Younger age, male gender, and living in an urban area increase the likelihood of acne relapse among first-time isotretinoin users. A recent study from Canada established this fact with sufficient evidences.

Anick Bérard and his colleagues at University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, performed a nested case-control analysis to determine the predictors of acne relapse. Researchers took help of a population-based data of 17,351 first-time isotretinoin recipients assembled between 1984 and 2003.

A complete report containing all relevant details has been published recently in the British Journal of Dermatology. The authors write, “Several patient characteristics have been found to be associated with acne relapses“.

The study results demonstrated that the ‘Relapse’, which is the receipt of a second anti-acne medication found to be occurring in 7100 i.e. almost 41% patients. These patients were matched with 35,500 controls parameters of those patients who had not received any anti-acne medication.

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Sun-induced skin may cause damage to the skin and can cause brown colored ‘age-spots’. Prolonged and over exposure of certain parts of body like hands and face puts them at maximum risk. Earlier there used to be no other beneficial and effective remedies for treating with such problems. Cosmetics were the only option available.

Things have changed since then. Certain specific therapies are now available to facilitate with the help in reversing the signs of ‘photo-aging’ at the physiological levels only. Some of the common therapies include physical removal by surgery, microdermabrasion, and chemical peeling. Unfortunately, none of these therapies are gentle and comfortable in application.

Now a day, women generally prefer even gentler approaches and specifically the ‘tropical medications’.”Tropical medications can help up to great extent”, reports the December 2007 issue of the “Harvard Women’s Health Watch”, a publication of the Harvard Medical School.

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Acne in characterized by skin problems such as scars, pimples, black spots, and white heads visible on face. It mainly occurs to the people aged twelve to sixteen. For most of them acne disappears by the age 30, but people in their forties and fifties still get acne. Rashes seen on the chin, cheeks, forehead, and most often on face chest and back also in babies is known as infant Acne. Sometimes it’s difficult to find treatments that are effective for acne and may be frustrating.

Acne (blackheads, whiteheads, pimples, zits) and any other skin problems are usually the result of bad diet, which also influences our hormones. The standard American diet is sadly not healthy enough. The liver filters out the toxins from junk food and drinks and sends them through our skin resulting in skin disorders, acne and pimples. Scientists are finding ways to prevent plugs to stop testosterone from causing acne. Acne and scars mostly result from increased tissue formation, responsible for the inflammation of acne and loss of tissue. Whether acne is extensive or scattered, deep or superficial, the result can be less than desirable and even disturbing.

Acne, be it at any stage calls for the cautious skin care. Some individuals facing the early stages of acne may respond to even a cheap home-prepared acne treatment, but others suffering from the severe cases of the problem have to spend bucks on acne skin care products. Because of its relatively more complicated causes, and cost of treatment involved adult acne seems to be a real agony that entails consulting some skin health professional regularly.

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