Research on the Behavior and Needs of Acne Patients Towards Dermo Cosmetic
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Abstract
Acne vulgaris ranks second among dermatological pathologies, and despite various treatment approaches, its management remains a complex and prolonged process [1, 2]. The psycho-emotional state accompanying acne, both during puberty and later, often pushes patients towards self-treatment [5, 6]. In cases of mild and moderate forms of acne, there is an observed increase in patient self-referrals to pharmacies, where numerous acne treatment dermatological cosmetic products are available and the disease is often managed by pharmacists [7, 8]. It is important for community pharmacies to understand the behavior, needs and attitudes of acne patients for improving pharmaceutical services. Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the needs and behavior of of Acne patients towards dermatological cosmetic products in Georgia and to determine brand awareness. Method: A structured electronic questionnaire was placed in a targeted closed group on social networks (“Acne”, “Skin Health”). The limitation of the study was that respondents must have experienced acne at least once in their lifetime. Key Findings and Conclusions: 200 respondents participated in the study. More than half of the respondents suffer from acne from puberty to adulthood. The majority of respondents (67.5%) spend more than 6 months on treatment and use at least two skincare products daily. In cases of moderate or severe acne, only half of the patients consulted a specialist doctor, while the rest relied on self-diagnosis and consulted a pharmacist. For them, both the doctor’s and the pharmacist’s consultations were equally important, and when selecting a product, they prioritized ingredients, brand, safety, manufacturing country, and preferred gel and cream forms. Among the acne treatment cosmetic brands available on the Georgian market, the most favored by respondents were SVR, La Roche-Posay, and Bioderma. The majority of respondents continue to actively follow the appearance of new acne treatment products on the market.
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How this classification was reachedexpand
Full frame machine prediction
Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.
Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.000 | 0.002 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.
Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
score_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from itClassification
machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.
How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".