Tuesday, February 01, 2005
Vitamin B12 and rosacea / acne
Acneiform eruption due to "megadose" vitamins B6 and B12.
Abstract:
Cutis. 1991 Aug;48(2):119-20. Related Articles, Links
Acneiform eruption due to "megadose" vitamins B6 and B12.
Sherertz EF.
Department of Dermatology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
Medications and other exogenous factors are known to be capable of exacerbating acne or precipitating acneiform eruptions. This case illustrates an eruption resembling acne rosacea that was temporally associated with daily ingestion of high-dose B vitamin supplement. The eruption failed to respond to the usual treatment regimens for rosacea, but promptly improved when use of the vitamin supplement was discontinued.
Abstract:
Cutis. 1991 Aug;48(2):119-20. Related Articles, Links
Acneiform eruption due to "megadose" vitamins B6 and B12.
Sherertz EF.
Department of Dermatology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103.
Medications and other exogenous factors are known to be capable of exacerbating acne or precipitating acneiform eruptions. This case illustrates an eruption resembling acne rosacea that was temporally associated with daily ingestion of high-dose B vitamin supplement. The eruption failed to respond to the usual treatment regimens for rosacea, but promptly improved when use of the vitamin supplement was discontinued.
