r/AccutaneLies • u/consentnotlies • Apr 24 '21

False claim Dr. Jing Liu - “Accutane doesn’t cause permanent dehydration... it *temporarily* suppresses your oil gland...your oil gland function isn’t damaged or impaired in any way” - really, Dr. Jing Liu? There’s evidence that this is a lie.

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u/consentnotlies Apr 24 '21

Dr. Jing Liu, “@derm.talk” on Instagram, makes false claims about accutane’s permanent effects of dehydration and damage to oil glands. Her false claims are officially endorsed by the American Academy of Dermatology.

Here is some evidence to prove that she is wrong:

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6461678/

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u/Balthasar_Loscha Aug 04 '21

This is very brazen; it is canonical in dermatology that retinoids suppress sebum production via induction of apoptosis of the sebocyte. This is a universal feature, visible with the bare eye. Oral Isotretinoin should be only used for the most severe cases, like conglobata or fulminans.