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AARS Events
- April is Rosacea Awareness Month
- Register Now for the 8th Annual AARS Scientific Symposium
Industry News
- Derm students improve Wikipedia entries on skin disease, boost views.
New Medical Research
- Fractional CO2 laser versus combined platelet-rich plasma and fractional CO2 laser in treatment of acne scars: image analysis system evaluation.
- Preparation of in situ hydrogels loaded with azelaic acid nanocrystals and their dermal application performance study.
- Efficacy and safety of moisturizer containing 5% panthenol, madecassoside, and copper-zinc-manganese versus 0.02% triamcinolone acetonide cream in decreasing adverse reaction and downtime after ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser resurfacing: a split-face, double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial.
- Novel tretinoin 0.05% lotion for the once-daily treatment of moderate-to-severe acne vulgaris: assessment of safety and tolerability in subgroups.
- Effect of recombinant bovine basic fibroblast growth factor gel on repair of rosacea skin lesions: a randomized, single-blind and vehicle-controlled study.
- Effectiveness of interventions for optimising adherence to treatments for the prevention and management of scars: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- Propionibacterium acnes susceptibility to low-level 449 nm blue light photobiomodulation.
- Prospects of acne vaccines targeting secreted virulence factors of cutibacterium acnes.
- 755 nm picosecond laser for facial atrophic scar-case reports of long-term clinical efficacy following up.
- Combination therapy using subcision, needling, and platelet-rich plasma in the management of grade 4 atrophic acne scars: a pilot study.
Clinical Reviews
- The contradictory inefficacy of methotrexate in hidradenitis suppurativa: a need to revise pathogenesis or acknowledge disease heterogeneity?
- Adalimumab every other week combined with dexamethasone pulses for the treatment of refractory hidradenitis suppurativa.
- Review on characteristics and analytical methods of tazarotene: an update.
- Proceeding report of the third Symposium on Hidradenitis Suppurativa Advances (SHSA) 2018.
- Assessment of topical corticosteroid prescribing, counseling, and communication among dermatologists and pharmacists.
- Real-world drug usage survival of spironolactone versus oral antibiotics for the management of female patients with acne.
- The utilization of bacterial cultures in dermatology.
- Hidradenitis suppurativa: a systematic review and meta-analysis of therapeutic interventions.
Patient Counseling/Communication
- Quality-of-life research in acne vulgaris: current status and future directions.