{"id":5443,"date":"2010-01-15T18:37:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/can-an-iphone-app-clear-up-your-acne-discoblog\/"},"modified":"2010-01-15T18:37:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T18:37:27","slug":"can-an-iphone-app-clear-up-your-acne-discoblog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/can-an-iphone-app-clear-up-your-acne-discoblog.php","title":{"rendered":"Can an iPhone App Clear up Your Acne? | Discoblog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5885\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0e3c7_acne-app1.jpg\" alt=\"acne-app\" width=\"220\" height=\"311\" align=\"left\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\">A Texas doctor claims that you can now kill your acne while you chat on the phone with your friends. Houston dermatologist Greg Pearson says that his AcneApp, available at Apple&rsquo;s app store for $1.99, is a great way to clear your mug of unseemly spots.<\/p><p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxhouston.com\/dpp\/news\/weird\/100112-iphone-app-acne\">Fox TV, Houston<\/a> reports:<\/p><blockquote><p>The AcneApp emits alternating bursts of red and blue light from the iPhone&rsquo;s screen. All users have to do is run the program then hold the phone up to their faces.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Dr. Pearson says the phone needs to be held to the face for about two minutes a day, and callers have to remember to switch sides for maximum benefit. He isn&rsquo;t quite sure of the results, and he can&rsquo;t promote the app&rsquo;s medical benefits because it hasn&rsquo;t been FDA-approved. Nevertheless, Pearson <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myfoxhouston.com\/dpp\/news\/weird\/100112-iphone-app-acne\">told Fox TV<\/a> that the app has been designed with &ldquo;some science&rdquo; in mind.<\/p><p><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/12\/31\/fashion\/31Skinbox.html?_r=1\"><span><\/span>The New York Times<\/a><\/em> explains how the app is supposed to work:<\/p><blockquote><p>The AcneApp emits an alternating blue (antibacterial) and red (anti-inflammatory) light technology, believed to kill bacteria associated with acne and promote healing, and even act on wrinkles by stimulating collagen growth.<\/p><\/blockquote><p>Dr. Pearson also claims that light treatments have been shown to be more effective in treating acne than over-the-counter meds.<\/p><p>Discoblog claims that without any testing of the light&rsquo;s wavelength, intensity, duration, coverage, and orientation, it&rsquo;s a laughable attempt to sell a snake oil iPhone app. But give him points for creativity.<\/p><p>Related Content:<br>Discoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2010\/01\/13\/true-crime-real-time-live-streaming-mugshots-to-your-iphone\/\">True Crime, Real Time: Live Streaming Mug Shots To Your iPhone<br><\/a>Discoblog: <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovermagazine.com\/discoblog\/2009\/12\/17\/texting-and-walking-made-easy-with-iphone-app\/\">Texting and Walking Made Easy With iPhone App<\/a><\/p><p><em>Image: AcneApp<br><\/em><\/p><p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/4sVOZqUnxeKy1w_6ssZ4qXlVU14\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0e3c7_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><br><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/4sVOZqUnxeKy1w_6ssZ4qXlVU14\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0e3c7_di\" border=\"0\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/0e3c7_X5t6NCmd-nU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas doctor claims that you can now kill your acne while you chat on the phone with your friends. Houston dermatologist Greg Pearson says that his AcneApp, available at Apple&rsquo;s app store for $1.99, is a great way to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/astronomy\/can-an-iphone-app-clear-up-your-acne-discoblog.php\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}