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Acne is caused by poor hygiene and eating fatty foods.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that acne is caused by poor hygiene and eating fatty foods?

Partly. One review reports studies associating fatty and fried food intake with acne, partially supporting the diet half of the claim, while a skeptics discussion states that no one really knows what causes acne and a hidradenitis suppurativa source denies a hygiene cause for that separate condition. Nothing retrieved settles the hygiene half of the claim for acne vulgaris.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 1 source for, 2 against · Last checked

The private library was unavailable for some searches in this check. Missing library results are not evidence against the claim.

Evidence for · 1
Impact of Diet and Nutrition in Patients with Acne Vulgaris -
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Impact of Diet and Nutrition in Patients with Acne Vulgaris - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16101476

Evidence against · 2
HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA
2026
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Muthuraman, M. K., abdulla, A. a. a., & Shaheer, M. (2026). HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20034421

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Do oily foods have any effect on acne?
2011
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Do oily foods have any effect on acne?. (2011). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/7202/do-oily-foods-have-any-effect-on-acne

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