Acne from the adolescent patient’s beliefs and misconceptions
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چکیده
Objective: The purpose of this review was to present an overview how teenagers and young adults understand perceive acne its risk factors. quality life self-esteem may be substantially impacted by acne. Acne vulgaris (acne) is a common chronic skin disease affects over 90% worldwide, multifactorial condition characterized comedo formation, changes in the pattern keratinization inside pilosebaceous follicles, increase androgen-influenced sebum production, Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) growth, development perifollicular inflammation. oily secretion sebaceous glands known as sebum, which contains wax esters, sterol cholesterol, di- triglycerides, squalene, gives shiny appearance widely have significant role Despite being common, there are numerous misunderstandings about that shared general population, patients, even health care professionals.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Health Sciences (IJHS)
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2550-6978', '2550-696X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.53730/ijhs.v6ns4.10407