2001 Volume 111 Issue 9 Pages 1347-1355
We sent a questionnaire to 793 students ranging from the sixth grade of elementary school to nursing or medical school. Our study revealed that 58.6% of the students suffered from acne vulgaris. The average onset was 13.3 years of age. Acne lesions appeared on the forehead first and later developed on the cheek and jaw. The patients often had seborrhea and a family history of acne. More than half of them stated that lack of sleep was one of the exacerbating factors. More than half of them stated that larger number of exacerbating factors. Elementary and junior high school students and males reported that sweating caused deterioration in their acne. Adverse effects of cosmetics on acne were denied by 56% of the students. More than half of the university and college students noticed a relationship between menstrual cycle and acne lesions, especially premenstrual exacerbation. Most of them tried to control skin lesions by OCT topical agents, better sleep, or squeezing acne lesions with their fingers. Only 11.8% of them visited doctors, and 67.5% of those treated by doctors were satisfied with the treatment.
