Acne News

It has been 9 months since the FDA released recommended changes to the iPledge Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, and providers are growing increasingly frustrated at a perceived lack of transparency and implementation plan.

A panel of experts shared consensus statements on how to best manage adult acne, according to a study.

Medicaid coverage for tretinoin is often granted for acne vulgaris but not pigmentary disorders, which disproportionately affect patients with skin of color, according to a study. Healio spoke with a dermatologist about these findings.

Consumption of chocolate correlated with an increase in acne lesions, even with an anti-inflammatory diet, according to a study.

Healio has compiled July’s most-read news in dermatology.

Patients with acne who used benzoyl peroxide products did not have a risk for malignancy or increased blood benzene levels, according to a pair of studies published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.

An increased intake of omega-3 fatty acids, through diet and supplementation, improved acne severity, according to a study.

Clascoterone cream 1% caused mild, reversible hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis suppression under maximum-use exposure in patients with acne vulgaris, according to a study.

Once-daily micronized isotretinoin can be administered without food for the treatment of patients with severe acne vulgaris, allowing for the potential increase of patient adherence, according to a study.