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Practice Guideline
. 2016 Feb 2;188(2):118-126.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.140665. Epub 2015 Nov 16.

Management of acne: Canadian clinical practice guideline

Yuka Asai  1 , Akerke Baibergenova  1 , Maha Dutil  1 , Shannon Humphrey  1 , Peter Hull  1 , Charles Lynde  1 , Yves Poulin  1 , Neil H Shear  1 , Jerry Tan  2 , John Toole  1 , Catherine Zip  1
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Management of acne: Canadian clinical practice guideline

Yuka Asai et al. CMAJ. .
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Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Representative photos of acne categories. (A) Comedonal facial acne. (B) Moderate inflammatory facial acne. (C) Moderate inflammatory acne of the back. (D) Severe facial acne. (E) Severe inflammatory acne of the back.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Clinical treatment algorithm for acne. A complete list of recommendations is available in the full guideline (Appendix 4, available at www.cmaj.ca/lookup/suppl/doi:10.1503/cmaj.140665/-/DC1). BPO = benzoyl peroxide, clinda = clindamycin, dashed line = optional path. *Blue light and oral zinc may be considered for mild-to-moderate papulopustular acne (low strength of recommendation). †Best evidence is for adapalene and tazarotene. ‡Lower-quality evidence available for clindamycin–tretinoin gel. §Evaluate after 2–3 months. For women only. **Evaluate monthly for isotretinoin.
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