a survey of the effects of low-dose dapsone plus folic acid in cystic acne

forty-six cases of patients suffering from acne cystica (conglobata) were treated by low-dose dapsone plus folic acid (1 mg/day). this study has been performed on patients that had no response to other treatments. several essential and careful tests and examinations were performed on patients before and during treatment. ten patients of 46 above-mentioned cases were excluded from treatment protocol, because of the reasons that have been mentioned in this article. in 33 cases of 36 patients that recieved the treatment, the cystic lesions were disappeared without any exception and had satisfactory response to treatment.