Acne: Causes and Practical Management - Hardcover

Acne: Causes and Practical Management

F. William Danby, MD, FRCPC is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Dermatology,

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

Learn to accurately diagnose, prevent and treat all three acnes using both traditional and novel approaches to understanding the causes and selecting the most effective treatments.

Acne vulgaris is an extremely common condition. It is troublesome to manage, often persisting into middle age. Exact causes are becoming clear and include several hormonal stimulants, some triggered by the Western diet, and a pathogen ignored for decades. Acnes rosacea and inversa (hidradenitis suppurativa) are discussed from entirely new viewpoints.

Acne: Causes and Practical Management will provide readers at all levels with a practical, well-illustrated approach to fully understanding of these disorders, a faster and more cost-effective management regimen and the rationales for their prevention.

In full colour throughout and with over 200 excellent clinical images, key highlights include:

• Full coverage of all acne presentations – acne vulgaris, acne rosacea and acne inversa
• An integrated view of the causes of the varied and overlapping acnes
• Preventive, novel and curative approaches to treatment
• Medical, surgical, dietary and integrated components of management
• Highly practical focus on treatment based on emerging pathogenetic concepts

Brought to you by one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject, Acne: Causes and Practical Management willbe an essentialpurchase for the dermatologist.

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