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Transgender adolescents and acne: A cases series
Author(s) -
CamposMuñoz Lucía,
LópezDe Lara Diego,
RodríguezRojo Marina L.,
CondeTaboada Alberto,
LópezBran Eduardo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/pde.13448
Subject(s) - transgender , medicine , acne , series (stratigraphy) , family medicine , dermatology , psychology , psychoanalysis , paleontology , biology
Abstract We describe the difficulties of treating acne in a series of female‐to‐male transgender adolescents, including concerns about potential hepatotoxicity with concomitant use of testosterone with isotretinoin or tetracyclines. Acne is a foreseeable adverse effect of testosterone treatment in transgender adolescents, so monitoring for acne is advised. The treatment of acne in transgender adolescents is important given that severe acne and transgenderism are associated with higher rates of depression and suicide.