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Why are doctors in europe doing the "low dose" acutane treatment and proving with scientific evidence it is effective for mild acne? true? false? :/
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True, see reference: Yes this has been shown to be effective. See http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmed/16546586.
Answered 7/29/2013
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