Myth 1: Acne does not need to be treated and will naturally heal after puberty. According to clinical observation and verification, only about 10% of acne patients can heal themselves. If you do not seek treatment or delay treatment, not only will it be more difficult to treat in the future, but you will also be left with unsightly scars, which will seriously affect normal learning, work, love and life, and even cause social difficulties and other psychological disorders. Myth 2: Acne is commonly known as pimples and only occurs during adolescence. In fact, acne can occur at any age, except that the peak incidence is between the ages of 18 and 30. In outpatient clinics, we often see children as young as 8 or 9 years old and middle-aged people in their 40s suffering from this disease, which may be related to the dietary problems and mental stress in today’s society. Myth 3: Acne is a cosmetic skin problem, not a skin disease. I sometimes even hear this question: What can you doctors do about my acne that even beauty salons can’t do? This is a ludicrous question. There is no doubt that acne is a typical skin disease and is a medical problem. Beauty salons can only use skin care cosmetics and have no medical qualifications, so it is extremely wrong to seek treatment in a beauty salon. Myth #4: So-and-so prescription treatment works extra fast and well, so you don’t need to go to the hospital. A patient once asked me if there was an old herbalist in a village who saw acne and the results were extremely fast and good, so I wanted to try it. I want to tell you that the treatment of acne is a chronic process, and the treatment course is usually at least 3 months. The prescriptions that work very fast and very well are often added with glucocorticoids, and the so-called “fast and superb effect” is only temporary. Remember! Do not! Acne should be treated under the proper guidance of a dermatologist in a regular hospital, and you should not blindly listen to and use the so-called prescriptions.