Acne vulgaris classification

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Hamid Qazi, MD, BSc [2] Tayyaba Ali, M.D.[3]

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There are multiple grading scales for rating the severity of acne vulgaris. Three techniques include the Leeds acne grading technique, which counts and categorizes lesions into inflammatory and non-inflammatory (ranges from 0 to 10.0), Cook's acne grading scale, which uses photographs to rate severity from 0 to 8 (0 being the mildest or least severe and 8 being the most severe), and the Pillsbury scale, which classifies the severity of the acne from 1 (least severe) to 4 (most severe).