Acne vulgaris is a complicated disease. It is primarily caused by dead skin, excessive sebum, and bacteria proliferation, all of which clogs hair follicles. The nature of this disease can start as comedone acne that affects young children, which progress into inflammatory acne in adolescent. The disease can persist into adulthood and is even reported to affect those 40 years of age. In adulthoo...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical characteristics and epidermal barrier function of papulopustular rosacea by comparing with acne vulgaris. METHODS Four hundred and sixty-three papulopustular rosacea patients and four hundred and twelve acne vulgaris patients were selected for the study in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from March 2015 to May 2016. They were analyzed for major ...

Sebum production is thought to play a major role in acne vulgaris in adolescents. Psychological stress may exacerbate acne; however, it is not known whether the perceived association between stress and acne exacerbation is due to increased sebum production. The aims of this study were to determine: (i) if psychological stress in adolescents is associated with increased sebum production; and (ii...

INTRODUCTION Although acne vulgaris is common in adolescents, information on their understanding of acne is minimal. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the perceptions and beliefs of Saudi youth on acne. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred twenty-nine male students (aged 13-22 years) from 6 secondary schools in the Eastern Saudi Arabia completed a self-reported questionnaire on knowledge, causation, ex...

evidence acquisition a wide variety of treatment regimens exist for acne vulgaris including benzoil peroxide, retinoids, isotretinoids, keratolytic soaps, alpha hydroxy acids, azelaic acid, salicilic acid as well as hormonal, anti-androgen or antiseborrheic treatments. however, none of these methods is free of side effects and their exact role in therapy is not clear. in this paper apart from p...

BACKGROUND Acne is a very common skin condition during adolescence and adulthood. Patients with uterovaginal agenesis (Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser syndrome, MRKH) treated at the Tübingen University Center for Rare Female Genital Malformations, however, clinically appeared to be less frequently affected by acne. The etiology of MRKH syndrome remains unknown. The only known MRKH-associated mut...

OBJECTIVES This study sought to determine the efficacy and safety profile of calcium hydroxylapatite filler in the treatment of acne scars. METHODS Ten subjects with a variety of acne scars were treated with calcium hydroxylapatite filler. RESULTS Saucerized acne scars responded to treatment; ice-pick scars did not. Results lasted, at least to some degree, for 12 months after treatment. No ...

Acne is a common skin disorder of teenagers and continues into adulthood. Research has been limited regarding acne prevalence, perception and health care utilization in Saudi Arabia. The objective of this study was to assess acne prevalence in final year female medical students in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia using the global acne grading system (GAGS) compared with student’s self-report of their acne....

Acne is the most common disease treated by dermatologists based upon data from the 1996 U.S. Census. The lifetime prevalence of acne approaches 90%. Acne vulgaris is a chronic disease with the highest prevalence in adolescents. The onset of acne vulgaris occurs during the onset of puberty, which is at a younger chronological age in females than in males. Both females and males have acne that ex...

Acne vulgaris is an extremely common disease with numerous disease associations, but it is unclear what causes the normal pilosebaceous unit to turn into an inflamed acne lesion. The bacterium Propionibacterium acnes normally lives within the pilosebaceous unit, yet many studies over the last 50 years support a role for this organism in acne pathogenesis. While the specific role of P. acnes is ...