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Physiopathology of acne vulgaris: recent data, new understanding of the treatments Volume 14, issue 1, January-February 2004

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11, Chaussée de la Muette, 75016 Paris, France Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital du Haut Lévêque, 33600 Pessac, France 28, rue Viala 75015 Paris, France Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, 5 place d‘Arsonval, 69003 Lyon, France Service de Dermatologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51 avenue Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny 94000 Créteil, France Service de Dermatologie, Hôtel‐Dieu, Place Alexis Ricordeau 44035 Nantes Cédex 01, France

Acne is the most frequent reason for seeing a dermatologist, but its physiopathology is not completely well‐known. Yet understanding of the mechanisms of action of the different acne treatments is very important to optimize their use. A lot of new data on the physiopathology have recently been published in the acne field. This paper summarizes the main points of these new facts.