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Acne and other follicular disorders

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

• Facial acne
• Back acne
• Infantile 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
• Keratosis pilaris atrophicans faciei
• 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

Books about skin diseases

• Books about the skin
• Dermatology made easy book