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Acne

May 2026

  • A red-light therapy face mask

    Science Weekly
    Red-light masks: can they really slow ageing? – podcast

    Podcast14:25
  • A woman with black hair and a white T-shirt looking straight ahead

    ‘I still want to scream’: the loneliness and confusion of living with PMOS

February 2026

  • ‘For the time being, consider covering your spots with pimple patches or Band-Aids before you pick.’

    Ask Ugly
    I can’t stop picking at my pimples. How do I break this habit?

    Treating the underlying acne can help. But stress relief measures like meditation can too – and may depend on the severity

October 2024

  • An illustration showing mirror images of a woman, one her normal self, the other with her face covered with a mask and pills flying out of a bottle held in the palm of the hand

    Ask Ugly
    Ask Ugly: I was prescribed medicine for a zit. Should I take it?

    Acne medication can be effective. But watch out for ‘beauty culture masquerading as health’, writes Jessica DeFino

September 2024

  • young man with acne

    Acne rates in UK adolescents and young adults among highest in the world

    UK ranks eighth among countries with highest prevalence, as number of young people experiencing it rises worldwide

January 2024

  • An illustration of the digestive system, with food and gut bacteria.

    Science Weekly
    Secrets of the microbiome: the skin – podcast

    Ian Sample meets professor in cutaneous biology Julie Thornton who tells him how it helps with everything from wound healing to immunity
    Podcast15:36

February 2022

  • Potato being rubbed into skin

    Beauty hacks
    Can rubbing raw potatoes on your skin soothe acne?

    Spuds contain vitamin C and salicylic acid, so rubbing slices on your skin should ease spot flare-ups … or so the theory goes

September 2021

  • Oscar Rickett

    The agony of acne: ‘I channelled adolescent turmoil into a fixation with my face’

    I was 14 when the spots arrived, turning a boy who got admiring glances on the bus into an unlovable outsider. But were my problems more than skin deep?

July 2021

  • Martin Love with a shabby wall behind him

    Self and wellbeing
    How ‘acne positivity’ is helping teens – and soothing the scars of a lifetime

    Teenage spots can ravage not just skin but mental health, too. Martin Love considers the lasting issues that can still be triggered years later

October 2020

  • Masks on washing line composite

    Wash your mask daily: the ultimate guide to face coverings

    Experts explain the best ways to handle and wash masks – and how to avoid ‘maskne’

December 2019

  • Ten of 12 recorded deaths by Roaccutane users in 2019 were suicide

    Suicides linked to acne drug Roaccutane as regulator reopens inquiry

    Expert working group to re-examine safety of drug used by about 30,000 people a year

October 2019

  • LED Observer Mask

    Beauty and the beam: the future of LED therapy looks bright

    It’s non-invasive and has been proven to work. But can LED therapy really be a miracle cure for everything from acne to tired skin? Rachel Cooke sees the light

December 2018

  • Skin treatment, beautician squeezing pimples from face of young woman

    How I found light at the end of the very dark tunnel that acne plunged me into

    Simon Troeth
  • Pre-teen boy suffering from Acne<br>ADOLESCENT ACNE 13 ANS BASTIEN LAVALOU

    Genetic study of people with acne raises prospect of new treatment

September 2018

  • Kali Kushner without makeup: ‘There hasn’t been as much backlash as you would think.’

    ‘Pimples are in’ – the rise of the acne positivity movement

    From Justin Bieber to Lorde, celebrities and bloggers are going bare-faced on social media and opening up about skin problems. And with 25% of women over 30 experiencing acne, it’s not just a teenage affliction

March 2018

  • Acne problem.

    Seven ways
    Seven ways ... to manage acne

  • Justin Bieber thinks spots are cool

    Pass notes
    Justin Bieber spots a new fashion trend – pimples

November 2017

  • Woman with acne

    Dr Luisa Dillner's guides
    Have I got adult-onset acne – and do I need treatment?

    It’s often not taken particularly seriously, but acne affects 20% of women and can cause scarring in a fifth of those. But there are effective ways of treating it

July 2017

  • Woman, 89 years, talking to a nurse

    Dementia and Alzheimer’s main cause of death for women, says Public Health England

    Female life expectancy is now 83 years but many women will spend a quarter of their lives in ill-health, finds report

February 2017

  • Dr Bav Shergill - Consultant Dermatologist - with a red light shining on his face

    Heal thyself: meet the doctors living with the conditions they treat

    Would you be in safer hands if your doctor had the same illness as you? We hear from a dermatologist with a skin complaint, a psychiatrist with depression, an oncologist who survived cancer and a maternal fetal medicine specialist who couldn’t conceive. By Chris Broughton
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