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ArticleDermatology online journal2026

Hidden harms of home pore extractors: A call for caution in the age of at-home dermatologic devices.

Dora Ryan Goldstein, Zaryab Alam, Kritin K Verma, Justin Raman, F Andrew Pirtle, Daniel P Friedmann, Michelle B Tarbox

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Article in Dermatology online journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Dora Ryan GoldsteinPaul L. Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Science Center El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.
Zaryab AlamTexas A&M University College of Medicine, Dallas, TX, USA.
Kritin K VermaTexas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Justin RamanDepartment of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
F Andrew PirtleDepartment of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Daniel P FriedmannWestlake Dermatology Clinical Research Center, Westlake Dermatology & Cosmetic Surgery, Austin, TX, USA.
Michelle B TarboxDepartment of Dermatology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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at-home dermatologic devicesnegative pressure injurypatient educationpharmacovigilancevacuum pore extractors

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PMID42522536

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