Editing Acne (section)

==Society and culture==
The costs and social impact of acne are substantial. In the United States, acne vulgaris is responsible for more than 5&nbsp;million [[physician|doctor]] visits and costs over {{currency|2.5|USD}}&nbsp;billion each year in [[Variable cost|direct costs]].<ref name="Knutsen2012"/> Similarly, acne vulgaris is responsible for 3.5&nbsp;million doctor visits each year in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref name=BMJ2013/> Sales for the top ten leading acne treatment brands in the US in 2015 amounted to $352{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.statista.com/statistics/448473/leading-us-acne-brands/|title= Sales of the leading acne brands in the United States in 2015 (in million U.S. dollars)|author= <!--Not stated-->|publisher= Statista Inc.|website= statista: The Statistics Portal|access-date= 12 March 2017|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170312195114/https://www.statista.com/statistics/448473/leading-us-acne-brands/|archive-date= 12 March 2017}}</ref>

Acne vulgaris and its resultant scars are associated with significant social and academic difficulties that can last into adulthood.<ref name="Fife2016" /><ref name="Brown2013">{{cite journal | vauthors = Brown MM, Chamlin SL, Smidt AC | title = Quality of life in pediatric dermatology | journal = Dermatologic Clinics | volume = 31 | issue = 2 | pages = 211–21 | date = April 2013 | pmid = 23557650 | doi = 10.1016/j.det.2012.12.010 | type = Review }}</ref> During the [[Great Depression]], dermatologists discovered that young men with acne had difficulty obtaining jobs.<ref name=":0" /> Until the 1930s, many people viewed acne as a trivial problem among middle-class girls because, unlike [[smallpox]] and [[tuberculosis]], no one died from it, and a feminine problem, because boys were much less likely to seek medical assistance for it.<ref name=":0" /> During [[World War II]], some soldiers in tropical climates developed such severe and widespread [[tropical acne]] on their bodies that they were declared medically [[Selective Service System#Classifications|unfit for duty]].<ref name=":0" />