Prolonged exposure to the ‘Ultra-Violet (UV) Radiations’ could be a major cause for developing skin cancer despite the health advantages of vitamin D. Health experts at the ‘American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)’ accept that vitamin D is essential for optimal health of a person but the risks coupled with the UV-source is far more severe and it requires a cautious approach.

Health experts and dermatologists are of the view that appropriate amount of vitamin D can easily be obtained from natural sources like vitamin D enriched foodstuffs, fortified foods, vitamin-rich beverages, and varieties of multi-vitamin supplements. Any deliberate attempt to get exposed to the ultra-violet radiations would be harmful instead.

The exposure to the ultra-violet radiations could be natural as well as artificial. Sun is the natural source of ultra-violet radiations and various types of man made devices including tanning devices are among the artificial sources of ultra-violet radiations. Both these sources provide good amount of vitamin D to the human body but they are the safer ones, according to the ‘American Academy of Dermatology (AAD)’.

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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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