Acne vulgaris: what teenagers think about it.

Nearly half of teenagers in this study handled acne as a transient condition; girls significantly more often than boys. Moreover, the false belief that acne is a transient condition was more frequently observed in subjects without acne than in patients without acne than in patients with acne. The study concludes general knowledge about acne among adolescents is limited, and an educational program should be specially designed for this group.