Revisiting the question of assessment by severity and classification of acne

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The paper presents an analysis of different variants of acne classifications and the assessment of acne severity, carried out by the working group of the RODVK Committee for Classifications in Dermatovenereology. There is a division of acne vulgaris according to age and severity. Assessing the severity of acne is important for choosing the correct prescriptions in daily practice and for the evaluation of treatment outcomes. Most of existing acne grading systems are based either on a global grading of severity or on calculating the number of lesions in a variety of anatomic locations. For clinical practice of dermatovenereologists, as well as for educational and scientific purposes, the working group proposed to supplement the acne classification based on severity grading with counting the number of the lesions, and to take into account localization, rash prevalence and scarring when determining the acne severity.

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Elena R. Araviiskaia

First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg

Author for correspondence.
Email: arelenar@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6378-8582
SPIN-code: 9094-9688
Scopus Author ID: 56730990100
ResearcherId: AAL-7963-2020

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med), Professor

Russian Federation, Lva Tolstogo str., 6-8, 197022, Saint Petersburg

Alexey V. Samtsov

S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy

Email: avsamtsov@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9458-0872

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor

Russian Federation, Akademika Lebedeva str., 6, 194044, Saint Petersburg

Evgeny V. Sokolovskiy

First Pavlov State Medical University of St. Petersburg

Email: s40@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7610-6061
SPIN-code: 6807-7137

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor

Russian Federation, Lva Tolstogo str., 6-8, 197022, Saint Petersburg

Andrey L. Bakulev

Central State Medical Academy, Department of Presidential Affairs

Email: al_ba05@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1450-4942
SPIN-code: 6708-7386

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor

Russian Federation, Marshala Timoshenko str., 19, bldg 1A, 121359, Moscow

Nikolay N. Murashkin

National Research Center for Children's Health of the Ministry of Health of Russia

Email: m_nn2001@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2252-8570
SPIN-code: 5906-9724

MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor

Russian Federation, Lomonosovsky prospect, 2, bldg 1, 119991, Moscow

Arfenya E. Karamova

State Research Center of Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology

Email: karamova@cnikvi.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3805-8489
SPIN-code: 3604-6491

MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor

Russian Federation, Korolenko str., 3, bldg 6, 107076, Moscow

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