Abstract
The comedo is the initial, primary lesion of acne. It is an impaction of horn within sebaceous follicles. Comedones develop through the following stages.
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Plewig, G., Kligman, A.M. (1975). The Evolution of the Comedo. In: Acne. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-96246-2_5
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