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Advance Research in Dermatology & Cosmetics
[ ISSN : 2992-9350 ]


The Relation Between Face Cleansing with Acne Vulgaris Case

Research Article
Volume 2 - Issue 2 | Article DOI : 10.54026/ARDC/1014


Ago Harlim1* and Putu Ayu Pritarianti2

Universitas Kristen, Indonesia

Corresponding Authors

Ago Harlim, Universitas Kristen, Indonesia

Keywords

Acne vulgaris; Face cleanliness

Received : September 06, 2023
Published : September 21, 2023

Abstract

Acne vulgaris is a common skin disease that affecting 85%-100% population. Acne vulgaris is a multifactorial disease affecting the pilosebaceous follicle. One of the factors that affecting acne vulgaris is face cleanliness. The purpose to keep face cleanliness is to decrease the presence of microorganism from the surface skin. This study was conducted to determine the relation between facial cleanliness with the incidence of acne vulgaris. This is an observational with cross sectional study and to analize data using both chi square and mann whitney methods. This samples in this study is a college student aged 18-22 years old. The results of bivariate analysis to mann whitney test obtained p = 0.022, thus there is a significant relation between the frequency of face washing with the incidence of acne vulgaris, while the results of the chi square test obtained p = 0.590, thus there is no significant relation between face washing after using cosmetics with the incidence of acne vulgaris.