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Article: Spotlight on adult acne
- Article from:
- Dermatology Times
- Article date:
- September 1, 2002
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Acne
Compliance, treatment, and results differ vastly in post-teen population than in traditional groups
Acne, although often considered the scourge of the teen years, in reality can last well into adulthood.
Dermatologist David J. Watts, M.D., Omaha, Neb., thinks women get the worst of it.
"While men tend to have acne in the puberty to 21- to 22-yearold age range, women can have acne all the way up until life's end."
On Call wanted to know how doctors see adult acne differing from teen acne, and how they go about treating it differently, if they do.
The dermatologists who spoke to On Call have had a mixed experience with adult acne. A few say they see more women than men, while ...