Table 1. Characteristics of the respondents.

* Percentage applies to row

† Percentage applies to column

Characteristics		Consulted social media		Did not consult social media		Total		p-value
		Number	%*	Number	%*	Number	%†
Gender	Female	1,572	49	1,636	51	3,208	75.9	<0.001
	Male	221	21.7	798	78.3	1,019	24.1
Age group	Up to 17 years old	105	48.2	113	51.8	218	5.2
	18–25 years old	1,281	45.9	1,510	54.1	2,791	66
	26–35 years old	271	36.1	479	63.9	750	17.7
	36–45 years old	99	28.9	243	71.1	342	8.1
	46 and above years old	37	29.4	89	70.6	126	3
Education level	Not educated	4	36.4	7	63.6	11	0.3	0.002
	Elementary graduate	13	31.7	28	68.3	41	1
	Middle school graduate	66	42.3	90	57.7	156	3.7
	High school graduate	351	42.2	481	57.8	832	19.7
	College student or graduate	1329	43.3	1,739	56.7	3,068	72.6
	Master’s degree and above	30	25.2	89	74.8	119	2.8
Patient-reported current acne status	Yes	448	52	414	48	862	20.4
	Sometimes	1,072	45	1,309	55	2,381	56.3
	No	273	27.7	711	72.3	984	23.3
Patient-reported acne severity	Light	497	32.6	1,028	67.4	1,525	36.1	<0.001
	Moderate	1,070	48.6	1,132	51.4	2,202	52.1
	Severe	226	45.2	274	54.8	500	11.8
Acne treatment first approach	Social media	449	89.1	55	10.9	504	11.9
	Family or friends	268	45.3	323	54.7	591	14
	Doctor	364	31.6	787	68.4	1,151	27.2
	Pharmacist	197	37.7	326	62.3	523	12.4
	Web search	382	69.1	171	30.9	553	13.1
	Leave it as it is	129	14.5	759	85.5	888	21
	Other	4	23.5	13	76.5	17	0.4