Acne Zeno: Acne Zeno - Acne Alternative Treatment

ASC-J9(TM) demonstrated a clinical benefit in reducing inflammatory lesions compared to placebo at certain dosages and at multiple time points during the study, though the study was not powered for statistical significance. ASC will now focus on bolstering efficacy through a new formulation and intends on forming a co-development or licensing partnership for future clinical development and commercialization. Through enhancing androgen receptor protein degradation, ASC-J9(TM) represents the first topical agent directed at modulating the effect of androgens (male hormones), through the androgen receptor, a key causative factor in the pathogenesis of acne. More>>

As someone who made his living this past decade as a retoucher, I am in favor of full disclosure of retouching practices, and believe there should be more public awareness of same. I have no problem telling anyone I meet that 100% of the images they see in print have been retouched. Sometimes that just means that the levels and colors have been altered and sometimes it is 20-30 rounds result in what I like to call "frankenstein's monster images" like the Lucky cover used as an example in the editorial.

The question Epstein does not ask is this: What would this knowing do for us? If, on the table of contents page, where they credit the clothes, stylist, and photographer of the cover shot, they also showed the four un-retouched images, would that solve the problem? Would criminalizing this behavior so that all we would be allowed to publish would be photos-as-is, solve the problem? Should we mandate that only models who conform to national medians of height, weight, and ethnic makeup be allowed to be photographed? And what about celebrities? On the same day that Epstein's piece appeared, Kelly Clarkson was on Good Morning America promoting her new album, and when they showed the cover she said that she didn't really look that good, that they had "photoshopped" her. More>>