Hormonal therapy is an important component in the treatment of women with acne who may or may not have elevated serum androgens. The mainstays of hormonal therapy include oral contraceptives and antiandrogens such as cyproterone acetate, flutamide or spironolac tone. Recent research over the past several years has unraveled some of the details regarding the [...]
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Phototherapy has been an alternative method of treating acne for some time. But does phototherapy really work? Let’s take a good look at how phototherapy actually works by looking at some trials and acne research. Ultraviolet light is scarcely used. Yet, it is well known that acne often improves clinically after exposure to sunlight or [...]
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