Acne plaguing many U.S. adults

Birmingham, Ala. -- A significant proportion of U.S. adults continue to be plagued by acne well beyond the teen years, a survey found.

A survey of more than a 1,000 men and women over the age of 20 at the University of Alabama at Birmingham campus and medical complex found 73 percent said they had dealt with acne as an adult.

Specifically, the respondents said that in their 20s, 51 percent of women and 43 percent of men reported experiencing acne; 35 percent of women and 20 percent of men reported experiencing acne in their 30s; in their 40s -- 26 percent of women and 12 percent of men experienced acne; and for those over age 49 -- 15 percent of women and 7 percent of men reported experiencing acne.

The study, published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, found women experience acne at higher rates than their male counterparts across all age groups 20 years and older.

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