Official websites use. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. Address for correspondence: Dr. E-mail: melekaslan gmail. This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4. Acne vulgaris AV is among the common skin diseases for which patients refer to complementary and alternative medicine CAM. To investigate the approaches to CAM methods and factors believed to increase the disease in 1, AV patients.
The sociodemographic characteristics of the patients and disease severity according to the Food and Drug Administration criteria were recorded. The patients also listed the factors that they thought worsened their disease and reported their gluten-free diet experiences. Of all the patients, As a CAM method, The respondents most frequently applied CAM methods before consulting a physician They learned about CAM methods on the internet The patients thought that food They considered that the most common type of food that exacerbated their symptoms was junk food Physicians need to ask patients about their CAM use in order to be able to guide them appropriately concerning treatments and applications with a high level of evidence.
Acne vulgaris AV is a chronic inflammatory disease of the pilosebaceous unit. The frequent incidence of the disease, recurrence despite the treatment, young age-onset and persistence for many years, effect on visible areas such as the face, chest, and shoulders and scar formation and pigmentation can lead patients to explore and apply techniques outside the scope of modern medicine.
Complementary and alternative medicine CAM has been increasing in popularity in recent years, with the increasing number of patients that do not want to undergo chemical and pharmacological treatments seeking different methods. CAM is defined as various healthcare systems, applications and products other than standard medical treatments. CAM use in dermatological diseases has been reported at a rate of This multi-centre study was conducted with the largest series in the literature to investigate CAM use in AV.
The specific aims of the study were to determine whether the patients that presented to dermatology outpatient clinics with AV in Turkey used CAM techniques to relieve their symptoms, the methods they preferred, their reasons for referring to CAM methods, whether they found them beneficial, their recommendations concerning the use of CAM to other patients and views related to the factors that they thought negatively affected AV.
