A recent study finds that “the overall prevalence of self-reported acne was 57.8% and was highest in the 15- to 17-year-old age group” with heredity as the main risk factor for developing acne.

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology: JEADV

Acne Prevalence and Associations With Lifestyle: A Cross-Sectional Online Survey of Adolescents/Young Adults in 7 European Countries

J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol 2017 Sep 06;[EPub Ahead of Print], P Wolkenstein, A Machovcová, JC Szepietowski, D Tennstedt, S Veraldi, A Delarue