Acne Vulgaris - Diagnosis

Diagnosis

There are multiple grading scales for grading the severity of acne vulgaris, three of these being:

• Leeds acne grading technique: Counts and categorises lesions into inflammatory and non-inflammatory (ranges from 0–10.0).
• Cook's acne grading scale: Uses photographs to grade severity from 0 to 8 (0 being the least severe and 8 being the most severe).
• Pillsbury scale: Simply classifies the severity of the acne from 1 (least severe) to 4 (most severe).