Moderate-to-Severe Acne and Mental Health Symptoms in Transmasculine Persons Who Have Received Testosterone

JAMA Dermatol. 2021 Mar 1;157(3):344-346. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2020.5353.

Hayley Braun¹, Qi Zhang², Darios Getahun^{3

4}, Michael J Silverberg⁵, Vin Tangpricha⁶, Michael Goodman², Howa Yeung^{1

7}

¹ Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
² Department of Epidemiology, Emory University School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia.
³ Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena.
⁴ Department of Health Systems Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, California.
⁵ Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland.
⁶ Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipids, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
⁷ Regional Telehealth Service, VA Veterans Integrated Service Network 7 Southeast Network, Decatur, Georgia.

Abstract

This survey study examines the association between acne and mental health outcomes for transmasculine persons who have received testosterone.