title: Make-up improves the quality of life of acne patients without aggravating acne eruptions during treatments.
abstract: Boehncke et al. suggested that decorative cosmetics can improve the quality of life (QOL) of skin diseases. But dermatologists sometimes discourage female acne patients from applying make-up since decorative cosmetics are considered one of the aggravating factors for acne eruptions. The purpose of this study is to assess whether make-up application interferes with acne treatments and how QOL changes when the make-up items are designed for acne patients and used in order to disguise acne eruptions. Eighteen female acne patients were trained by a make-up artist and advised to apply acne-designed basic and decorative cosmetics for 2 to 4 weeks while their acne was appropriately treated. The acne-severity and QOL of patients were assessed before and after the study. The results revealed that the number of acne eruptions decreased even though patients were applying make-up. The QOL scores of Skindex-16, GHQ30 and anxiety state index greatly improved. Our results suggest that dermatologists should encourage acne patients to utilize appropriate make-up to improve their QOL.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Kawada-cho 8-1, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. nobu-tky@umin.ac.jp
authors.forename: Nobukazu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Mizuho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imori
authors.forename: Midori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: Yoko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Nagata
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawashima
mesh_terms: D000152:Acne Vulgaris / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003358:Cosmetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011788:Quality of Life; D012720:Severity of Illness Index
chemical_list: D003358:Cosmetics