Systematic reviews on acne vulgaris
March 2021: This resource is now archived and no longer being updated.
We recommend the database as a comprehensive, searchable database of systematic reviews.
This page is a mapping by topic of systematic reviews on acne vulgaris (common acne) published since 1999 (the last search date of the 2001 AHRQ review ). The systematic reviews were found in the searches for our and . Links are given to the PubMed abstract, or the original publication if not in PubMed.

Acne vulgaris (© Professor Hywel Williams)
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Epidemiology and aetiology
2020
2017
2014
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2019
2018
2016
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013 (US Guideline)
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2012
2012
2021
2020
2019
2019
2016
2015 (Cochrane Review)
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2012
Diagnosis, evaluation & outcomes
2020
2020
2016
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015
2013
2013 (US Guideline)
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2009
Disease impact & treatment cost-effectiveness
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
2017
2016
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013 (US Guideline)
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011
2011
2010 (in German)
2020
2017
2016
2015
2015
2013
2013
2009
Prevention
2021
2018
2018
2018
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2011
2009
2005
2018
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2005
Topical treatments
2020
2020
2019
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015
2014
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011
2011
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2009
2009
2004
2001
2020
2020
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2016
2015 (In Spanish)
2014
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2011
2010
2005
2004
2003
2001
2020
2020 (Cochrane Review)
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2004
2001
2020
2020 (Cochrane Review)
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015
2014
2014
2013
2013
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2010
2009
2004
2001
2018
2015
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2005
2001
2020
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2014
2014
2013
2013 (US Guideline)
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011
2011
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2010
2004
2001
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020 (Cochrane Review)
2019
2019
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015
2015
2014
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011
2001
Systemic treatments
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018
2017
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2014
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012 (Cochrane Review)
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2008
2006
2005
2005
2004
2003
2001
2000
2000
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2014
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2006
2005
2004
2001
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015 (In Spanish)
2013 (US Guideline)
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2012
2010
2003
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018 (Cochrane Review)
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2016
2013
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2011
2011 (BMJ Clinical Evidence)
2011
2010 (in German)
2009
2005
(republished in 2007 in a "best of" compilation in the same journal)
2005
2004
2003
2001
1999
Oral contraceptives & insulin-sensitising drugs
2020
2020 (Cochrane Review)
2020
2019
2017
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2014
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2012 (Cochrane Review)
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2010 (in German)
2007
2007 (Cochrane Review)
2004
2004
2001
2020
2019
2018
2017
2017
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2010 (in German)
2009 (Cochrane Review)
2004
2004
2003
2003 (in German)
2001
Dietary & supplements (for treatment)
2021
2020
2019
2017
2017
2016
2017
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2016
2015 (Cochrane Review)
2013 (US Guideline)
2013
2013
2011
2009
2005
Other treatments
2020
2020
2019
2018
2018
2017
2016 (Cochrane Review)
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2014
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2009
2008
2020
2019
2017
2017
2017
2016 (Cochrane Review)
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2014
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2009
2009
2009
2008
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016 (Cochrane Review)
2016 (Cochrane Review)
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2013
2013
2012 (EDF Guideline)
2012
2009
2008
2001 Laser resurfacing for facial acne scars (Cochrane Review) - replaced by 2016
2000
Treatments for acne scars
2021
2020
2020
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2019
2019
2019
2018
2018
2018
2018
2018
2017
2017
2017
2017
2016 (Cochrane Review)
2016
2015
2012
2001 Laser resurfacing for facial acne scars (replaced by 2016 )
2000
2001
Psychological & educational
2019
2016
2016
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015
2014
2014
2012
Complementary & alternative therapies
2020
2020
2020
2019
2019
2018 (in Chinese)
2018
2016 (AAD Guideline)
2015 (Cochrane Review)
2015 (in Chinese)
2015
2014
2013
2012
2010
2009 (in Chinese)
2006
2000