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A cross-sectional study was conducted on all Saudi acne patients (males and females) attending referral dermatology clinic in Al-Khobar Governmental Hospital. The data were collected by using a structured self-administered questionnaire. <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. Like other studies conducted before, we found that 58.33% of our sample have poor knowledge about factors that affect acne vulgaris with a significant correlation with both age and gender (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.012<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math> and <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M2\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.031,<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>\n resp.). There was significant association of reporting affected social activities with age and educational level (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M3\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.023<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>\n and <mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M4\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.013,<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>\n resp.). Variation between both genders regarding reporting feeling stressed due to acne was significant (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M5\"><mml:mrow><mml:mi>P<\/mml:mi><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.001<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:math>). The majority of our sample sought medical advice after one year. The most commonly used treatment for acne vulgaris before seeking medical help was peeling products. The majority of our patients thought that acne needs no treatment by physicians. Doctors' treatment is considered guaranteed and safe by the vast majority of our patients. <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. This study showed that knowledge about acne is still insufficient among acne patients.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1155\/2013\/929340","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,12,29]],"date-time":"2013-12-29T21:33:32Z","timestamp":1388352812000},"page":"1-6","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Knowledge, Beliefs, and Psychosocial Effect of Acne Vulgaris among Saudi Acne Patients"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2013","author":[{"given":"Magdy A.","family":"Darwish","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Dammam, P.O. 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