Open AccessMODERN VIEW OF THE ETIOPATHOGENESIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF ACNE SCARRING
Author(s) -
М. Н. Острецова,
Острецова Мария Николаевна
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
rossijskij žurnal kožnyh i veneričeskih boleznej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2412-9097
pISSN - 1560-9588
DOI - 10.18821/1560-9588-2017-20-3-167-173
Subject(s) - medicine , acne , keloid , dermatology , pathological , scars , hypertrophic scars , genetic predisposition , disease , pathogenesis , pathology
Acne vulgaris is a common chronic skin disease involving blockage and inflammation of pilosebaceous units. It has a genetic predisposition and sharply reduces the quality of patients’ life and the level of their social adaptation through the formation of conspicuous cosmetic defects in open areas of the skin. The processes of pathological scarring (atrophic, hypertrophic and keloid scars) is described in detail as one of the most severe consequences of acne vulgaris and its treatment. The problem is described from the modern point of view of the pathogenesis of acne vulgaris. Differential diagnosis between keloid and hypertrophic scars, as well as the most relevant approaches to classification and evaluation of severity of postacne scarring according to the valid international scales, are presented.