Acne excoriée des jeunes filles (Acne excoriata in young girls)
Acne excoriata in young girls
Excoriée des jeunes filles is the difficult French name for an acne form that we also call ‘crab acne’. Usually, acne excoriata occurs in young girls and women, but it also occurs in young boys and men.
In this form of acne, it is not the blackheads or pimples that are in the limelight, but rather the scratch-like lesions that are created by removing all the small skin irregularities that are visible on the skin.
As the skin is damaged by frequent manipulation or scratching, scars are formed. These scars often manifest themselves as acne scars, post inflammatory hyperpigmentation, post inflammatory erythema or hypopigmentation. In some cases, it can also cause open wounds.
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