The Good Skin Doctor: A Dermatologist's Survival Guide to Beating Acne [Paperback]

Tony Chu (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 25, 1999

Acne is a common disorder affecting both teenagers and adults. This book dispels the myths and introduces treatments from antibiotics to acupuncture and explains why and when acne occurs. It looks at the emotional consequences of acne and offers sympathetic case histories.

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About the Author

Dr Tony Chu is a Senior Lecturer and Consultant Dermatologist at Hammersmith and Ealing Hospitals London. An acne sufferer himself, in 1990 he found the Acne Support Group. Anne Lovell is a board member of the group and Agony Aunt of Bella magazine. She is the author of three books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Thorsons (August 25, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0722536755
• ISBN-13: 978-0722536759
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,457,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great at telling me how acne occurs but is not a must buy, June 30, 2001

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Jacob Malewitz "areaderseye.blogspot.com" (Lansing, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Good Skin Doctor: A Dermatologist's Survival Guide to Beating Acne (Paperback)

This book is a great tool in telling you about acne and some of the myths around it, but it's not a must buy for acne sufferers. What this book did tell me was that acne was not something I had to live with. It can be stopped through medication, and this book was the final kick in the direction of seeing a dermatologist. For those of you who already know how it occurs, and a lot of the myths around acne, you may not need this but I would still recommend--there will be something in here you did not know before. For those of you who don't know much about acne I would definitely advise you to buy it.

The best thing that I got out of the book was pretty simple. Acne isn't neccesarily something you grow out of. Some people have it throughout there lives. There is no use in simply suffering through it thinking it it will eventually go away. Doing that risks permanent scarring of your face which may never go away. Treat it before the scarring becomes bad. This book pushed to see a dermatologist and get prescriptions for acne medication.

So in closing this book doesn't have the secrets to curing your acne(and it doesn't pretend it does) but the information in it is the best compilation of information on acne, it's causes, and it's treatments, that I know of. This review comes from a moderate acne sufferer who has had acne for the past 5 years.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend it!, October 14, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Good Skin Doctor: A Dermatologist's Survival Guide to Beating Acne (Paperback)

I am a licensed esthetician, and I love this book! It's small but packed with information on acne causes and treatments. I recommend it to clients, friends, other estheticians. This book has helped me many a time in my practice, as it gives me simple ways to explain things to my clients. Excellent (and not often heard) infomation on scarring and treatment modalities available for different types of scars. Written in an compassionate, straightforward manner... the way you would wish your doctor to talk to you!

7 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Good Skin Doctor, June 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Good Skin Doctor: A Dermatologist's Survival Guide to Beating Acne (Paperback)

I liked it because it didn't use all these technical terms like some of those books. THe advice it gave was good advice. I'm glad I got it and I already use it a lot.