The course of acne in healthcare workers during the COVID19 Pandemic and evaluation of possible risk Factors

October 12, 2021

Birgül Özkesici Kurt , MD

Revista de la academia Europea de Dermatología y Venereología JEADV

Through an online questionnaire, 172 doctors who had already had acne at some point in their lives were included. 45.3% of participants presented an increase in their acne problems, 27.33% presented relapses, 7.56% reported acne for the first time and in the latter case the most affected area was the chin with 78.2% associated with female gender, smoking, stress coupled with use of surgical mask

Birgül Özkesici Kurt , MD. The course of acne in healthcare workers during the COVID19 pandemic and evaluation of possible risk factors. J Cosmet Dermatol 2021 Dec 20(12) 3730 3738. Pubmed Online 2021 Oct.12

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