Since Mike Piazza has back acne, a sportswriter claimes that he has used steroids03.02.2012Some persons try to use any method, when they intend to accuse an athlete in steroid use. Sometimes the methods which are applied display even lack of any intelligence in these individuals. For example, Murray Chass, an American sportswriter, continues to confirm that Mike Piazza and Barry Bonds take steroids because they have acne. However it is known that acne may be a side effect of anabolic steroids, there are numerous people that have never taken these preparations but they experience this trouble. Although acne is claimed to be a quite frequent adverse reaction that occurs in consumers of steroids, it is impossible to conclude that a person uses steroids, since he\she has this problem.
Howard Megdal interviewed numerous dermatologists asking them whether it was reasonable to claim about intake of steroids by a person that had acne or not. It is not surprisingly at all that the specialists claim that this method is not effective for detection of steroid users.
The dermatologist Jennifer Goldwasser said in a telephone interview that she treated persons with this condition almost each day. It is a usual thing in her practice. The specialist noted that an extremely small percentage of people that address to her in order to escape from acne were consumers of steroids.
The physician Eric Schweiger, a dermatologist from Manhattan, also shared with his experience. He mentioned that many grown-ups and adolescences had acne. When this expert was asked about number of adolescence whom he saw on steroids, he answered that not many of them.
The physician Ira Davis, a Staten Island dermatologist, said that Piazza could have back acne because he wore heavy uniforms.
The doctor Schweiger confirmed that 10-20 % of males in Piazza's age had the same problem. Moreover, the specialist added that sportspersons were likely to experience this problem than the common population that was not involved in trainings and in sports.
Chass Murray assures that physical changes in Barry Bounds would be used as an evidence of steroid use by this athlete. |
