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Li Y, Shu X, Huo W, Wang X. Promoting public skin health through a national continuing medical education project on cosmetic and dermatologic sciences: a 15-year experience. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1273950. [PMID: 38035281 PMCID: PMC10687160 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1273950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/02/2023] Open
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Background The developments in cosmetic sciences and technologies have generated a gap between the cosmetics and their users. Users including regular customers, clinicians, industry personnel, researchers, testing agencies, beauty salon workers, and mass media hardly possess the ability to distinguish truth from falsehood. The gap remained as one major reason for inappropriate cosmetics usage, insufficient efficacy, and even cosmetics adverse reactions (CARs). Methods Aiming at enhancing the relevant practitioners' cosmetic and dermatologic sciences, we launched a cosmetic and dermatologic sciences continuing medical education (CME) since 2008. The objective of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of the CME. We summarized and analyzed the project for the last 15 years. Meanwhile, an online survey consisted of three parts was performed to evaluate the CME and to collect the trainees' comments. Results A total of 3,923 trainees have participated in the CME project from 2008 to 2022. The trainees included clinicians, industry staffs, biomedical researchers, third-party cosmetics testing staffs, beauty salon staffs, students, and media staffs. The trainees had theory courses on cosmetic and dermatologic sciences, cosmetics DIY practice & video watching, and an optional guided tour during the 4.5-day CME. Eight hundred and twenty-three trainees and 586 control subjects responded to the online survey. The comprehensive test in the second part of the survey demonstrated that compared with the control group, the CME project significantly enhanced the trainees' perception and knowledge regarding the cosmetics formula sciences, basic dermatologic sciences, cosmetics usage, noninvasive measurements, new advances, CARs, and laws (p = 0.000). Trainees of all occupations ranked "basic dermatologic sciences and skin diseases" as the most significant sections. Trainees of all occupations believed the CME has contributed most in "understand the function & efficacy of cosmetics." We noticed the occupational variances. Over 97% of trainees were willing to recommend the CME to the others. Conclusion The CME project significantly enhanced the trainees' cosmetic and dermatologic sciences, which bridged the gap between cosmetics and public skin health. This multidisciplinary CME also contributed to establishing an interdisciplinary interaction and cooperation platform for the multiple occupations involved in the public skin health maintenance and promotion.
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- Yiming Li
- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Laboratory of Dermatology, Clinical Institute of Inflammation and Immunology (CIII), Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Cosmetics Evaluation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Center of Cosmetics Evaluation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Dermatology and Venerology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Laboratory of Dermatology, Clinical Institute of Inflammation and Immunology (CIII), Frontiers Science Center for Disease-related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
- Center of Cosmetics Evaluation, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Aslan Kayıran M, Karadağ AS, Alyamaç G, Çevirgen Cemil B, Demirseren DD, Taş Demircan Y, Aksoy H, Kılıç S, Kara Polat A, İnan Yüksel E, Kalkan G, Elibüyük Aksaç S, Kutlu Ö, Altıntaş Kakşi S, Şikar Aktürk A, Özkök Akbulut T, Sarıkaya Solak S, Oğuz Topal İ, Yazıcı S, Kaya Özden H, Koska MC, Uzunçakmak TK, Ataseven A, Işık B, Alpsoy E. Rates of skincare product and cosmetic procedure use in patients with acne vulgaris and the effective factors: A multicenter study with 1,755 patients. J Cosmet Dermatol 2021; 21:2566-2576. [PMID: 34520610 DOI: 10.1111/jocd.14439] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Revised: 08/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Skincare products and cosmetic procedures are used as an adjunct or complementary to conventional drug therapy for acne vulgaris (AV). OBJECTIVE To evaluate the use of skincare products and the frequency of cosmetic procedures in AV treatment. METHODS A total of 1,755 patients with AV completed the survey prepared by the researchers and the Cardiff Acne Disability Index (CADI) questionnaire. The clinical findings and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) severity scores were recorded by the dermatologists. RESULTS For AV, 66.7% of the patients stated that they used skincare products and 26.7% had undergone cosmetic procedures. The use of skincare products was statistically significantly higher in women (female: 74.5%, male: 57.7%, p < 0.0001); older people (users: 22 ± 7.6years, non-users: 21.2 ± 5.7 years, p < 0.0001); patients with a higher CADI score (users: 7 ± 3.7, non-users: 6.9 ± 4.3, p = 0.010); FDA severity score 2 and 3 (FDA-1: 58.1%; FDA-2: 72.4%, FDA-3: 73%, FDA-4: 67%, p < 0.0001); long-term disease (users: 57 ± 43 months; non-users: 47.7 ± 42.3 months, p < 0.0001); facial involvement (present: 70.2%, absent: 51.4%, p = 0.017); high income levels (users: 73.5%; non-users: 26.5%, p = 0.001); and graduate or post-graduate degrees (undergraduate≤%62.8, graduate≥%76.8, p < 0.0001). The rate of cosmetic procedures was higher in those with higher CADI scores (users: 7.8 ± 3.8; non-users: 7.1 ± 3.96, p < 0.0001); older patients (users: 22.7 ± 10.7 years; non-users: 21.3 ± 5 years, p < 0.0001); high school (25.6%); and graduate (28.9%) education (p = 0.043), those with lower disease severity (FDA-1: 31.1%; FDA-2: 28.5%, FDA-3: 27.1%, FDA-4: 20.4%, p = 0.022); smokers (smokers: 32.5%; non-smokers: 25.5%, p = 0.020), and those with AV in the family (present: 29.8%; absent: 24.2%, p = 0.009). The patients most frequently used cleansers (85.2%) as cosmetic products, and most commonly underwent skincare treatment (71%) as an interventional procedure. They mostly learned about such products and methods from the Internet, and 33.3% of the participants had undergone procedures performed by non-physicians. CONCLUSION The patients generally choose skincare products as a result of their Internet search and sometimes have these procedures performed by non-physicians. Dermatologists should be aware of this situation and inform their patients about appropriate products and procedures.
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- Melek Aslan Kayıran
- Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Private Medicana Bursa Hospital, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Health Sciences University, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Çanakkale 18 Mart University, Çanakkale, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatological and Venereal Diseases, Health Sciences University, İstanbul Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Fırat University, Elazığ, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Health Sciences University, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Uşak University, Uşak, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Göztepe Prof. Dr. Süleyman Yalçın City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatological and Venereal Diseases, Health Sciences University, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatological and Venereal Diseases, Health Sciences University, Prof. Dr. Cemil Taşçıoğlu Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Uludağ University, Bursa, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Kocaeli Derince Training and Research Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey
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- Department of Dermatology, Artvin State Hospital, Artvin, Turkey
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- Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Meram Medical Faculty, Department of Dermatology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Meram Medical Faculty, Department of Dermatology, Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
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