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There Might Soon Be A Vaccine To Prevent Acne

Incredible.

Future generations might never have to cover their face in lemon juice, toothpaste, and all many of effectively useless home remedies to banish acne, because scientists are making headway on a vaccine that could eliminate the skin problem once and for all.

Hoorah. Hope really does springfrom the darkest petri dish in the lab.

The details behind how the vaccine works are pretty technical, with researchers at the University of California San Diegohaving identified a strand of bacteria that contributes tothecondition.

As an aside, it's worth noting that a whole realm of different factors are to blame forflare-ups, which is why doctors are generally clueless about how to resolve the issue. No offense.

Still, lead researcher Eric C. Huang has waded in with a shard of optimismtoAllure:

"Acne is caused, in part, by P. acnes bacteria that are with you your whole life — and we couldn’t create a vaccine for the bacteria because, in some ways, P. acnes are good for you. But we found an antibody to a toxic protein that P. acnes bacteria secrete on skin — the protein is associated with the inflammation that leads to acne."

If you're already thinking about rushing off to your GP to demandthe vaccine,the studyisstillin itsearly stages,with the product itselfunlikely to hit shelvesfor at least the next two years.

Boo.

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