This study included 232 patient with acne between the ages of 12 and 38 years old.
Acne vulgaris was graded using Global Acne Grading System (GAGS). This study was
undertaken to detect the impact of acne vulgaris and related factors that may influe
nce the
quality of life (QoL). QoL was measured using a combination of skin disease-specific
(Dermatological Life Quality Index (DLQI)) and acne-specific (Cardiff Acne Disability
Index (CADI)) questionnaires.
The results showed significant impairment of QoL in acne patients , females were
more affected than the males, there was no association between age and quality of life
impairment and the impact was proportional to the severity of acne, more severe acne is
associated with greater effect on quality of life.
This study included 198 patients who were divided into groups according the clinical severity of acne: mild (30.30%), moderate (44.44%), severe acne (25.25%). We chose 50 persons who did not have acne and depended on them as a control group.
Our s
tudy showed the correlation between high and frequent consumption of certain food stuff (milk, dairy products, fried food, sweets and food with a high content of sugars, chocolate) and the increase in the risk of occurrence acne. We could not prove the existence of a relationship between frequent intake of (eggs, fatty food, nuts) and the incidence of the disease. But the study showed that increased intake of each of the (dairy products, eggs, sweets, sugars, and food high in fat and fried) may be exacerbating factors the disease, because increased consumption was accompanied by more severe cases of the disease. But we did not notice this link with chocolate and nuts. Our study also showed the importance of the high consumption of each (fruit, vegetables, fish and marine products) as a prevention of occurrence acne, and the lack of consumption increase the probability of appearance the disease
