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Managing acne in the Middle East: consensus recommendations
Author(s) -
Gollnick H.,
Abanmi A.A.,
AlEnezi M.,
Al Hammadi A.,
Galadari I.,
Kibbi A.G.,
Zimmo S.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the european academy of dermatology and venereology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.655
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1468-3083
pISSN - 0926-9959
DOI - 10.1111/jdv.14491
Subject(s) - acne , medicine , middle east , affect (linguistics) , population , dermatology , disease , environmental health , pathology , linguistics , philosophy , political science , law
Acne has been estimated to affect the majority of people at some point in their life and is common in Middle Eastern countries. While acne is frequently perceived to be a self‐limited disease of adolescence, there is an increasing population of adults with acne. Information about the management of acne in the Middle East is somewhat sparse; however, several studies have recently been conducted and will be discussed in this supplement.