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Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update
Acne vulgaris is a well-recognized condition among adolescents and adults that adversely affects their quality of life. Local cryotherapy has long been reported to be effective in treating acne vulgaris, inducing a more rapid involution of acne than topical medications. However, the use of cryothera...
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description | Acne vulgaris is a well-recognized condition among adolescents and adults that adversely affects their quality of life. Local cryotherapy has long been reported to be effective in treating acne vulgaris, inducing a more rapid involution of acne than topical medications. However, the use of cryotherapy has been limited for acne treatment due to several drawbacks, including procedural pain and pigmentary alterations. Currently, newer cryotherapy devices are gaining attention in dermatology due to their ability to monitor and precisely control the target temperature. In this narrative review, a brief history and the latest update on acne cryotherapy will be presented. Additionally, a special emphasis is placed on the role of cryotherapy, alone or in combination with intralesional steroid injections for nodulocystic acne. |
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spelling | pubmed-98212812023-01-07 Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update Rho, Nark-Kyoung J Clin Med Review Acne vulgaris is a well-recognized condition among adolescents and adults that adversely affects their quality of life. Local cryotherapy has long been reported to be effective in treating acne vulgaris, inducing a more rapid involution of acne than topical medications. However, the use of cryotherapy has been limited for acne treatment due to several drawbacks, including procedural pain and pigmentary alterations. Currently, newer cryotherapy devices are gaining attention in dermatology due to their ability to monitor and precisely control the target temperature. In this narrative review, a brief history and the latest update on acne cryotherapy will be presented. Additionally, a special emphasis is placed on the role of cryotherapy, alone or in combination with intralesional steroid injections for nodulocystic acne. MDPI 2022-12-20 /pmc/articles/PMC9821281/ /pubmed/36614827 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010026 Text en © 2022 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Rho, Nark-Kyoung Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update |
title | Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update |
title_full | Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update |
title_fullStr | Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update |
title_full_unstemmed | Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update |
title_short | Revisiting the Role of Local Cryotherapy for Acne Treatment: A Review and Update |
title_sort | revisiting the role of local cryotherapy for acne treatment: a review and update |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9821281/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36614827 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcm12010026 |
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