Adjunctive Therapy for Acne: Treatment recommendations based on severity (from an international consensus)
- Mar 2024
- 2min
Every patient is unique!
The use of skincare in adjunctive therapy must be personalised for every patient. Their skin is unique and their needs can also change during treatment.
MILD ACNE
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Clinical Signs:
- Easily recognizable: less than half of the face is affected.
- A few open or closed comedones and a few papules and pustules
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Commonly Prescribed Treatments:
- TOPICAL RETINOID or FIXED COMBINATION WITH RETINOID BPO or AZELAIC ACID / SALYCILIC ACID
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Use of Skincare:
- In monotherapy
- For maintenance
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Clinical Signs:
- More than half of the face is affected.
- Numerous papules and pustules, numerous open or closed comedones.
- One nodule maybe present.
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Commonly Prescribed Treatments:
- FIXED COMBINATION or BPO or TOPICAL RETINOID or AZELAIC ACID
- FIXED COMBINATION PREFERRED +/- HORMONAL THERAPY &/OR ORAL ANTIBIOTIC
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Use of Skincare:
- As adjunctive therapy
- For maintenance
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Clinical Signs:
- Entire face is affected, numerous papules and pustules, open or closed comedones and rare nodules.
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Commonly Prescribed Treatments (choose one):
- FIXED COMBINATION + ORAL ANTIBIOTIC PREFERRED or + ORAL ISOTRETINOIN or + ORAL HORMONAL THERAPY
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Use of Skincare:
- As adjunctive therapy
- For maintenance