SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — The market for acne treatments is simultaneously oversaturated and sorely lacking. There are the mainstays, of course — the Proactivs and Clean & Clears of the skin care world. There are the new kids on the block, the Glossier zit sticks and K-beauty toners and manuka honey face masks. And there are the solutions that require a trip to the dermatologist, like generic Accutane and antibiotics.
But there could one day be a new option in the acne treatment arsenal: microscopic bacteria and viruses.
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What a fabulous idea! We’ve been hearing for years about GI studies using bacteria to heal inflammatory disease – why not the skin?