Main description:

This book brings together world-famous acne researchers and specialists to compile a source of comprehensive, state-of-the-art information for management of acne. It examines acne as a chronic skin disease from pathogenesis to treatment.

The book covers the clinical aspects of acne, topical treatments, light therapies, environmental factors and more alongside real patient photos from around the world. Treatments that chapters explore include photodynamic therapy and topical retinoids. In addition to genetic and hormonal causes of acne, chapters also include discussions on the connections between acne and diet, and acne and environmental factors. International contributors make this text unique in that it can focus solely on acne but also include international factors.

Throughout the text, authors present the most up-to-date knowledge of acne pathophysiology, clinical features, differential diagnosis, treatment, and more. Pathophysiology, in particular, includes information on bacteria, immunity, endocrinologic factors, various deteriorating factors and environmental factors. As for clinical features, adult acne, differences in clinical patterns by region and race, and acne fulminans are covered. Regarding treatment, the latest knowledge on existing treatments or treatment methods, new drugs, and core outcome measures are mentioned.

Acne: Current Concepts and Management is written for the dermatologist community from resident to researcher to privately practicing clinician.

Contents:

Chapters: 1. "Update on Cutibacterium acnes" Professeur Brigitte Dreno* Cutibacterium acnes: recent data * Cutibacterium acnes and cutaneous microbiome interactions * Cutibacterium acnes and innate immunity * Should antibiotics always be used in acne? * What alternatives in the future?
2. "Update on isotretinoin" Professor Diane M. Thiboutot
3. "Acne core outcome measures in clinical trials and practice" Professor Jerry Tan
4. "Adult acne" Dr. Chee Leok Goh
5. "Topical retinoids and acne (including the new 4th generation retinoid trifarotene)" Professor Sewon Kang
6. "New drug developments in acne" Prof. Harald Gollnick
7. "Acne and diet" Professor Dae Hun Suh
8. "Photodynamic therapy for acne vulgaris: the mechanism and clinical practice" Professor Leihong Flora Xiang
9. "Acne and insulin resistance" Dr. Raj Kubba
10. "Acne fulminans (including pathophysiology, new classification, clinical presentation, treatment and differential diagnosis)" Professor Giuseppe Micali
11. "Acne and environmental factors" Professor Qiang Ju
12. "Acne on pigmented skin" Prof. Stefano Veraldi
13. "Up-to-date therapeutic approaches for acne scar in Korean Dermatology Clinic" Dr. Hyuck Hoon Kwon
14. "Innate and adaptive immunity in acne" Professor Lajos Kemeny
15. "Differential diagnosis in acne" (It includes clinical feature and diagnosis) Dr. Nobukazu Hayashi
16. "Epidemiology of acne in South America and research news from Brasil" Professor Edileia Bagatin
17. "Acne and androgens" Prof. Nopadon Noppakun
Contributors: 1. Professeur Brigitte Dreno
Chef de service de Dermato-Cancerologie Directeur Unite Therapie Cellulaire et Genique Vice Doyen a la Recherche a la Faculte de Medecine de NantesFrance
CHU Nantes - Place Alexis Ricordeau44093 Cedex 01 - FRANCETel : +33 2 40 08 31 18brigitte.dreno@atlanmed.fr
2. Professor Diane M. Thiboutot
Department of DermatologyPenn State University College of MedicineUSA
500 University Drive, UPC 1, Suite 100Hershey, PA 17033, USA Phone: 717-531-7437Fax: 717-531-4821dthiboutot@pennstatehealth.psu.edu 3. Professor Jerry Tan
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Western OntarioCanada
2224 Walker Rd, Ste 300 Windsor, Ontario Canada +1 519 971 9542 - phone jerrytan@bellnet.ca
4. Dr. Chee Leok Goh
National Skin Centre Singapore
1 Mandalay Road Singapore 308205 Singapore + 65 6253 4455 - phone drgohcl@gmail.com clgoh@nsc.gov.sg
5. Professor Sewon Kang
Department of Dermatology Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineUSA
Department of Dermatology Cancer Research Building II, Suite 209 Johns Hopkins Medicine 1550 Orleans Street Baltimore, Maryland 21231 USA + 1 410 955-8662 - phone swk@jhmi.edu
6. Prof. Harald Gollnick
Emeritus ProfessorOtto-Von-Guericke-Universitat Magdeburg Universitatsklinik Fur Dermatologie und VenerologieGermany
Leipziger Strasse 44 Magdeburg 39120 Germany
+ 49 391 67 15 249 - phone harald.gollnick@med.ovgu.de
7. Professor Dae Hun Suh
Department of Dermatology Seoul National University College of MedicineSouth Korea
101 Daehak-no, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080 South Korea +82-2-2072-3171 - phone +82-10-2792-3325 - mobile phone daehun@snu.ac.kr
8. Professor Leihong Flora Xiang
Department of Dermatology Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityChina
138 Yixueyuan Road, Xuhui Shanghai China+86 21 5423 7499 - phone flora_xiang@vip.163.com
9. Dr. Raj Kubba
Kubba Clinic/ Delhi Dermatology GroupIndia
10 Aradhana Enclave, Ring Road, R.K. Puram Sector - 13, New Delhi - 110 066 India + 91 11 2419 6666 - office phone + 91 98 101 60615 - mobile rajkubba@gmail.com
10. Professor Giuseppe Micali
Department of Dermatology, University of CataniaItaly
Dermatology Clinic, University of CataniaA.O.U. "Policlinico -Vittorio Emanuele"Via S. Sofia 78, 95123 Catania, Italy Tel./Fax: + 39 095321705 E-mail: gimicali1@hotmail.it
11. Professor Qiang Ju
Departments of Dermatology, Renji Hospital, Medical School, Shanghai Jiaotong UniversityChina
E-mail: qiangju@aliyun.com
12. Professor Stefano Veraldi
Head of the Postgraduate School of Dermatology and Venereology, University of MilanItaly
Via Pace 9 20122 MilanItalyTel.: +39 02 55035109 Fax: +39 02 50320779E-mail: stefano.veraldi@unimi.it
13. Dr. Hyuck Hoon Kwon
Oaro Dermatology ClinicSouth Korea
507 Nohaero, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01695, South KoreaOffice Telephone: +82-2-930-1500Mobile Telephone: +82-10-5289-6803Fax: +82-2-930-0015 E-mail: banbury@hanmail.net
14. Professor Lajos Kemeny
Department of Dermatology and AllergologyUniversity of SzegedHungary
H-6720 Szeged, Koranyi str. 6.H-6701 P.O. Box: 427.HungaryFax: + 36 62 545 954Tel: + 36 62 545 277E-mail: kemeny.lajos@med.u-szeged.hu
15. Dr. Nobukazu Hayashi
DirectorDepartment of Dermatology, Toranomon HospitalJapan
2-2-2 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-8470, JapanTel: +81-3-3588-1111E-mail: hayashi@toranomon.gr.jp
16. Professor Edileia Bagatin
Professor and Head of Department of DermatologyUniversidade Federal de Sao Paulo - UnifespBrazil
edileia_bagatin@yahoo.com.br
17. Prof. Nopadon Noppakun
Division of DermatologyDepartment of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn UniversityBangkok, Thailand
drnopadon@yahoo.com