Diagnosis

There are multiple grading scales for grading the severity of acne vulgaris,[23] three of these being:

* Leeds acne grading technique: Counts and categorises lesions into inflammatory and non-inflammatory (ranges from 0-10.0).
* Cook's acne grading scale: Uses photographs to grade severity from 0 to 8 (0 being the least severe and 8 being the most severe).
* Pillsbury scale: Simply classifies the severity of the acne from 1 (least severe) to 4 (most severe).