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Pomona Sprout: "An excellent remedy for the more stubborn forms of acne, bubotuber pus. Should stop students resorting to desperate measures to rid themselves of pimples."
Hannah Abbott: "Like poor Eloise Midgen. She tried to curse hers off."
— Discussion of Eloise Midgen's acne[src]

Acne is an infection of the skin, caused by changes in the sebaceous glands which usually happen during puberty.[3]

History[]

Acne could be treated with a solution of Bubotuber pus.[2]

Acne was also a part of a Mandrake's maturing cycle; once their acne had cleared up they were ready for repotting and after that reach maturity.[4]

Eloise Midgen was known to have a bad case of acne[2] and many of her fellow students at Hogwarts School used her as the standard against which really bad acne was to be measured.[5]

The effects of the Dumbledore's Army parchment jinx were stated in a generalised manner to make severe acne "look like a couple of cute freckles".[6]

Moaning Myrtle was described as having a "spotty" face, suggesting that she suffered from acne when she died.

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Notes and references[]

  1. Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 7, Chapter 51 (A Simple Demonstration) - Defence Against the Dark Arts Lesson "Furnunculus"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 13 (Mad-Eye Moody)
  3. "Acne vulgaris" on Wikipedia
  4. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Chapter 13 (The Very Secret Diary)
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 17 (Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four)
  6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 27 (The Centaur and the Sneak)
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