I have cited their summary of their clinical trial data which is perhaps not independent enough but seems a reasonable start. Colonel Warden ( talk) 13:05, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
Really?! 128.243.220.21 ( talk) 16:09, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
I only get pimples if I use certain kinds of Shampoo on my hair, even if the shampoo is on my entire body the pimples only occur on my face in the places where pubescent acne occurs. I know this could be considered a rash but it is pimples and it has been suggested that the article on pimples be merged with this one. Is there any research on allergens causing acne? It took me many years to figure out that- hey if I use my moms shampoo my acne goes away, plenty of people could benefit from this kind of research. 66.140.72.126 ( talk) 19:10, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
Ok, I can't find any sources on this, but i have always used surgical spirit to dry out spots, which then fall off. am I the only one that has ever heard of this? i was surprised to not see any references to this in the article —Preceding unsigned comment added by UltraMagnus ( talk • contribs) 23:04, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Why does this article have no lead section? This is very odd, I've never seen an article of this size without one. - kotra ( talk) 00:04, 20 December 2008 (UTC)
Would be nice if people could spell SENTENCE this way.
A leader for such an article is very difficult, because like with so many skin problems, there is often a lack of solid scientific evidence but a lot of guessing regarding the large variety of symptms, possible causes, external, internal and how they relate to that particular individual. Like cancer, acne is not a word that describes one specific condition. It describes pimples with pus, of different severity and, in all likelihood, different causes. Specification has been difficult, as food, water, air pollution, beauty products, genetic make-up, metabolism, and possibly the state of mind/stress/hormones are interacting to produce these impurities which can occur all over the body but are most common in the face. Suggestions for treatment vary accordingly.
These types are most common: ........ I'm not an expert but this is how I would tackle a leader. 121.209.50.82 ( talk) 04:20, 14 January 2009 (UTC)
There is no discussion of "popping zits" ? Should this be included? Kirsted ( talk) 05:56, 23 January 2009 (UTC)
Does anyone have any information as to weather or not caffiene causes acne and if it is by a significant amount. Please add this information to the article if you have it, i would really like to know. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.201.34.215 ( talk) 13:56, 19 February 2009 (UTC)
The article refers in the "history of..." section to "what were known as 'chastity pimples'". Is there any evidence that this term was actually used? A search finds very little other than things using the info from this page. It sounds plausible given the notion that some might hold that sex would cure them , but at the same time it sounds unlikely that a term referring to this would become widespread. Billwilson5060 ( talk) 10:46, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
After a year of languishing the identical worded acne scar treatment merged with acne scarring. Now Acne scarring's almost wholy unreferrenced paragraphs need trimming down per WP:Verify, and then incorporating into a subsection of Acne#Treatment. David Ruben Talk 01:22, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
The article states that acne "is caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units" due to "an increase in male sex hormones"..."most common during adolescence". Is the difference between adult skin and a child's skin simply a side effect of male sex hormones? Or is there some evolutionary purpose for the oiliness of mature skin? 98.149.117.42 ( talk) 05:43, 29 April 2009 (UTC)
Peanuts? I always get pimples after eating peanuts. Is it just an allergy or is peanuts also causing Acne? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.2.169.42 ( talk) 22:38, 9 August 2009 (UTC) I USE THE POPING AND ISOPROPOLY..STINGS....BUT DRIED UP IN TWO DAYS.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.183.65.160 ( talk) 06:56, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
Cystic acne used to have its own article, but it now redirects here. The lumps that come with it aren't really cysts - they are boils. Grundle2600 ( talk) 21:57, 24 December 2009 (UTC)
Might be a link or mention of Bukowski's Ham on Rye, his coming of age novel with great amounts of info on Acne Vulgaris and a sensitive account of what it is like to have it. Timbabwe ( talk) 18:39, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
I have moved a bunch of primary research from this article and begun adding reviews. For people who wish to join in feel free. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 08:42, 16 August 2010 (UTC)
I can't help but ask if diet is really as unrelated to acne as some people say.
If there is a relationship, even if it is a little tenuous, can acne be induced in any of the primates by preventing them from having enough vitamin A, and, perhaps, by simultaneously increasing their testosterone levels? If acne can be induced in primates, the main page of this article should be changed to read it is primarily a human skin disease.
I wouldn't be too surprised if this sort of thing has been tested over and over again, especially in trials with chimpanzees. Does anybody know of a reliable authority to quote? 216.99.219.38 ( talk) 06:33, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
acne free skin needed —Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.206.101.60 ( talk) 08:25, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Recently on a trip to the town of Jalostotitlan, Jalisco in Mexico, I found the cure for Acne. In a pharmacy called La Farmacia de el Caballito, I bought a product (compost) called Agua Maravillosa (Magical water). I was told by locals that this product did wonders and to my surprise this product does work and is very inexpensive about 8 ounces for $1.50. The product does not come with any labels or instructions it is mixed on a daily basis by the pharmacist who told me to soak a cotton ball and applied to clean skin two to three times a day. All I can tell you is that this product smells like formaldehyde. M.R. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.202.4.106 ( talk) 17:22, 18 January 2011 (UTC)
Hello, I was just wondering if we could have a section on the psychological effects of acne (Especially teenage acne)? Such as depression, social reclusion, esteem-issues, feelings of failure and disappointment, being bullied, failing at school & work etc.
I for one became suicidal and ruined my education because I had acne. I also developed a chronic case of body dysmorphic disorder. Can we link these diseases as well?
Thank you,
Alexei-Arbeaux. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.73.215.166 ( talk) 20:11, 18 April 2010 (UTC)
I disagree. It could be applied to any condition or disease. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.115.142.143 ( talk) 18:26, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
I agree and second this suggestion. Acne is especially likely to cause the psychological trauma the OP describes given its obvious cosmetic nature and prevalence in adolescence. There's plenty of literature on this: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15778823 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17004999 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18330741
The mere fact that psychological harm is caused by other disorders should not preclude a discussion of its characteristic presentation in the context of acne.
And lets not forget this often cited quote: "There is no single disease which causes more psychic trauma, more maladjustment between parents and children, more general insecurity and feelings of inferiority, and greater sums of psychic suffering than does acne vulgaris." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jkom329 ( talk • contribs) 08:54, 27 February 2011 (UTC)
"Other associations such as chocolate and salt are not supported by the evidence" < WRONG! "The study identified crude associations between acne and high intake of chocolate and chips and low intake of vegetables." > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090915192230.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.98.46.61 ( talk) 14:01, 6 April 2011 (UTC)
I've tagged the section using the {{peacock}} template, which apparently isn't available for only a section, because I believe it to be the most appropriate tag here. It sounds pretty biased and has no references, and the microdermabrasion article also has related problems. I doubt there's much science to back the process up or even to distinguish it from dermabrasion, and personally I believe it needs to be deleted, along with its parent article. -- SweetNightmares (awaken) 18:49, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
===Recommendations===
In the UK the National Health Service offers detailed justified recommendations [1]. A summary follows. Note that benzoyl peroxide is the only medication of those listed that is available over the counter in the UK.
Mild Acne
"Mild acne" consists of blackheads and whiteheads - and will often not be described as acne, as there are few if any "zits". Topical retinoid (tretinoin, isotretinoin, or adapalene) or benzoyl peroxide as first-line treatment. Topical antibiotic or azelaic acid if both topical retinoids and benzoyl peroxide are poorly tolerated. Consider prescribing a standard combined oral contraceptive in women who require contraception.
Moderate acne (papules and pustules)
Limited acne which is unlikely to scar:
- Prescribe benzoyl peroxide or a topical retinoid first-line. Azelaic acid is an option if other drugs are poorly tolerated.
Combined treatment should be considered in all people with moderate acne:
- Benzoyl peroxide combined with a topical antibiotic is the usual preferred regimen.
- Other options include a topical retinoid combined with benzoyl peroxide (but this may be poorly tolerated) or a topical retinoid combined with a topical antibiotic (but this may promote bacterial resistance).
- Consider prescribing an oral antibiotic (tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, lymecycline, or erythromycin) if topical treatment cannot be tolerated, if there is moderate acne on the back or shoulders (where it may be particularly extensive or difficult to reach), or if there is a significant risk of scarring or substantial pigment change.
Consider prescribing a standard combined oral contraceptive in women who require contraception.
Severe Acne (nodules and cysts, as well as papules and pustules)
There is a high risk of scarring. Refer all people with severe acne for specialist assessment and treatment (for example with oral isotretinoin), and consider prescribing an oral antibiotic in combination with a topical drug whilst waiting for an appointment. Oral tetracycline, oxytetracycline, doxycycline, or lymecycline are first-line options. Erythromycin is an alternative if tetracyclines are poorly tolerated or contraindicated (such as in pregnancy). Minocycline is not recommended. Benzoyl peroxide or a topical retinoid are recommended as adjunctive treatment for most people. Azelaic acid is an alternative, but avoid the use of topical antibiotics with oral antibiotics. Consider prescribing a combined oral contraceptive in women who require contraception.
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This ref could be used to support some of the content already here but no reason to duplicate it. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 18:17, 7 January 2012 (UTC)
The text absolves pure chocolate from any blame, despite suggestive recent studies. I'm curious as to the quality of the evidence for chocolate's 'not guilty' verdict. The review study ( full text) cited is a sketchy affair, and itself cites a pathetic 1965 study Chocolate as a Cause of Acne: a Dissenting View ( PMID 14327774) as proof.
We need to keep in mind that a very influential 1969 study ( PMID 4243053 — a clinical trial) appeared to scotch any association between chocolate and acne. This study made a big impact, and has been cited dozens of times in other journal articles, including (apparently) the review study above that is quoted in our article. But it has recently been roundly criticized, not least because it was funded by the Chocolate Manufacturers' Association of the United States of America.
There have now been a few suggestive studies worth looking at in this respect. They may warrant inclusion into the text.
So simply sticking to the 1960s line that "chocolate has no effect" is incorrect, and excluding these studies on the basis that they have not had time to be included in a new review study seems unnecessarily cautious. MLPainless ( talk) 01:47, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
I didn't think "pimple" was a specific dermatology term? It looks out of place alongside papule etc. Lesion ( talk) 19:07, 16 November 2013 (UTC)
"As of 2012, evidence for light therapy and lasers is insufficient to recommend them for routine use.[41]"
"Light therapy is an expensive treatment modality[2] and while it appears to provide short term benefit, there is a lack of long term outcome data or data in those with severe acne.[42]"
So... the Titus and Hodge quote stays because they are secondary and four independent studies which corroborate each other must be disregarded because they are primary? What is wrong with this picture? Useful life-changing information is being suppressed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.173.115.228 ( talk) 18:27, 24 December 2013 (UTC)
We have a good secondary source here [8] Will look at the question of different rates in different regions further tonight. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) (if I write on your page reply on mine) 15:08, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Acne might cause small maccules of hyperpigmentation if there is scarring (which image does show) ... not sure this is described as orange skin...looks like the orange color might be an artifact of the lighting and color settings of the camera that took the pic. Lesion ( talk) 17:14, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
Fulltext available here: http://jddonline.com/articles/dermatology/S1545961614P0428X -- Siddhant ( talk) 19:48, 13 April 2014 (UTC)
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I am here in response to a request at WP:MED.
Per Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Medicine-related_articles#Diseases_or_disorders_or_syndromes, I expect to see a "society and culture" section when that is relevant to the disease. For this to be promoted, I wish to see some coverage of social stigma, economics of treatment, and something about class distinctions and global perspective. Currently there is no social coverage of this.
The management section does not have an explanation of the default treatment option, which is doing nothing in particular. Also I would like to see some ranking of the treatments to indicate which response is most common. Some of these treatments are probably not common.
In the differential diagnosis section, I would like to see at least one differentiation made, perhaps between this condition and another common condition.
In all of these things I am happy with 1-2 sentence presentations and linking to a source. I expect that sources would be easy to find for all of these if someone checked PubMed and Google Scholar. Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:49, 3 February 2015 (UTC)
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The article Acne vulgaris you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Acne vulgaris for comments about the article. Well done! If the article has not already been on the main page as an "In the news" or "Did you know" item, you can nominate it to appear in Did you know. DoctorJoeE review transgressions/ talk to me! 02:42, 7 March 2015 (UTC)
Acne is a condition which sometimes gets no formal medical treatment and no alternative medicine which would be described as such.
In doing the good article review, I thought that there should be a section in treatment on "doing nothing". I checked for sources in Cochrane, PubMed, Google, and Google Scholar, and every paper I found talked about treating acne and nothing I found was about not treating acne.
It is my expectation that a large number of people with acne, probably the majority, do not have it severe enough to seek medical treatment for it. Because I did not want the article to convey that most people have to get treatment for acne, I put in a section about "doing nothing" even though I found no sources to support this. I tagged my statements as "citation needed".
I expect that there must be sources talking about the health consequences of not treating acne, and I think they should be used in this section, but I could not find them now. Blue Rasberry (talk) 15:49, 17 February 2015 (UTC)
Hi Tyler, I see you reverted my edits. What is wrong with the source, in your view? Also, you undid my edit for flow. It would seem better not to have "Acne mostly affects skin with a greater number of oil glands including the face, upper part of the chest, and back" in the middle of a paragraph about causation. SarahSV (talk) 20:38, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
The review you cite above looked at 2011–2012, but the source I added is 2015 and there are other recent ones that seem to agree. SarahSV (talk) 00:00, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
The author is Bodo C. Melnik, Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück. The journal is Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology. The journal's editor is Jeffrey M. Weinberg, assistant clinical professor of dermatology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. [11]
I don't know what the impact factor of that journal is, or to what extent that matters, but this 2014 review article in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology implies that there is a link (though I can only see the abstract): "The dermatoendocrinologic mechanism for the effects of glycemic index/glycemic load and milk on acne is described, as well as related clinical evidence for dietary modifications." Do you have access to that article? SarahSV (talk) 00:15, 18 November 2015 (UTC)
A question – the article says: "The relationship between diet and acne is unclear as there is no high-quality evidence."
The source for that sentence is: Davidovici BB, Wolf R (January 2010). "The role of diet in acne: Facts and controversies". Clinics in Dermatology (Review) 28 (1): 12–6. doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.03.010. PMID 20082944.
What does that source say that is summarized as "there is no high-quality evidence," and what is the date range of the studies the source reviewed? SarahSV (talk) 23:17, 17 November 2015 (UTC)
I was suprised to see that this common portmanteau for acne occuring on ones back was left out of a discussion about acne. I thought it would have its own article.
It's too bad this drug is so maligned now. I was prescribed Accutane at 15/16 (was on it for 6 mos.), and it was really a miracle drug.
I'm 39 now, and still have the occasional pimple/whitehead, but I could have been the poster child for ravaging, disfiguring Acne before I took this treatment. I would do another round of Accutane, but I understand the government is involved in all stages of the treatment now, and I'd rather not get involved with this. This is something that should be between a doctor and their patient, and nobody else.
I think most of the topical stuff like Benzoil Peroxide/salicylic acid, etc. *may* work for the "typical" teenage acne, but it's never done a damn thing for me. 24.51.217.118 ( talk) 04:01, 26 November 2015 (UTC)
Results: Six studies were selected. The first meta-analysis, including all studies, showed a non significant role of smoke in the development of acne: OR 1.05 (95% CI: 0.66–1.67) with random effect estimate. The second meta-analyses, including data stratified by gender, showed a OR=0.99 (95% CI: 0.57–1.73) for males and a OR of 1.45 (95% CI: 0.08–24.64) for females, using random effect for the heterogeneity in both cases. The third meta-analysis, included studies with a quality score >6 resulted in an estimated OR= 0.69 (95% CI: 0.55–0.85): in this case it was possible to use the fixed effect estimate. The last meta-analysis, concerning the severity grading, showed a non-significant result: OR=1.09 (95% CI: 0.61–1.95) using the random effect approach.
Conclusions: The first two meta-analyses found no signification association between smoking and the development of acne. However, when we performed the analysis with only good quality studies, the protective significant effect was evident.
http://ijphjournal.it/article/view/5708 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.229.111.127 ( talk) 23:24, 2 February 2016 (UTC)
What causes it specifically on the bum or buttocks or arse (or near the arse hole)-- 178.106.99.31 ( talk) 23:44, 25 May 2016 (UTC)
Here's a few non-medical ideas that might be interesting to add to this article. All of these were taken from the third chapter of https://books.google.com/books?id=S-rNTj6IlVAC
I hope this is a helpful list of ideas that might be interesting for this article. WhatamIdoing ( talk) 00:41, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
Here's a high-level summary of the suppports, opposes, and outstanding items from the FAC #2 nomination, as mostly stated in your own words. YMMV so if I've glossed over something you feel is critical please feel free to elaborate. My aim is to get this list down, and keep it down, to something manageable, reasonable, and surmountable. Sandbh ( talk) 04:55, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
@ CFCF:
@ My Core Competency is Competency:
@ Seppi333:
@ SlimVirgin:
@ WhatamIdoing:
@ Bruce1ee:
User:Sandbh
@ Lingzhi:
@ John:
Me (Sandbh) again
I look at this list as it currently stands and feel that, with patience and a bit of help, it's quite doable.
Sandbh (
talk) 04:55, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Year | Citation | Extracts | Assessment/comments |
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1993 | Mills CM, Peters TJ, Finlay AY. "Does smoking influence acne?" Clin Exp Dermatol 1993; 18:100–101 PMID 8481981 | "One hundred and sixty-five patients with acne completed a questionnaire on smoking habits. ... The findings of this study support the hypothesis that some component of cigarette smoke, possibly nicotine, has an anti-inflammatory action on acne." | Primary source; included because Bhate and Williams rely on it. According to Firooz et al. (2005), this was the first study to examine a link between smoking and acne. |
2001 | Schafer T, Nienhaus A, Vieluf D, et al. "Epidemiology of acne in the general population: the risk of smoking". Br J Dermatol 2001;145:100–104. PMID 11453915 | "Smoking is a clinically important contributory factor to acne prevalence and severity." | Primary source; included because several secondary sources rely on it. |
2005 | Firooz, A; Sarhangnejad, R; Davoudi, SM; Nassiri-Kashani, M (2005). "Acne and smoking: is there a relationship?". BMC Dermatology. 5 (2). doi: 10.1186/1471-5945-5-2 PMID 15790395 PMC 1079805 | "There are contradictory reports on the relationship between acne vulgaris and cigarette smoking. The objective of this study was to examine the relation between acne and cigarette smoking in a case-control study. An association between acne and cigarette smoking was not found in this study." | Primary source |
2005 | Zülal, Erbagci; Bayram, Nazan (2005). "Smoking and Skin: A Critical Literature Review on the Association between Smoking and Benign, Premalignant and Malignant Dermatological Disorders", in J. H. Owing (ed.), Smoking and Health: New Research, Nova Publishers, 140ff. | "Between the various causative and exacerbating factors, the effect of smoking is currently unclear. Whereas some study results showed that smoking is a clinically important contributory factor to acne prevalence and severity, the others found an insignificant or even an inverse relationship between acne and smoking habits." | Zülal is a dermatologist, Bayram a respirologist. Offers a review of the research. |
2006 | Klaz I, Kochba I, Shohat T, et al. "Severe acne vulgaris and tobacco smoking in young men". J Invest Dermatol 2006; 126: 1749–1752. PMID 16645586 | "There was an inverse, dose-dependent relationship between severe acne prevalence and daily cigarette consumption. ... The inverse relationship became statistically significant from 21 cigarettes a day ..." | Primary source; included because Bhate and Williams rely on it. In the "Discussion" section, it offers a good overview of previous research. |
2009 | Capitanio, B; Sinagra, JL; Ottaviani, M; Bordignon, V; Amantea, A; Picardo, M (2009). " Acne and smoking". Dermato-endocrinology. 1 (3): 129–135. PMID 20436880 | "Contrasting data are available on correlation between acne and smoking habit. Data on the correlation between acne and smoking are still controversial. The lack of significant statistical difference between smokers with and without acne regarding the cumulative smoking dose (considering that the calculation does not take numerous variables into account such as type of cigarettes smoked, manner of smoking, passive smoking, possible suspension periods, inaccurate number of cigarettes referred, possible variations in the number of cigarette smoked) could suggest that the clinical expression of acne in these patients could be related to genetic predisposition." | Primary source |
2010 | Metelitsa AI & Lauzon GJ 2012. "Tobacco and the skin". Clinical Dermatology. 28 (4): 384–390. doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2010.03.021. PMID 20620754 | "Smoking negatively impacts the health of the skin as it does every organ system. Dermatologists need to encourage their patients to discontinue this deleterious habit.." | Good coverage on the deleterious impact of smoking on the skin |
2012 | Knutsen-Larson S, Dawson AL, Dunnick CA, Dellavalle RP. "Acne Vulgaris: Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Needs Assessment", Clinics in Dermatology, Jan;30(1):99–106. PMID 22117871 | "The link between smoking and acne is well established." | Relies on Schafer et al. (2001). |
2012 | Alice Mannocci, Leda Semyonov, Rosella Saulle, et al. "Association between smoking habits and acne vulgaris. A case-control study", Italian Journal of Public Health, 9(3), 2012. | "The association between acne and smoke shows an increased risk (OR=7.26) with a statistically significant CI. Moreover, people ≥ 18 years of age have twice the risk compared to persons < 18 years of age (OR=2.31)." | Primary source; included because La Torre et al. (2013) rely on it. |
2013 | Bhate, K; Williams, HC (March 2013). "Epidemiology of acne vulgaris". The British Journal of Dermatology (Review). 168 (3): 474–85. doi: 10.1111/bjd.12149. PMID 23210645. | Whether or not acne is caused by, exacerbated, improved, cured, or is not associated with smoking remains controversial.31,125–130 An earlier case series suggested an inverse relationship between acne and smoking, suggesting an anti-inflammatory effect of a component found in cigarettes.125 Later, in 2001, a larger cross-sectional analysis of 896 young people found a statistically significant correlation between acne prevalence and the number of cigarettes smoked per day and a dose-dependent relationship between consumption and severity (not affected by age, sex or social class).31 A large-scale, questionnaire study of 27 083 military men between 1983 and 2003 found the prevalence of acne to be lower in active smokers, with a dose-dependent inverse relationship between severe acne prevalence and cigarette consumption from 21 cigarettes per day and higher.131 ... Further observational research is likely to perpetuate previous problems in reporting bias and confounding. Clinicians are recommended to advise against smoking despite some evidence suggesting it is beneficial with regard to acne." | Relies on: ref 31: Shafer et al. (2001) ref 125: Mills et al. (1993) ref 131: Klaz et al. (2006 |
2013 | La Torre G, Gerald G & Semyonov L, Smoking-related diseases epidemiology, in G La Torre (ed.) 2013, Smoking Prevention and Cessation, Springer, New York, pp. 57–106 ( 85–86) | "Acne vulgaris has a multifactorial pathogenesis, but the contribution of smoking show contradictory results...some studies have shown that cigarette smoking aggravate acne (Schafer et al. 2001; Green and Sinclar 2001), others did not confirm this association (Jemec et al. 2002) or even showed a protective effect (Klaz et al. 2006; Rombouts et al. 2007)." ***** "Recently, Mannocci (2010) carried out a systematic review and meta-analysis concerning the association between acne and smoking. The first meta-analysis, including all studies, showed a nonsignificant role of smoke in the development of acne...The last meta-analysis...showed a nonsignificant result. The first two meta-analyses found no significant association between smoking and the development of acne but the analysis with only good quality studies showed a protective significant effect." |
Offers details, cites its sources, explains the back and forth. |
2014 | Rigopoulos, D; Korfitis, C (2014). "Acne and Smoking". In Zouboulis, C; Katsambas, A; Kligman, AM. Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acne and Rosacea. Berlin: Springer-Verlag. pp. 167–170. ISBN 978-3-540-69374-1. | "The association between acne and smoking constitutes an ongoing subject of debate. Several studies have been conducted albeit producing inconsistent results." | |
2015 | Alice Mannocci, Leda Semyonov, Rosella Saulle, et al. "Association between smoking habits and acne. A case-control study and a systematic review and meta-analysis" (pdf), Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health, 12(1), 2015. | "In conclusions, smokers have higher risk to develop acne, especially males. Conclusions are not robust, because of heterogeneity definitions of smokers and acne grading." | |
2016 | " Acne: Overview. PubMed Health. Cologne: Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care. July 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2017 | "It is not clear whether there might be a connection between smoking and acne." | |
2017 | DiPiro JT, Talbert RL & Yee GC 2017, Pharmacotherapy: A Pathophysiologic Approach, 10th ed., McGraw Hill, New York, p. 1536 | "Studies examining the relationship between tobacco smoking and acne show inconsistent results; however dermatologists have begun to counsel people to quit tobacco smoking as a potential auxiliary treatment for acne." | The last bit about counselling appears also in the 2011 8th ed. |
@ SlimVirgin: How does this lot look? Sandbh ( talk) 05:12, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
SarahSV (talk) 05:52, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
@ Sandbh: La Torre, Semyonov and Giraldi (2013), 84–86, is quite detailed ( La Torre bio). It discusses the studies that showed a connection, that didn't and that seemed to show a protective effect. And it cites its sources, so this article could cite those too where appropriate. SarahSV (talk) 22:18, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Very cool feedback, thank you Carl, WhatamIdoing, and Sarah. Sandbh ( talk) 22:24, 12 March 2017 (UTC)
Have trimmed as number of primary sources. We really need to use high quality secondary sources per WP:MEDRS. Doc James ( talk · contribs · email) 18:21, 13 March 2017 (UTC)
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The result of the move request was: Page moved. Consensus supported this move as the common name. Arguments against were largely satisfied by an accurately worded hat note. ( closed by non-admin page mover) -- Dane talk 01:14, 25 March 2017 (UTC)
Acne vulgaris →
Acne – After the recently failed acne vulgaris FAC (see:
[17]), I wanted to make sure my watchlist remained on fire (cf:
[18]). I would like to reverse this redirect such that
acne vulgaris redirects TO
acne. I think this change is supported by
WP:COMMONNAME, and if the change does occur then I would merge and redirect into the
acne article many of the stubs that cover the various obscure subtypes of acne (see:
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My Core Competency is Competency (
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Could the one use of "greasy" be changed to "oily" as the latter is often used in this article (9 times by my count). "Oily" seems to me to be just a bit more precise. -- Mahākāśyapa ( talk) 19:29, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
User:TylerDurden8823 about this diff - I just reviewed this page and its archive and I don't see anywhere that this "was requested by the Wikipedia community"; having this section runs against MEDMOS, actually. None of these people are described as having influenced the history of the condition. Where did the community request this? Jytdog ( talk) 06:45, 12 March 2018 (UTC)
Readers of the Nutrition section might need more clarifications on how to weigh the evidence. It is already great that differentiations such as observational evidence and randomized trials are mentioned. I would like to add more guidance. Findings since 2015 might be integrated:
Fiedler (2017) [1] Link https://ww.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/mjl/adv/2017/00000097/00000001/art00003
Juhl et al (2018) [2] Link https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/10/8/1049/htm
Vaughn and Sivamani (2015) [3]
Link https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/abs/10.1089/acm.2014.0261?casa_token=IhoVMwq9qtwAAAAA:200D6P3VmjWC3GxAptBGN_3ygteRkjy4a1WEpYtg9UOzhNvouHGrPZxWUApqcv035eGQ0THpLOww
Additionally there is Logan's [4] "The Clear Skin Diet" with round-about 200 sources relating to the topic. Source 2: Link https://ww.amazon.com/Clear-Skin-Diet-Alan-Logan/dp/1581825749 Logan gives a non-academic summary of acne research up until 2007. The book as a source is likely not to wikipedia standards, as BallenaBlanca points but the sources they use may be.
Hypochonda ( talk) 20:06, 15 December 2018 (UTC)
References
Hypochonda ( talk) 08:29, 16 December 2018 (UTC)
Year | Name | Summary | Evaluation |
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2018 | Juhl et al. [1] | coming soon | coming soon |
2017 | Fiedler et al. [2] | coming soon | coming soon |
2016 | Kucharska [3] | Literature Review ? | Recommends patients to keep food diaries and exclude foods that exacerbate acne |
Year | Name | Summary | Assessment/comments |
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2018 | Juhl et al. [4] | 14 studies, n=78529 ' 'In conclusion, any dairy, such as milk, yogurt, and cheese, was associated with an increased OR (pooled random effects odds ratio) for acne in individuals aged 7–30 years. However, results should be interpreted with caution due to heterogeneity and bias across studies.' ' | coming soon |
2015 | Vaughn & Simavani [5] | Results: A total of 312 articles were found and a total of 4 studies met inclusion criteria. Three studies evaluated the effects of ingestion, while one evaluated the effects of topical application. All studies noted improvement with the use of fermented dairy.
Conclusions: Overall, there is early and limited evidence that fermented dairy products, used both topically and orally, may provide benefits for skin health. However, existing studies are limited and further studies will be important to better assess efficacy and the mechanisms involved. || coming soon | |
2014 | Grossi et al. [6] | Conclusion: Our analyses confirm the link between several dietetic items and acne. When providing care, dermatologists should also be aware of the complex interconnection between dietetic factors and acne. | can someone who knows what semantic connectivity map approach is comment ? |
Hypochonda ( talk) 08:18, 18 December 2018 (UTC)Hypochonda please note that this is a work in progress and that I do not have a medical background. Misrepresentation will inevitably occur.
If I want to "clean up" this section, am I allowed to delete my own content and replace it ? -- Hypochonda ( talk) 10:02, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
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@ Doc James: with regards to this edit, the source doesn't support that statement. I changed the statement in this edit to reflect the source text, which says:
Acne is a follicular disease, the principal abnormality of which is impaction and distention of the pilosebaceous unit. The cause of the hyperproliferation of keratinocytes
and the abnormalities of differentiation and desquamation are unknown. It is likely that hyperresponsiveness to the stimulation of sebocytes and follicular keratinocytes by androgens leads to the hyperplasia of the sebaceous glands and the seborrhea that characterize acne.
— James, WD (April 2005). "Acne". New England Journal of Medicine (Review). 352 (14): 1463–72. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcp033487. PMID 15814882.
The previous statement seems reasonable if it would've been sourced, but it needs accurate sourcing if we are to keep it.
-- Treetear ( talk) 16:34, 24 December 2018 (UTC)