The acne is a skin disease follicle of multifactorial etiology character and self-limited primarily affecting areas of the skin with the highest density of sebaceous glands, which can include face, chest and upper back.

Origina a series of injuries that include elementary comedones, papules, pustules, nodules and scarring, whose presence will depend on how clinical and intensity with which manifests itself.

While it is difficult to estimate prevalence, we could say that in Spain, between 2.5 and 3.5 million people have some degree of acne, which makes it one of the most common skin diseases.  It has a higher prevalence in puberty and adolescence, but is not uncommon in children and adults. It occurs more often in the Caucasian or black in the East. It occurs more often in the Caucasian or black in the East.

In adolescence seems to affect more males, but in later ages, the ratio is reversed and the lesions may persist for years or so later manifest itself for many years, some doctors have considered the acne as “things Age, “or a banal and physiological process that does not require treatment.

This conception has changed at present, as the scars of a bad acne diagnosed and treated can be truly important and limiting terms of the quality of life of the subject.

That is why we are now more aware of the need for a precise diagnosis of each type of acne seek appropriate treatment and individualized for each patient.