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20 Sep, 10 tweets, 3 min read
1. #dermatologyteaching
Acne can be one of the most rewarding yet frustrating conditions to treat. Rewarding because some people respond to treatment so rapidly, frustrating because acne is manageable rather than curable and relapses occur often.
2. It is so common that it is impossible not to have patients at my clinic with acne in a week. Adolescent acne tends to be worse in boys while adult acne(acne in people 25 years and above) is worse in females.
Did you know that for adolescent acne, even without doing anything,
3. it resolves in a lot of cases on its own? Especially when you don't pick your face and you don't do all the wrong things....like putting lemon on your face?

That combination you mentioned up there has lemon which can cause irritant dermatitis for a lot of people.
4. Honey and sugar will exfoliate and over exfoliating (which you said you did every day) is not healthy for the skin.

You said 99% of cases...I knew you were incorrect the moment you started quoting statistics that cannot be verified.
5. In scientific studies, before you attribute the cure of a condition to a treatment or the cause of a disease to something, you have to be sure you have eliminated all confounders that may have contributed to either the cure or cause.
6. Then what sample size did you use to achieve at 99%?

One thing we're in agreement on? If you have acne and you've been using a lot of products...it is time to let your skin breathe by using mild hypoallergenic products. NOT by applying lemon/sugar and honey.
7. That your acne improved, may likely just be due to chance or other confounders. And how convenient that you don't have a single before and after picture!

Last myth to be broken- The hot water and cold water thing for pores. It is a TEMPORARY thing.
8. The hot water comes with vessel dilation and the cold water comes with vessel constriction. The changes you see in the pores then are temporary. Not a permanent solution. If your pores are prominent, institute some glycolic acid and retinol into your routine..
9. Never forget to moisturize!

For further reading on acne, here's a blogpost with a free downloadable pdf book on my website!

skinandall.com/lets-talk-acne…

Other posts related to acne are also on the post.
10. Remember, it is easy to damage the skin. Repairing it takes time, patience and money. Don't take random DIY advice off the internet. It usually ends in tears.

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1. #dermatologyteaching
I was tagged to a post on Facebook of someone that had used an organic product gone wrong. If it wasn't a colleague that tagged me, I would have just ignored. Because it seems the voices of caution and reasoning are no longer listened to. Image
2. People have adopted the "if I perish, I perish" attitude.

Any product that claims to be organic and turns you five shades lighter in two weeks is nothing but trouble.

Organic but gives you patches of colors is nothing but bad news.

Organic but has no list of ingredients
3. is nothing but rubbish.

It is just sad that people that have good products with good quality control are affected because of all the rubbish people are parading out there.

It is VERY easy to damage the skin, but repairing may become a herculean task.
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1. If you have friends that will tell you the truth no matter the height you attain, you don't know how blessed you are. A lot of people are 'moving mad' these days because they don't have 'olubawi' (someone that will caution them) or they have gotten to a level where they feel
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May I never get to that stage where all I'm surrounded with are people that are afraid to tell me the truth. Amin.
3. The stage of, "were dun wo l'oja, amo ko dun bi l'omo." - A mad person is a source of entertainment at the market place but nobody wants a mad child.
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