Talk:Comedo

Merger proposal

 * Oppose-- There are two types of comedones so they deserve separate articles. Steelbeard1 (talk) 17:50, 4 November 2008 (UTC)
 * But they are both types of comedones, which together, would not be a large article? kilbad (talk) 08:32, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

I have removed the emrge tag from the pages as the discussion is moribund. Eluchil404 (talk) 05:05, 22 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose -- I also oppose this merge. Steelbeard1's concern is completely correct.  Merging two related articles, into a single article, is usually a mistake.  And it is much more of a mistake when the merge target implies conflation -- as it does in this particular case.  Geo Swan (talk) 15:42, 29 March 2009 (UTC)

Major re-working
This stub was mostly based on non-reliable sources such as about.com. It didn't deal with key issues for teenagers and others such as whether or not to squeeze them, and what causes them. I've expanded it and re-written based on reliable secondary and tertiary sources. No longer a stub in my opinion - I think it's a candidate for good enough for this topic. Hildabast (talk) 16:11, 9 June 2013 (UTC)

Wiktionary
I added the word noncomedogenic and explained it, and added a link to Wiktionary. Is there a particular way to use the Wiktionary in a WP article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hildabast (talk • contribs) 02:37, 13 June 2013 (UTC)
 * See Template:Wiktionary. Isheden (talk) 09:50, 14 June 2013 (UTC)


 * Thank you! 98.233.38.200 (talk) 11:01, 14 June 2013 (UTC)

Nevus com..
Hi - I'd overlooked one of the rare conditions I'd found and we've just had an editing conflict, but I need to quit for the night. So here's the bit:

Nevus comedonicus or comedo nevus is a benign hamartoma of the pilosebaceous unit around the oil-producing gland in the skin. It has widened open hair follicles with dark keratin plugs that resemble comedones.


 * Added this - and also found a mention of microcomedones on the Wikipedia acne page, linking back to this one. So I added an explanation and found an article on the development of comedones. Hildabast (talk) 12:25, 13 June 2013 (UTC)

Replace closeup of blackhead with anatomical "painting"?
I don't think the macro of the blackhead is helpful - there's no oxidized black top to see, and it's more a round plug than the typical secreted blackhead. I've drawn/painted a diagram of the anatomy of comedones. Even though it's not an electronically-designed graphic, I think it might potentially be more useful than the rather confusing macro shot. (I tried to find a good open access graphic, but I couldn't). Hildabast (talk) 21:08, 16 June 2013 (UTC)


 * OK, ignore this people - I've checked it with a dermatologist and I'm going to re-do this. Hildabast (talk) 23:27, 18 June 2013 (UTC)


 * James, I can't delete this from Wikimedia Commons - only an administrator can. Could you do it please, since I'm going to re-do it? (Hywel answered all my questions about miniscule details, and I'm going to give it another go to get this anatomically correct, rather than just do one of the artist's impression style ones like this.) Thanks! Hildabast (talk) 16:45, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Photos of types of comedones
These two websites have photos of all kinds of comedones (not open access though). Note they are also a source of info on a wide variety of unusual skin conditions. Should we put them as external links for seeing photos of the conditions mentioned in the article, or is there another way to handle this? New Zealand Dermatological Society (there's a WP page about them as an organization) and the Primary Care Dermatological Society of the UK. Hildabast (talk) 21:55, 16 June 2013 (UTC)

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