nouvelles-1 — Acne

Research Summary: Although acne occurs in all races and ethnicities, there are differences in presentation between each group. A recent survey found that papules were the most frequent presentation of acne in African Americans (70.7%) and Hispanics (74.5%), with Asians and other races having similar presentations. The same survey also found that postinflammatory hyperpigmentation was a frequent complaint; in fact, it is often the chief complaint for acne in patients of darker races with acne.Wilkins and Voorhees found that the nodulocystic variant of acne occurs less frequently in African Americans than in whites. That study also found that nodulocystic acne...