Some of you may have doubled your worries because you might have mistaken your mild acne or simple bumps as a problem of severe acne. You need to know here that worrying about anything will take your stress level high and high stress levels further propagate the formulation of acne. So, it would be wise that you get the affected skin diagnosed before making out any conclusion.
Its diagnosis is very simple; you just visit a dermatologist, he will observe the bump or lesion and may press it a bit to get an idea of its severity. You can also diagnose it by yourself. If you notice a small cyst or a rounded lesion, then it’s severe. Other than this, there are various grading scales available in the market to check the severity of acne. Three of these are mentioned below.
1. Leeds acne grading technique: It counts and then categories the lesions into two groups – inflammatory lesions and non-inflammatory lesions. It ranges from 0 to10.
2. Cook’s acne grading scale: It makes use of the pictures to grade the severity of the lesion. It ranges from 0 to 8.
3. Pillsbury scale: It is a very simple scale that just classifies the severity of the acne from 1 (least severe) to 4 (most severe).