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CW: Discussion of diets and restriction (specifically, old-fashioned diets that were prescribed for acne).
Urine. Honey. X-Rays.
What on God's green earth do these things have in common? Well, they've all historically been used as ACNE TREATMENTS.
Today, we're stepping into our time-traveling-mobile and whisking off to ancient Egypt, sixteenth century France, the Roaring Twenties and more. Our mission? To traverse time to uncover the history of acne diagnoses and treatments.
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Grant, R. N. R. (1951). The History of Acne. Retrieved November
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Mahmood, N. F., & Shipman, A. R. (2016). The age-old problem of acne. Retrieved November
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