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A teenager's acne, however, may require some intervention. Chronic acne - as opposed to the occasional "zit" or spot - is a trying experience for a teenager, not least because it occurs at an age when peer acceptance, appearance, and attractiveness to the opposite sex are of paramount importance. On an emotional level, acne can be very difficult. Because of this, the treatment of teenage acne is very important. Acne sufferers deserve serious attention and prompt intervention in order to avoid the pockmarks and scars that can occur when the condition is untreated or treated incorrectly. Acne is so common among teenagers it should be considered normal, concluded a recent Australian study. Researchers found 90 per cent of 16 to 18 year olds had clinically confirmed acne, a quarter had scarring and nearly half reported negative feelings because of their spots.
*from British Vogue (June 1999)
"There is no single disease which causes more psychic trauma, more maladjustment between parents and children, more general insecurity and feelings of inferiority and greater sums of psychic suffering than does acne vulgaris"
Sulzberger & Zaldems, 1948
