Endocrine Abstracts

Guidelines recommend hormonal treatment in severe acne, in forms of acne with no response to standard therapeutical options, in women with proved hyperandrogenism. Hormonal therapy for acne includes oral contraceptives; anti-androgens, such as cyproterone acetate, spironolactone and flutamide; low-dose glucocorticoids and gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists.In daily practice there are many cases with moderate to severe forms of acne, in young women w...