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 ...

Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter "Shampooing removes sebum or oil that normally coats the hair shaft," Dr. Brendan Camp, a dermatologist at New York’s ...