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Consensus Report on Truncal Acne: The Korean Acne and Rosacea Society Experts Panel

Title
Consensus Report on Truncal Acne: The Korean Acne and Rosacea Society Experts Panel
Authors
KoJoo YeonSongChang HwaKimKwang JoongNack InJung EunHei SungRoYoung SuckParkKui YoungMi-YounSuhDae HunShinKihyuckMin KyungAhnHyo HyunLeeWoo JinWeon JuJu HeeJee BumHae WoongHee JungJangMin SooCheongSeung HyunChoSoyunChoiYu SungYou WonHoonMi Woo
Ewha Authors
최유원
SCOPUS Author ID
최유원scopus
Issue Date
2024
Journal Title
Annals of Dermatology
ISSN
1013-9087JCR Link
Citation
Annals of Dermatology vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 35 - 43
Keywords
Acne
Publisher
Korean Dermatological Association
Indexed
SCIE; SCOPUS; KCI WOS scopus
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Background: More than half of acne patients have truncal acne on their chest, back, and shoulders. However, since most studies on acne have focused on the face, data on clinical characteristics and proper management for truncal acne are insufficient. Objective: To establish a Korean Acne Rosacea Society (KARS) consensus for experts’ perception and treatment patterns of truncal acne. Methods: We conducted two rounds of the Dephi technique to gather expert opinion and reach a consensus on truncal acne. The first round comprised 48 questionnaires focusing on various aspects such as epidemiology, clinical features, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and more, while second rounds consisted of 26 questionnaires. Results: A total of 36 dermatologists (36/38 KARS members, 94.7%) completed this survey. In the first-round survey, consensus was reached on 20 out of the 48 questions (41.7%). In the second-round questionnaire, consensus was achieved on 9 of the 26 questions (34.6%). The most unresponsive lesion to truncal acne treatment was scars (atrophic/hypertrophic). The most commonly used treatments for each non-inflammatory and inflammatory truncal acne lesions were selected to use topical retinoids (78.1% of the responders) and oral antibiotics (93.8% of the responders). Conclusion: Our study has yielded valuable insights into the epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, and quality of life of patients with truncal acne. We anticipate that this study will inspire further comprehensive research for individuals with truncal acne. © 2024 The Korean Dermatological Association and The Korean Society for Investigative Dermatology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
DOI
10.5021/ad.23.057
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