A revolutionary treatment is overdue in Europe

For several months in the United States, a promising treatment against acne has been prescribed: clascoterone. But it is slow to arrive in Europe.

After several decades, this is the first real breakthrough against acne. Clascoterone, a promising treatment, has been prescribed for several months in the United States, but in Europe it is not known when this drug will be available.

“What is really promising with clascoterone is that it acts by a completely new mechanism on (the causes) of hormonal acne,” summarizes American dermatologist John Barbieri to AFP.

Since the end of 2021, American doctors have been able to prescribe this cream against acne, a skin disease from which it is very rare to escape during one’s life.

Acne, oily skin and pimples affect about three out of four teenagers. Many adults are also affected.

Faced with such a widespread disease, therapeutic innovations are rare, although research has recently progressed on other levels such as the effects of diet.

Before the appearance of clascoterone, anti-acne treatments had not registered any novelty for almost 40 years, according to 20 Minutes.

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