Assessment of Sociodemographic and Clinical Features in Patients with Adolescent and Post-adolescent Acne

Predictors of Quality of Life in Adults and Adolescents with Acne

“…Further, our study on severity demonstrated no difference between the adolescent and the adult patient groups, which is comparable with findings by other investigators. [ 28 35 ] Although our median total DLQI scores showed no statistically significant differences between mild, moderate, and severe acne in the adult group, the severity in the adolescent group enhanced the DLQI scores. It is believed that in the adolescent population, acne is a more frequent complaint than in an adult group.…”

“…Acne is a dermatologic condition typically linked with the adolescent population, but the incident is increasing rapidly among adults, especially in women. [ 26 27 ] There are only a few reported studies[ 28 29 ] that compared the sociodemographic and clinical features of adolescent and adult patients among the Turkey population, and none of the studies evaluated adult and adolescent patients with a specific focus on DLQI. In general, the demographic and clinico-social history discussed below, negatively impacted the prevalence and severity of acne among the adolescent and adult populations, as reported by earlier investigators.…”

“…[ 38 ] Overall, acne lesions in our study were significantly more common in different areas of the adolescent group, except for the neck of which the adult patients demonstrated substantially higher spreading of acne, similar to the finding by Kutlu et al . [ 28 ] in Turkey.…”

“…Several groups have also found acne distribution to dominate facial areas both for adults and adolescents. [ 15 21 28 33 39 ] Hassan et al . [ 23 ] who reported severity of facial acne had a significant association with increased social self-consciousness in women, but not in men.…”