Teen Girls

• Around 80% of teen girls will get acne at one point or another during their teen years.
• Girls are more likely to be motivated about treating acne via at-home treatments and/or visiting a dermatologist.
• It is common for girls to have acne only on the face as opposed to back and/or chest.

Teen Boys

• Boys will most likely have worse and longer-lasting acne than teen girls.
• Up to 95% percent of boys will get acne at one point or another during their teen years.
• Boys are more likely to have mild, moderate, or severe acne on the back and chest than girls.
• Many teen boys will not be inclined to seek treatment for acne and some will only do so because of encouragement from their parents.

Adults

• As age increases, females are more likely than males to have any amount of acne.
• Extensive cosmetic use and hormones associated with menstrual cycles are the main reasons adult women are more likely to get acne than adult men.
• It is not uncommon for adult women to have acne present continuously up into mid-life.