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Journal of Clinical and
Basic Psychosomatics Psychological high-risk factors for acne

Figure 1. Distribution of the number of people with depression.

Figure 2. Distribution of the number of people with anxiety.

Figure 3. Distribution of the number of people with sleep quality.
4. Discussion high versus low psychological stress states. They found that
barrier function decreased during high-pressure periods
We found that acne is more likely present in individuals
experiencing depression and reduced sleep quality. and recovered during low-pressure periods, suggesting that
Depression has been reported in 5.6 – 8.8% of patients stress-induced epidermal dysfunction is a predisposing
[10]
with acne vulgaris , which is 2 – 3 times higher than factor for inflammatory skin diseases . Moreover,
[8]
that of the general population . Garg et al. studied the stress has been found to decrease skin permeability
[9]
[11]
relationship between psychological stress and epidermal while increasing sebaceous hyperplasia . Duchaine
permeability barrier function in 27 students without skin et al. evaluated the relationship between exposure to
disease and measured their permeability barrier function in psychosocial stressors at work and the inflammatory
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