Table 2.
Consensus statements in the first e-survey with ≥75% “yes” responses.
Social Media ‒ medical presence | 100% |
Having a dermatologist talking about acne on social media is important. | |
Generation Z | 100% |
Generation Z are digital natives, with a huge presence on social media, with a strong social and environmental responsibility, and are used to having quick answers while also having high rates of anxiety and depression. A specific language, associated with the use of digital resources (WhatsApp® messages/direct message-Instagram®) is important to connect with Generation Z, favoring the follow-up of physical, psychological symptoms and the treatment. | |
Transgender man | 100% |
Well-conducted studies to guide acne treatment in male transgender patients are still lacking. | |
Adult female acne ‒ systemic treatment | 75% |
When it is necessary to use systemic medications for the treatment of acne, it is preferable to start with spironolactone, since these patients have a chronic clinical condition and, in their history, they have often used systemic antibiotics. | |
Adult female acne ‒ maintenance treatment | 100% |
Maintenance treatment should always be indicated for these patients. | |
Makeup | 100% |
Non-comedogenic makeup may be recommended for acne patients to reduce the impact of the presence of lesions early in treatment. | |
Dermocosmetics | 100% |
Whitening dermocosmetics can be combined with acne treatment to accelerate the improvement of macular hyperpigmentation concomitantly with the improvement of acne. | |
Intermittent Dosea (isotretinoin) | 87.5% |
In accordance with the studies that have already been published, it is preferable to avoid the regimen of intermittent doses of oral isotretinoin. | |
Informed Consent related to isotretinoin | 100% |
It is important that a medication as effective as oral isotretinoin continues to be safely prescribed with consent and only by physicians experienced in monitoring it (dermatologists). |
Intermittent dose means take the medication for a few days with intervals of days/weeks between administrations.