Southern California-based dermatologist Ava Shamban, MD and co-investigators Mikiko Enokibori, MD, and Vic Narurkar, MD, conducted a global multi-center study using Isolaz to treat patients suffering from various degrees of acne, ranging from mild and moderate inflammatory acne to severe nodular and cystic acne. The February edition of the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology will [...]
Obagi Medical announced the results of four studies of the CLENZIderm M.D. Acne Therapeutic Systems’ two proprietary 3-step acne treatments. The data show that patients of all skin types with mild-to-moderately severe acne saw significant improvement in inflammatory and non-inflammatory lesions and reported high levels of patient satisfaction, lower levels of dryness and greater comfort [...]
Chemical peels using either alpha-hydroxy acid or beta-hydroxy acid are both highly effective in treating mild to moderately severe facial acne, researchers at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine have found – the first study to compare the two different types of acid peels as therapies for the skin disorder. Peels using beta-hydroxy acid [...]
Dr. Julio Gallo, a Miami facial plastic surgeon is giving hope to patients suffering from disfiguring acne scarring with new laser technology. The Active FX by Lumenis is a fractional laser procedure performed in a single treatment with minimal patient downtime. During the procedure, a high- energy beam of laser light is used to smooth [...]
Penn State College of Medicine researchers are providing insight into how the most potent drug available for the treatment of acne, 13-cis retinoic acid, also known as isotretinoin, combats acne and its mechanisms. Acne treatment research Diane Thiboutot, professor of dermatology, and her colleagues analyzed skin biopsies from patients with acne before and after one [...]
Rhytec has received FDA clearance to market a new indication for treating acne scars. Portrait Plasma is already cleared by the FDA for treating facial and non-facial areas for wrinkles, superficial skin lesions, actinic keratosis, seborrhoeic keratosis and viral papillomata. An initial single site clinical study treating acne scars was conducted using the Portrait PSR3 [...]
Senetek PLC announced positive study results from a clinical trial of Pyratine-6 in patients with acne rosacea. The findings have been accepted for presentation at the International Investigative Congress of Dermatology at its May 2008 meeting in Kyoto, Japan. Based on positive results demonstrated in previous studies of Pyratine-6 (0.1%), for the remediation of photodamaged [...]
While acne may traditionally be viewed as a teenage %26quot;rite of passage,%26quot; results from a groundbreaking national survey released today show that acne is a problem that also commonly affects adults. The survey finds that acne can negatively impact many aspects of a person’s life — professional, academic, physical and social — and a basic [...]
Acne is the most common skin disorder that affects over 80% of adults, according to the American Academy of Dermatology. In fact, 20 million Americans have acne badly enough that it causes scars. Adults who suffer from acne scars are often embarrassed at the unsightly appearance that their acne leaves behind. A new medical technology [...]
Aesthera Corporation’s Isolaz painless acne therapy has been featured, issue of U.S. News %26amp; World Report, a leading national weekly news magazine. The publication describes Isolaz acne therapy as %26quot;an advance against acne%26quot; and reports that the Isolaz is the first treatment device FDA cleared to treat comedonal and pustular acne, in addition to mild [...]
