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Comedo extraction
Method of acne treatment

Comedo extraction is a widely used method of treatment for acne vulgaris. A dermatologist or cosmetologist may extract blackheads (open comedones) using gentle pressure around the pore opening, and whiteheads (closed comedones) by incision with a large needle or a blade.

If performed skillfully, this treatment may be beneficial to the patient. Possible negative effects of the procedure include incomplete extraction, refilling, scarring and tissue damage. There are few articles describing the use of comedo extraction in peer-reviewed dermatology journals.[needs update] In one study in 1964 of extraction of non-inflamed whiteheads on patients' foreheads (the only study of the procedure cited in a 2007 literature review), the procedure reduced the number of future inflamed lesions and the recurrence rate of comedones, but worsened patients' inflamed cystic lesions.

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References

  1. Taub AF (September 2007). "Procedural treatments for acne vulgaris". Dermatologic Surgery. 33 (9): 1005–26. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33215.x. PMID 17760592. S2CID 24928883. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  2. Gollnick H, Cunliffe W, et al. (July 2003). "Management of acne". J Am Acad Dermatol. 49 (1): S1 – S37. doi:10.1067/mjd.2003.618. PMID 12833004. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  3. Gollnick H, Cunliffe W, et al. (July 2003). "Management of acne". J Am Acad Dermatol. 49 (1): S1 – S37. doi:10.1067/mjd.2003.618. PMID 12833004. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  4. Gollnick H, Cunliffe W, et al. (July 2003). "Management of acne". J Am Acad Dermatol. 49 (1): S1 – S37. doi:10.1067/mjd.2003.618. PMID 12833004. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  5. Taub AF (September 2007). "Procedural treatments for acne vulgaris". Dermatologic Surgery. 33 (9): 1005–26. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33215.x. PMID 17760592. S2CID 24928883. /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩

  6. Taub AF (September 2007). "Procedural treatments for acne vulgaris". Dermatologic Surgery. 33 (9): 1005–26. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33215.x. PMID 17760592. S2CID 24928883. (Citing Lowney E, Witkowski J, Simons H, Zagula Z (September 1964). "Value of comedo extraction in treatment of acne vulgaris". JAMA. 189 (13): 1000–2. doi:10.1001/jama.1964.03070130020005. PMID 14188876.) /wiki/Doi_(identifier) ↩