Topical treatments

Mild to moderate acne
Topical treatments are the first-line treatment for acne. As has been outlined earlier, noninflammatory lesions include microcomedones, open and closed comedones. If these types of lesions predominate, with few or no pustules, acne is usually termed mild. In this instance, the first-line treatments are ones that reduce follicular plugging anti-inflammatory properties are less important. There seems to be consensus that in this situation the best treatment options are topical retinoids (Gollnick et al., 2003).