Editorial policy
How the guides on Skinli are researched and written, who writes them, and what they are not. Skin is a health topic, so this page is specific on purpose.
Updated 2026-10-24
Who writes the guides
Every guide and lesson on this site is written by Nick, who founded Skinli. He is not a doctor, a nurse, a dermatologist, or a pharmacist, and he has no medical training. That is why each guide says so under its title and links to his page. No guide on this site has been reviewed by a doctor or any other medical professional. If that changes, the guide will name the person who reviewed it and this page will say when the review happened.
What the guides are for
The guides explain what a treatment is, what the published evidence says about it, and which signs mean a person should stop reading and see a doctor. They are general education for someone who wants to understand their own skin. They are not a diagnosis, not a prescription, and not a treatment plan for any individual.
Which sources they are built from
Each guide is written from published sources, and the full list sits at the bottom of the guide so a reader can check every statement. The sources are health bodies and primary research: the American Academy of Dermatology, the UK National Health Service, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, MedlinePlus and the National Institutes of Health, peer-reviewed papers indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central, and, for anything about a specific drug, the approved product label on DailyMed and the rules in the US Code of Federal Regulations. Marketing pages, brand blogs, and forum posts are not used as sources for a factual claim.
What the guides will not do
A guide gives no dose, no strength, and no schedule for a prescription medicine, because that belongs to the person who prescribes it. Where a claim has no source behind it, the claim is left out rather than softened with a vague word. Where two good sources disagree, the guide gives both numbers and says who said what.
How a mistake gets corrected
If something on this site is wrong, it gets fixed on the page itself, not in a note somewhere else, and the guide's updated date changes so a reader can see it moved. Every change to the site is listed in public on the changelog. Skinli has not published a contact address yet, so there is no way to report a mistake by email at the moment. The contact page says what is and is not possible today.
The medical part
Skinli gives simple tips for skin with pimples. It is not a doctor. It cannot tell you what is wrong the way a doctor can. If your pimples hurt, are deep under the skin, are getting worse, or will not go away, see a doctor.