Postacne Scarring: A Qualitative Global Scarring Grading System

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Postacne Scarring: A Qualitative Global Scarring Grading System
December 2006
GREG J. GOODMAN FACD, JENNIFER A. BARON MD
Dermatologic Surgery

BACKGROUND There is no global qualitative grading system for assessing the disease load and global severity of disease in a patient with postacne scarring.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this article is to provide a simple qualitative grading system that would allow better communication between practitioners of a patient's global disease severity and the most appropriate corresponding therapy for that degree of acne scarring.

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