BACKGROUND Treatment of acne is an important issue for reducing the cosmetic and psychological burden of disease. Regarding the inflammatory effect of LT-B4 in acne lesions and action mechanism of Montelukast, this study was performed to determine the efficacy of Montelukastin acne treatment comparison with doxycycline. MATERIALS AND METHODS In a randomized clinical trial that was performed i...

Introduction-Acne vulgaris or simply (acne) is a common dermatological problem. It is caused due to Propionibacterium acnes. Oral antibiotics are the widely administered effective drugs, which are prescribed as systemic therapy for treatment of moderate to severe acne vulgaris. Azithromycin is one of the antibiotics that have been recently used for acne treatment. There are several protocols of...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Post-acne scarring is a common and well-known sequelae of acne vulgaris. We aim to study the impact of post-acne scarring on the quality of life (QOL) among young adults in Singapore. SETTINGS AND DESIGN This was a non-interventional prospective study. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients aged 21-40 years with atrophic and hypertrophic acne scars who attended the Nationa...

BACKGROUND Acne is a chronic disease of the pilosebaceous unit that mainly affects adolescents. It is the most common dermatological problem, affecting approximately 80% of teenagers between 12 and 18 years of age. Diagnosis is clinical and is based on the patient's age at the time the lesions first appear, and on its polymorphism, type of lesions, and their anatomical location. The right treat...

Acne is a common disease in Westernized nations, particularly among adolescents and young adults. Acne has substantial effects on quality of life, making treatment essential. Medical nutrition therapy as a potential treatment for acne is not new, although the literature examining diet and acne during the past 100 years is mixed. During the late 1800s and early 1900s, diet was commonly used as a...

INTRODUCTION Acne vulgaris is a pilosebaceous gland disease that usually affects people from puberty to young adulthood. It is seen especially on the face, neck, trunk and arms. Its severity differs from patient to patient and its pathogenesis is multifactorial. The main pathogenic factors of acne are high sebaceous gland secretion, follicular hyperproliferation, high androgen effects, propioni...

BACKGROUND Although, melasma is most prevalent among Asian young women, and also darkly pigmented individuals are particularly prone to developing post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, to the best of our knowledge, there are rare or no studies about the association of melasma and Post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to investigate how likely is a melasma pa...

BACKGROUND Vitamin D plays an important role in the immune system, and its deficiency has been implicated in various skin diseases, including atopic dermatitis and psoriasis. Acne is a common inflammatory skin disease; however, the association with vitamin D remains unclear. OBJECTIVES We evaluated vitamin D levels in patients with acne to determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation. ...

Background: The studies on Acne vulgaris conducted in many parts of the world show that it is very common in adolescents but little is known from Nepal. Objectives: To assess knowledge and attitude regarding Acne vulgaris among school students. Methods and Materials: This was a descriptive study conducted among 100 students of class 9 & 10 of Kumudini Homes Higher Secondary School, Pokhara, Nep...

Acne vulgaris as an inflammatory disease, with an excessive production of subdermal fat, modifies the dynamics of the bloodstream, and consequently temperature, on the affected skin zone. A high percentage of this heat interchange is manifested as electromagnetic radiation with far-infrared wavelengths, which can be captured through a thermal imaging camera. A technique based on thermal image a...