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Acne and other follicular disorders
Created 1999.
Acne, other follicular disorders and acne-like skin conditions.
General information
- Acne – general information
- What causes acne?
- Bacteria in acne
- Sebum
- Hyperandrogenism (excessive male sex hormones)
- Comedones (blackheads and whiteheads)
- Inflammatory lesions in acne
- Investigations in acne
- Lasers, lights and acne
- Psychological effects of acne
- Acne management
- Topical treatment for acne
- Antibiotics for acne
- Blue light acne treatment
Images of acne
Types of acne
- Acne vulgaris
- Nodulocystic acne
- Acne excorieé
- Acne fulminans
- Acne in children
- Acne in pregnancy
- Acne due to medicines
- Adult acne
- Acne scarring
- Chloracne
- Comedonal acne
- Follicular occlusion syndrome
- Infantile acne
Other follicular skin conditions
- Acne agminata
- Acne necrotica (scalp folliculitis)
- Acne urticata (itchy spots)
- Comedone naevus
- Cysts
- Disseminate and recurrent infundibulofolliculitis
- Enlarged pores
- Folliculitis
- Folliculitis keloidalis
- Gram negative folliculitis
- Hidradenitis suppurativa
- Hot tub (spa pool) folliculitis
- Keratosis pilaris
- Lichen spinulosus
- Neonatal cephalic pustulosis
- Oil folliculitis
- Perioral/periorificial dermatitis (muzzle rash) including periorificial dermatitis in children
- Malassezia folliculitis
- Ocular rosacea
- Pseudofolliculitis barbae
- Pustular tinea
- Rosacea
- Rosacea fulminans
- Sebaceous hyperplasia
- Solar (senile) comedones
- Seborrhoea (oily skin)
- Bacterial folliculitis
- Steatocystoma multiplex
- Steroid acne
- Steroid rosacea
- Trichostasis spinulosa
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Related information
On DermNet NZ
Acne images
- Acne images: general
- Acne images: back
- Acne images: face
- Images of folliculitis
- Images of folliculitis keloidalis
- Images of keratosis pilaris
- Images of perioral dermatitis
- Images of the red face
- Images of scalp folliculitis
- Images of sebaceous hyperplasia
- Images of spa pool folliculitis
- Enlarged pores
- Facial acne images
Other websites
- Acne – Medline Plus
- Acne – emedicinehealth
- AcneNet – from the American Academy of Dermatology
- Talkacne.com
- Acne guide – SkinCareGuide.com
- Acne – British Association of Dermatologists
- Patient information: A guide to acne – UpToDate for patients
- Acné –Dr Ph Abimelec website (French)
- Patient information: Acne (The Basics) – UpToDate
- Patient information: Acne (Beyond the Basics) – UpToDate (for subscribers)
- Acne Academy
- Your guide to acne – The Australasian College of Dermatologists – YouTube
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