Typical and atypical acne: puberty and maturity

According to statistics, 45% of women face the problem of acne between the ages of 21 and 30, 26% suffer from this pathology at 31-40 years and 12% at 41-50 years. Also, according to US data, the average age of patients increased from 26.5 to 40.5 years. In France, every fifth patient consults about acne. In Germany data the disease affects up to 26.8% of the population, and it is more common in men. In the CIS countries, such statistics are not kept, but this does not mean that the problem does not exist. There are not only more patients with acne, but the number of intractable forms has also increased. This may be due to the deterioration of the environmental situation, which leads to an increase in genetic disorders in the population, as well as an increase in drug resistance, primarily to antibiotics. But no less relevant is this problem for adolescents aged 13-17 years.

Acne is considered a multifactorial chronic disease of the sebaceous and hairy apparatus, which results in increased secretion of sebum, the formation of closed and open comedones and, as a result, inflammatory elements.

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