Active acne therapy and post-inflammatory scarring. Topicals, isotretinoin, microneedling, fractional laser, and chemical reconstruction of skin scars.
FDA authorizes microneedling pens for scars and wrinkles, but not to deliver PRP, vitamins, drugs, or fillers. How to verify your appointment's device, substance, and…
Accure and AviClear both use 1726 nm to target oil glands. How FDA dates, treat-to-temperature vs treat-to-fluence, sessions, anesthesia, a 2024 recall, and cost…
How subcision releases tethered rolling acne scars, why blunt cannulas replace sharp Nokor needles, how filler spacers stop re-tethering, and recovery and costs.
How the four generations of prescription retinoids differ in RAR selectivity, photoaging vs acne FDA approvals, irritation, lotion vehicles (Altreno, Arazlo), and BPO.
Most acne pages ignore the trunk. The drugs with real back-specific trial data, trunk dosing from the Aklief label, the fungal-acne mimic, skin-of-color PIH risk, and…
An intralesional cortisone shot can flatten an acne cyst within days, but the entire published evidence base is one 1983 trial of 17 patients, and dose drives the dent…
Fungal acne is Malassezia folliculitis, a yeast overgrowth that mimics acne and shrugs off antibiotics. Evidence on diagnosis clues, ketoconazole washes, and oral…
The real difference between AHAs and BHAs, which acid (glycolic, lactic, mandelic, salicylic) fits your skin concern, concentrations, and FDA safety rules.
What niacinamide does for skin, which percentage works (2%, 5%, 10%), and the RCT evidence behind dark spots, acne, aging, and the oral skin-cancer prevention trial.
Microneedling does the work; PRP is a booster with genuinely mixed evidence. This guide compares results, cost, and the infection-control risks the CDC flagged.