63% of both comedo and skin surface lipids. However, for the comedo, 90% of this sum was free fatty acids compared with only 25% for surface lipid. This implies that triglycerides in comedo lipids are nearly completely hydrolyzed but only 25% hydrolyzed in surface lipids. GLC patterns of the free fatty acids were almost identical for both surface and comedo lipids in all 3 subjects except for slightly more unsaturated acids in surface lipids. For comedo and surface lipids respectively, wax esters were 14% and 24%, sterol esters 4% and 2%, free cholesterol 12% and 2%, and squalene 8% and 9%. Absence of free alcohols and constancy of GLC composition of the entire wax ester fraction indicated it was not hydrolyzed in either surface or comedo lipids. GLC composition of the entire sterol ester fraction from comedones indicated that the fatty acids were derived from epidermis and sebum.Top of page
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