Smartphone's "acne-cured application" has no effect, the Federal Trade Commission issued a statement

The iPhone and Android smartphones are strengths that various applications are offered and it is possible to do more than the feature phone, but the US Federal Trade Commission has issued a statement to the application that says "acne will heal".

FTC: No, your smartphone can not heal acne | ITworld


According to the IT-related information site "ITworld" reported, the FTC (the Federal Trade Commission for Foreign Trade Commission) announced a statement saying "There is no such effect" for the two types of applications that "acne will heal" That's right.

This announcement was announced for "Acne Pwne" sold for $ 0.99 (about 76 yen) for Android and "AcneApp" sold for iPhone at $ 1.99 on the iTunes Store (about 153 yen) There are 2 types, the former is downloaded by 3300 people, the latter by 11,100 users.

The developer of "AcneApp" explained that the application is "an application developed by a dermatologist", and explained how to use "activate the application and direct the light of the display to the skin". As a specific effect, "I removed the acne causing the acne and reduce the roughness of the skin by 76%", but the FTC denied the effect.

FTC seeks $ 14,294 (about 1.1 million yen) for developers of "AcneApp" and about 1,700 dollars (about 130,000 yen) for developers of "Acne Pwne".