Acne conglobata is an uncommon and severe, inflammatory form of acne vulgaris that is characterized by interconnecting abscesses, draining sinus tracts, and severe disfigurement. We present a case of a 26-year-old female with a past medical history of mild acne that suddenly developed many papules, pustules, and fluctuant nodules on her face and back after pregnancy that was consistent with a d...

Kirinyuh (Chromolaena odorata) merupakan tanaman yang memiliki kandungan senyawa kimia seperti flavonoid, saponin, alkaloid, tannin, steroid dan fenol berfungsi sebagai antibakteri. Daun kirinyuh dapat digunakan antibakteri untuk menghambat pertumbuhan Propionibacterium acne Staphylococcus aureus bakteri penyebab jerawat. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui daya hambat perasan daun terhadap dii...

In an inherited genetic hypersensitivity, normai levels of androgens may cause cosmetic disturbances or even dermatologica! diseases: acne and alopecia. The cosmetic dermatologist is called for help. Androgenetic stimulation leads to increased levels of sebum, to an imbalance of lipids on the skin surface, to follicular hyperkeratosis and, finally, to the fonnation of comedones. In those patien...

A cross-sectional, community-based study was performed to determine the prevalence and severity of acne vulgaris in adolescents and of factors influencing the acne severity risk. The presence of acne was clinically determined and the secondary outcome measures of family acne history and the relation of acne to nutrition habits, emotional stress, menstruation, and smoking were recorded in a ques...

Acne is a common disease especially among teenagers. It has a considerable psychological impact on affected individuals. The aim of this paper was to assess if the effect of acne on acne-related quality of life is correlated to acne clinical severity. 112 university female students attending the university medical clinics with acne complaints were examined. Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) ...

Acne vulgaris is a common skin condition in adolescents. The prevalence of acne is thought to vary between ethnic groups and countries. A large-scale community-based study was performed in six cities in China to determine the prevalence and possible risk factors for acne in the Chinese population. A total of 17,345 inhabitants were included in this study. Of these, 1,399 were found to have acne...

Skin disorders such as acne, which have significant cosmetic implications, can affect the self-perception of cutaneous body image. There are many scales which measure self-perception of cutaneous body image. We evaluated the use of a simple Cutaneous Body Image (CBI) scale to assess self-perception of body image in a sample of young Arab patients affected with acne. A total of 70 patients with ...

BACKGROUND Acne vulgaris can severely affect social and psychological functioning. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of acne vulgaris and its severity on Quality of Life of young adolescents in Greece. METHODS We conducted a questionnaire based survey among 1560 adolescent between the ages of 11 and 19 years old and 1531 of these were completed. Adolescents with ...

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. results we found out that 24.1% of patients without melasma had post-acne pigmen...