APC is a novel methionine-based zinc complex with antioxidants that has been used in acne as a nutritional supplement. This is based on the proven role of zinc and antioxidants in improving acne, specially the inflammatory lesions. The objectives of this study are to explore the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of APC in acne patients with mild to moderate facial acne vulgaris. In this explor...

Atrophic acne scarring is an unfortunate, permanent complication of acne vulgaris, which may be associated with significant psychological distress. General dermatologists are frequently presented with the challenge of evaluating and providing treatment recommendations to patients with acne scars. This article reviews a practical, step-by-step approach to evaluating the patient with atrophic acn...

Background and aim: Acne vulgaris is a chronic disease of pilosebaceous units which most commonly affects younger people. There are many different treatment modalities; each affects some mechanisms of acne pathogenesis. Systemic antibiotics are one of the most popular methods of treatment. In this study the efficacy of oral erythromycin was compared with doxycyclin in the treatment of mod...

Acne vulgaris yaitu penyakit kulit yang umum diderita orang-orang di seluruh dunia, bisa disebabakan oleh beberapa faktor genetik, hormonal, makanan, kosmetik, kondisi kulit, infeksi dan trauma. Saat ini mencuci wajah kualitas tidur mulai dianggap berpengaruh penelitian sebelumnya. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan dengan kejadian acne pada mahasiswa Akper Pemkab Ngawi. Metode: kua...

Acne vulgaris (AV) is the most common and multifactorial skin disease in adolescents affecting pilosebaceous unit that involves hormonal imbalance, increased sebum production, bacterial colonization, which causes both physical psychological disorders. Cutibacterium acnes considered one of key contributing factors even though many colonies are on healthy skin. induces lipogenesis production sebu...

one of the common chronic inflammatory skin diseases is acne vulgaris that affects up to 80% of a teen-age population. the progress of acne lesions is due to colonization of propionibacterium acnes (p .acnes) in hair follicles. treatment of acne includes topical or systemic therapy or combination therapy, with a tendency to perform topical therapy in mild to moderate acne. nanoemulsions, small ...

Acne (Acne vulgaris) is the most common disorder which a chronic inflammatory disease. That cause acne by one of bacteria staphylococcus epidermis. Moringa oleifera leaves contain flavonoid, alkaloid and phenolic compound have inhibit growth. The purpose study compression bacteriostatic ability extracts gel for formula that can fulfills physical properties good moringa leaves. were extracted wi...

Background: Acne, or acne vulgaris, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the pilosebaceous unit skin, can severely affect an individual’s social and psychological functioning, progressing into psychiatric morbidity including anxiety, depression, decreased self-esteem. The objective this study was to determine frequency Anxiety, Depression Low Self-esteem in patients with Acne Vulgaris visiting de...

Bacterial hypercolonization of the sebaceous follicle, especially with Propionibacterium acnes, has been considered as a major causative factor for acne vulgaris [1, 2]. In addition, it is widely accepted that inflammation in acne may be mainly mediated by an immunological reaction to extracellular products of P. acnes, such as sebum free fatty acids which are proposed to be products of triglyc...