A Wikievening-2: tears, sebum, acne.

[liquidcarbon]

  I was looking up the composition of tears, and there I go. Tears-enkephaline-anandamide-meibomian glands-sebum-isotretinoin-tazarotene. Now I cite:
  Tazarotene (marketed as Tazorac®, Avage® and Zorac®) is a prescription topical retinoid sold as a cream or gel. This medication is approved for treatment of psoriasis, acne, and sun damaged skin (

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retinoids and acne

[ext_55561]

Some years ago my ex-wife was starting an internship in a fancy hospital in Boston. She was eager to make the best impression. But then she got this sudden nasty bout of acne and she thought a topical retinod gel was a brilliant idea. What she did not realise was that retionoids work by accelerating the skin peeling, drying and re-growth. So for a while she ended up looking like shaggy skin-peeling zombie with acne

Re: retinoids and acne

[liquidcarbon]

And you failed to stop her?
(is that why she's ex?) (disregard this question)

Re: retinoids and acne

[ext_55561]

Look, she is the doctor, I am just a chemist - and the retinoid in question has a gorgeous adamantyl group in the molecule (one of very few drugs on the market). Also the flaky zombie appearance takes few days to develop....

(We separated and got divorced shortly after. I think she must have blamed me for the acne cream medication fiasco also - but the more decisive factor was definitely her mother coming to live with us...It did not help I called her mom Baba-Yaga during one of many arguments.)

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[anonymous]

Hi, nice post. Thanks.
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