Samantha Robinson assumed her struggles with acne were through by the time she reached her late twenties. She had already done her time in high school, she thought, when benzoyl peroxide and sulfur ...

Chapped lips, peeling skin, nosebleeds — the drug treats acne, but its side effects can be miserable. Will a lower dose help? Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Erica Sweeney ...

Factors such as higher cumulative doses of isotretinoin (Accutane) and female sex were associated with rates of acne relapse and isotretinoin retrial, according to a cohort study of commercial claims ...

Before we had high-tech lasers and an encyclopedic knowledge of every exfoliating acid known to man thus far, there was one acne treatment many would ask doctors to prescribe in hopes of clear skin: ...

Isotretinoin, commonly called Accutane, is the only approved treatment for severe acne. Although isotretinoin is extremely effective in most individuals with acne, some experience recurrence. As a ...