Journal
PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY
Volume 39, Issue 3, Pages 376-378Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/pde.14842
Keywords
acne; aquagenic acne; photography; rebound; sebum; swim; swimmer
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- institutional Stern Grant
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Swimmers with acne did not experience significant decreases in sebum levels or shine measurements after swimming, while swimmers without acne did. Swimming may remove more superficial sebum, leaving swimmers susceptible to both dry skin and acne simultaneously.
Swimmers often complain of dry skin, consistent with decreased skin sebum levels, and yet may also have acne, which is commonly related to elevated sebum levels. Sixteen adolescent swimmers with and without acne were enrolled to examine two markers of facial sebum levels before and after 1 hour of swimming. Swimmers with acne did not have significant decreases in their sebum levels or shine measurements after swimming, whereas swimmers without acne did. Overall, swimming may remove superficial sebum more than follicular sebum and therefore leave swimmers subject to both dry skin and acne simultaneously.
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