The Personalized Acne Treatment Tool d Recommendations to facilitate a patient-centered approach to acne management from the Personalizing Acne: Consensus of Experts

Background: Acne, a commonly treated skin disease, requires patient -centered management due to its varying presentations, chronicity, and impact on health -related quality of life. Despite this, evidence -based clinical guidelines focus primarily on clinical severity of facial acne, omitting important patient- and disease -related factors, including ongoing management. Objectives: To generate recommendations to support patient -centered acne management, which incorporate priority and prognostic factors beyond conventional clinical severity, traditionally defined by grading the appearance and extent of visible lesions. Methods: The Personalizing Acne: Consensus of Experts consisted of 17 dermatologists who used a modified Delphi approach to reach consensus on statements regarding patient- and treatment -related factors pertaining to patient -centered acne management. Consensus was defined as $ 75% voting "agree"or "strongly agree." Results: Recommendations based on factors such as acne sequelae, location of acne, high burden of disease, and individual patient features were generated and incorporated into the Personalized Acne Treatment Tool. Limitations: Recommendations are based on expert opinion, which may differ from patients' perspectives. Regional variations in healthcare systems may not be represented. Conclusions: The Personalizing Acne: Consensus of Experts panel provided practical recommendations to facilitate individualized management of acne, based on patient features, which can be implemented to improve treatment outcomes, adherence, and patient satisfaction. ( JAAD Int 2023;12:60-9.)