If there is one word guaranteed to strike dread into the heart of a teenager, it has to be acne. As children grow closer to puberty, there are anxious glances in the mirror. Has it come? Will it come? Will I be able to bear it when it comes? There are myths and legends, each new generation reinventing the same terrible warnings of doom as the biological clock ticks on. Everyone is at risk. Who will be first? For a condition that is not a disease, it inspires the level of fear associated with an epidemic likely to wipe intelligent life off the face of the planet. It is as if, somehow, a natural part of growing up has been redefined as a major life crisis. Worse, people can only survive this crisis by the application of science and the consumption of some fairly powerful drugs. Money, sometimes in considerable… Read More…