Severity of acne was determined using the global
acne grading system (16).
Acne grading was done according to consensus conference criteria into grade 1, 2 or 3.12 Postacne scars were graded from 1 to 4 as per a qualitative acne scar grading scale explained elsewhere.13 In the present study, grade 1 and 2 of acne scars were clubbed as non-significant scarring, and grade 3 and 4 were clubbed as significant scarring.
25 female patients aged between 16-35 years who failed to respond to novel conventional treatments of acne were selected and subjected to hormonal assessment based on Global
Acne Grading System.
The outcome of the therapy was based on the improvement in the global
acne grading system (GAGS) score and patients' satisfaction with the treatment in the 4-point scale.
Acne was graded based on the grading by Indian authors and by the Global
Acne Grading System (GAGS).
A total of 110 patients, clinically diagnosed with moderate and severe acne vulgaris according to Global
Acne Grading System by Doshi et al.
Inflammatory and noninflammatory acne lesion counts, microcomedones,
acne grading scale scores, and Dermatology Life Quality Index scores improved similarly in all three groups after 3 months.
Study subjects showed improvement in acne severity and overall quality of life after 8 weeks, assessed by the Leeds revised
acne grading system and the Assessment of the Psychological and Social Effects of Acne (APSEA).
Although more than 25 systems are in existence for
acne grading, there is neither a gold standard nor a standardized system consistently used in research or clinical practice.
Females were just as likely as males to have truncal acne, and most of it was mild to moderate (based on a trunk-specific
acne grading system that Dr.
Global
Acne Grading system was used to divide patients into mild and moderate acne vulgaris.
The severity of acne was assessed by the Global
Acne Grading system (GAGS).