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In terms of "can it be treated?" absolutely, it can be treated. We have to select the treatment according to the type of acne.
A person who comes with lots of whiteheads and blackheads needs a very different treatment to somebody who is full of pustules
or red bumps, or somebody who has cysts. Whether it's on the face or the trunk will also influence the treatment.
Is it a woman who has pre-menstrual flare? We really have to tailor the treatment according to the presentation of the acne.
Sometimes acne can be very stubborn-but I think that we have to offer a treatment, and after 3 months if it's not doing the job
we need to look at changing it. There's no point in taking a treatment that isn't working.
Does acne go away naturally? Well, not always.
In the majority of teenagers, yes, it will burn out in the late teens and early twenties but that's a rather defeatist to say,
"ok well live with your pimples, live with the potential scarring, we don't have to treat you." I think we have to help
these individuals. Even those who claim not to want treatment- we know that once they get better, they feel so much better.