|Articles|December 15, 2002

Challenging The Rules

Bethesda, Md. - "Acne is an astonishingly mischievous disease. Lesions come and go very rapidly and the life cycle of individual lesions is remarkably unpredictable," said Albert Kligman, M.D., University of Pennsylvania. "The psychological factors are profound, and the placebo effects are profound."

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