How does Benzoyl Peroxide fight acne?

2025-10-30

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#127 Rebroadcast If you've ever had acne, you've probably tried some creams or washes with "benzoyl peroxide" somewhere on the label. How is it that this specific ingredient is helpful for fighting acne? What is happening at the molecular level when we apply some benzoyl peroxide to our acne? Let's find out! References from this episode https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3791156/ https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(81)70004-5/pdf https://youtu.be/_Mlv2Q_HiM0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537220/ ...

#127 Rebroadcast

If you've ever had acne, you've probably tried some creams or washes with "benzoyl peroxide" somewhere on the label. How is it that this specific ingredient is helpful for fighting acne? What is happening at the molecular level when we apply some benzoyl peroxide to our acne? Let's find out!

References from this episode

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3791156/
https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(81)70004-5/pdf
https://youtu.be/_Mlv2Q_HiM0
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537220/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21076800/
https://www-sciencedirect-com.libproxy.library.unt.edu/topics/neuroscience/benzoyl-peroxide
https://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/education/resources/highschool/chemmatters/issues/2016-2017/December%202016/chemmatters-dec2016-acne.pdf
https://youtu.be/KrMbwDil1hc
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC171487/pdf/aac00071-0086.pdf
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697687/#jde13996-bib-0006
https://youtu.be/IyxTc0iZ6V8?t=1066s
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5697687/#jde13996-bib-0006