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A Review of Advancement on Influencing Factors of Acne: An Emphasis on Environment Characteristics
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Background: Acne vulgaris is known as a commonly-seen skin disease with a considerable impact on the quality of life. At present, there have been a growing number of epidemiological, medical, demographic and sociological researches focusing on various influencing factors in the occurrence of acne. Nevertheless, the correlation between environmental factors and acne has yet to be fully investigated. Objective: To assess the impacts of individual, natural and social environmental factors on acne and to construct a framework for the potential impact of built environment on acne. Methods: A thorough review was conducted into the published social demographical, epidemiological, and environmental studies on acne through PubMed, Google Scholar and Web of Science, with reference made to the relevant literature. Results: The influencing factors in acne are classed into four major categories. The first one includes individual socio-economic and biological factors, for example, gender, age, economic level, heredity, obesity, skin type, menstrual cycle (for females), diet, smoking, cosmetics products, electronic products, sleep quality and psychological factors. The second one includes such natural environmental factors as temperature, humidity, sun exposure, air pollution and chloracne. The third one relates to social environment, including social network and social media. The last one includes built environmental factors, for example, population density, food stores, green spaces, as well as other built environment characteristics for transport. Acne can be affected negatively by family history, overweight, obesity, oily or mixed skin, irregular menstrual cycles, sugary food, greasy food, dairy products, smoking, the improper use of cosmetics, the long-term use of electronics, the poor quality of sleep, stress, high temperature, sun exposure, air pollution, mineral oils and halogenated hydrocarbons. Apart from that, there are also potential links between built environment and acne. Conclusions: It is necessary to determine the correlation between the built environment and acne based on the understanding of the impact of traditional factors (sociology of population and environment) on acne gained by multidisciplinary research teams. Moreover, more empirical studies are required to reveal the specific relationship between built environment and acne.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yang, J., Yang, H., Xu, A., & He, L.
- Affiliations
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University (CN)
- East China Normal University (CN)
- Third People's Hospital of Hangzhou (CN)
- Corresponding author
- Yang, Haoran
- Venue
- Frontiers in Public Health
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2020-09-17
- Volume
- 8
- Pages
- 450-450
- ISSN
- 2296-2565 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7527424
- OpenAlex
- W3084849923
- Cited by
- 121
- References
- 10
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 27 · 2024: 23 · 2023: 33 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 5
- FWCI
- 2.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
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- Locations
- Frontiers in Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
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- PubMed (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Ministry of Education of China (IRT17-R49)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Acne and Rosacea Treatments and Effects
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Dermatology › Skin Protection and Aging
- Keywords
- acne, risk factors, built environment, environmental factors, social environment, air pollution, sun exposure, obesity, sleep quality, social media, population density, green spaces, diet, smoking, heredity (biology)
- MeSH terms
- Built Environment, Acne Vulgaris, Air Pollution, Diet, Female, Humans, Quality of Life
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