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Comedolysis by a lipohydroxyacid formulation in acne-prone subjects Volume 13, numéro 1, January - February 2003

Auteurs
Department of Dermatopathology, University Medical Center, CHU du Sart Tilman Liège, Belgium
  • Page(s) : 65-8
  • Année de parution : 2003

Acne is a multifactorial disease which begins to be visible when some pilosebaceous ducts become plugged with keratinocytes ultimately forming comedones. The ductal hypercornification can result from hyperproliferation of ductal keratinocytes or reduced separation of ductal corneocytes. Cells of the acne ductal hypercornification have more desmosomes and tonofilaments than is normal [1]. Instead of sloughing off in the normal fashion, [...]