Acne

Question 1

Answer 1

Mild acne

<20 comedones

<15 inflammatory lesions

Or, total lesion count <30

Question 2

Answer 2

Severe Acne

>5 pseudocysts

Total comedo count >100

Total inflammatory count >50

Or total lesion count >125

Question 3

Answer 3

Moderate Acne

20–100 comedones

15–50 inflammatory lesions

Or, total lesion count 30–125

Question 4

Answer 4

Inflammatory lesions

• small red bumps (papules)
• pustules
• large red bumps (nodules)
• fluctuant nodules (pseudocysts)

Inflammatory acne lesions are often painful.

Usually follows rupture of the wall of a closed comedo (white head). It may also arise from normal-appearing skin.

Question 5

Define Papule:

Answer 5

Papules: plural of papule; elevated, solid, palpable lesions that are less than 1 cm in diameter.

Question 6

Define Nodule

Answer 6

Nodules: plural of nodule; elevated, solid, palpable lesions > 1 cm in diameter.

Question 7

Define Comedo:

Answer 7

skin-coloured, small bumps (papules) frequently found on the forehead and chin of those with acne. A single lesion is a comedo.

Open comedones are blackheads; black because of surface pigment (melanin), rather than dirt

Closed comedones are whiteheads; the follicle is completely blocked

Question 8

Answer 8

Comedonal acne

A pattern of acne in which most lesions are comedones. Comedonal acne most often affects the forehead and chin.

* closed comedonal

Question 9

Answer 9

Comedonal acne

A pattern of acne in which most lesions are comedones. Comedonal acne most often affects the forehead and chin.

*mixed comedonal