Editorial policy

Acne Cut publishes plain-language information about acne and skin. This page explains who publishes it, how the articles are produced, and what we will and will not do. If anything here does not match what you find on the site, we want to know.

Who publishes Acne Cut

Acne Cut is an independent publication. It is not owned by, funded by, or affiliated with any skincare brand, pharmacy, clinic, or retailer. Nobody pays to appear here, and no brand has editorial input or approval over anything we publish.

Articles appear under the site’s name, Acne Cut, rather than individual bylines. Nobody who publishes this site is a dermatologist, doctor, nurse, or pharmacist, and we do not claim credentials we do not hold. That is why we do not give medical advice.

How our articles are produced

Articles on this site are drafted with AI assistance and checked against a fixed editorial standard before publication. Some of those checks are automated. No article is written or reviewed by a dermatologist or any other clinician. We think readers are entitled to know that, so we are saying it plainly rather than leaving it to be inferred.

The standard every article is held to:

• No medical advice. We do not diagnose, we do not recommend prescription treatment or give doses, and we do not promise results or put a timeline on clear skin. We describe what published research and health bodies say, and we point you to a doctor or pharmacist for anything about your own skin.
• No invented figures or studies. We do not publish statistics, study results, or percentages we cannot trace to a source you can check.
• No fabricated expertise. We do not invent authors, credentials, medical reviewers, or testimonials, and we never describe an article as dermatologist-approved.
• Sources named. Health claims are attributed to named sources, such as the American Academy of Dermatology’s guidelines, the NHS, and peer-reviewed research indexed in PubMed, so you can read the original rather than take our word for it.
• Honest about uncertainty. Where the evidence is mixed or thin, the article says so instead of picking the tidier answer.

Where the site is today

Most articles published before October 2026 do not yet list the sources behind them, so they fall short of the standard above. We are rewriting them one at a time, at their existing addresses, so that each one names its sources and shows when it was last updated. Until an article lists its sources, please treat it as a starting point rather than a reference.

Why use AI at all?

Because it lets a small independent publication cover the subject thoroughly and keep pages current. It does not change what we are willing to publish. The rules above exist precisely because AI drafting makes it easy to produce a lot of text quickly, and volume without accuracy is worth nothing to someone trying to make a decision about their own skin.

Advertising

This site carries advertising served by third-party networks. Ads are not endorsements: we do not choose which advertisers appear, and an ad beside an article says nothing about the article. Advertisers do not see articles before publication. See the privacy policy for how advertising cookies work.

Corrections

If a statement is wrong, a source has been superseded, or a link is broken, tell us through the contact page with the article and what is incorrect. Corrections are made to the article itself, and the article’s “last updated” date changes when its content changes. We never change a publication date to make an article look newer.

The short version

Acne Cut is an independent publisher, not a clinic. Our articles are drafted with AI assistance and held to rules about sources and claims. We do not invent numbers or credentials. Nothing here is medical advice, and none of it replaces talking to a doctor or pharmacist who can see your skin.