Diane Thiboutot, Harald Gollnick, Vincenzo Bettoli, Brigitte Dréno, Sewon Kang, James J Leyden, Alan R Shalita, Vicente Torres Lozada, Diane Berson, Andrew Finlay, Chee Leok Goh, María Isabel Herane, Ana Kaminsky, Raj Kubba, Alison Layton, Yoshiki Miyachi, Montserrat Perez, Jaime Piquero Martin, Marcia Ramos-E-Silva, Jo Ann See, Neil Shear, John Wolf
The Global Alliance to Improve Outcomes in Acne published recommendations for the management of acne as a supplement to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology in 2003. The recommendations incorporated evidence-based strategies when possible and the collective clinical experience of the group when evidence was lacking. This update reviews new information about acne pathophysiology and treatment-such as lasers and light therapy-and relevant topics where published data were sparse in 2003 but are now available including combination therapy, revision of acne scarring, and maintenance therapy...
May 2009: Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology