comedolysis
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]comedolysis (uncountable)
- (medicine) The disintegration of comedones.
- 1973, Harry Beckman, The Year Book of Drug Therapy:
- In comedolysis, stimulation of epithelial turnover leads to an increased production of loose horny cells which no longer stick tightly together.
- 1999, Alternatives to Laboratory Animals: ATLA.:
- As a result, comedogenesis, comedolysis and bacterial load can be accurately quantified.
- 2006, United States Pharmacopeial Convention, USP DI: United States Pharmacopeia Dispensing Information:
- The medication also has some keratolytic effect, which produces comedolysis as well as drying and desquamative actions that contribute to its efficacy.
- 2007, Guy F. Webster, Anthony V. Rawlings, Acne and Its Therapy, CRC Press, →ISBN:
- All of the above factors demonstrate that comedolysis is retinoid-specific, not simply secondary to desquamation.
- 2011, Bahman Guyuron, Brian M. Kinney, Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Video Atlas E Book, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 14:
- Salicylic acid peels are therefore preferred for patients wishing comedolysis as part of acne treatment or for patients wishing to remove retained hairs and other debris from within the pore.