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Show Facts About Acne, Pimples Although the various methods of treatment help many cases of acne (pimples), the actual cause of acne is not fully known. Because it occurs oc-curs at or near the age of puberty, most physicians believe that acne is in some way connected with the changes in the glands which causes boys and girls to emerge into men and women. In the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology, Endo-crinology, Dr. Hamilton, Yale medical medi-cal school, reports results in cases where he was able to bring on acne in certain individuals. He found that giving the hormone or extract of the male sex gland to boys who had not reached puberty, some of them developed blackheads, pimples, pim-ples, with and without pus formation. forma-tion. When the treatment with the sex hormone was stopped, the pimples pim-ples became smaller and disappeared. disap-peared. When given again, the pimples pim-ples returned. This does not mean that this gland extract is the only factor entering en-tering into the cause of acne as diet, heredity, and infection may also be factors. However, despite other factors, the pimples appeared only when the sex hormone was given. giv-en. "There seems to be something in this male hormone substance that stimulates the sebaceous or oil glands of the skin." For this reason, Dr. Hamilton suggests sug-gests that as there is some relation between the thyroid gland the master mas-ter gland of the body and the sex glands, there 'is logical reason for the use of desiccated thyroid gland extract in cases of acne at the time of puberty. The thyroid extract checks any excess of oil pouring out from the oil glands on the skin and stimulates the skin cells to a more normal activity. The thyroid extract ex-tract stimulates all the body processes proc-esses and therefore the skin. Excellent Ex-cellent results have been obtained by using viosterol by mouth and also by the use of injections of pituitary pitui-tary extract. As with all ext; acts, this should be done under supervision supervi-sion of a physician. |