Sebaceous glands are essential for maintaining the structure and function of the skin. In a process known as holocrine secretion, cells in the periphery of the gland accumulate large amounts of lipid ...

Sebum is the number one enemy of human skin. That’s what dermatologist Dr. Rachael Eckel of The Skin Health Institute in Trinidad and Medical Advisor for ZO Skin Health believes, since excess sebum is ...

Here we have developed a novel method of culturing human sebocytes without transformation and using a feeder layer-free culture system to examine the role of the TGFβ pathway in the control of ...

Zoe D. Draelos, MD, from Duke University, notes that clascoterone cream's unique sebum reduction mechanism provides effective, highly tolerable, and core acne treatment. The first episode of the ...

The pursuit of healthier, fuller hair often leads people to explore various products, treatments, and practices, but there’s a key natural element that’s frequently overlooked, scalp oils. Sebum, the ...

Treating obese mice with the cytokine known as TSLP led to significant abdominal fat and weight loss compared to controls. The animal model findings support the possibility that increasing sebum ...