Oily skin: An overview

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 227-235

  Sakuma, Thais H ^a,b   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Oily skin; Sebaceous gland; Sebum; Skin care

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA ANDROSTAN 3 ONE; ABSORBENT; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SMAD7 PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SQUALENE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UBIDECARENONE;

ACNE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ASIAN; CACAO; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMEDO; DIET RESTRICTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ETHNICITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; HYDRATION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; KERATINOCYTE; LIPOGENESIS; MEDICAL DEVICE; MILK; NONHUMAN; OILY SKIN; OILY SKIN IMPACT SCALE; OILY SKIN SELF ASSESSMENT SCALE; OILY SKIN SELF IMAGE QUESTIONNAIRE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBACEOUS GLAND HYPERPLASIA; SEBUM; SEBUM SECRETION; SEBUMETER; SKIN CARE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRATUM CORNEUM; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 84862503105     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338978     Document Type: Review

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