Review

The relationship of diet and acne

Volume 1, Issue 5   September/October 2009
Pages 262 - 267
http://dx.doi.org/10.4161/derm.1.5.10192
Apostolos Pappas

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Nutrition and diet are affecting overall health; that statement needs no particular citation as every nutritional textbook advocates for this. But can diet affect acne? Acne is one of the most common dermatological conditions, affecting millions of young adult worldwide. It is generally accepted that excess sebum, hormones, bacteria and hyper proliferation of follicular cells are the major etiologic factors for acne.

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