Posted on September 30, 2009
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DISCUSSION: Although illegal, the trade in skin whitening products continues to grow because it is profitable and takes full advantage of the success of ethnic cosmetics. In Mayotte, as in metropolitan France and Africa, the existence of SW is acknowledged but is still taboo. However, a number of specific characteristics are seen in Mayotte: SW is rarely performed on the whole body, salicylic acid is added to a topical corticosteroid, and the traditional Mahoran mask, the "mzindzano", is still worn for photoprotection.
PMID: 19801250 [PubMed - in process] (Source: Annales de Dermatologie et de Cenereologie)
Posted on September 30, 2009
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Conclusion Photodynamic therapy of acne vulgaris using 5-ALA 0.5% liposomal spray and IPL in combination with topical peeling agents is safe and efficacious, even in patients with acne recalcitrant to standard therapy. (Source: Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology)
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Posted on September 30, 2009
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Britain's leading health and wellbeing specialists answer your questions: This week: an uncommunicative son. (Source: The Telegraph : Health Advice)
Posted on September 30, 2009
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When President Obama recently recounted the story of a woman he said was denied coverage for failure to own up to a skin condition when she enrolled in a plan, he was incorrect, The Associated Press reports. "Robin Lynn Beaton, 59, of Waxahachie, Texas, indeed had her insurance suspended and then terminated when she needed it the most. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Posted on September 29, 2009
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Case Rep Dermatol 2009;1:49-51 (DOI:10.1159/000236034) (Source: Karger Publishers)
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