RESULTS OF TREATMENT OF ACNE VULGARIS BY INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS OF VITAMIN A

1 October 1951

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology

Vol. 64 (4) , 428-430
https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1951.01570100045006

Abstract

SINCE Straumfjord¹reported that the daily administration of 100,000 I. U. of vitamin A for periods of nine to 18 mo. resulted in the disappearance or the improvement of the lesions in all but three of 100 cases of acne vulgaris, vitamin A has occupied a prominent place in the treatment of that disease. Saunders²found that 100,000 units of vitamin A taken daily for chronic sinusitis cleared the acne vulgaris on his back in six months. Recurrence was noted after four months when vitamin A was stopped. The vitamin therapy was started again, and in three months the back was clear once more. Obermayer and Frost³were less enthusiastic but stated that vitamin A therapy is undoubtedly of benefit in the handling of some forms of acne vulgaris while others do not seem influenced by it. It seems that acne which is characterized by prominent follicular

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