Acne is treatable, chronic, and worth taking seriously — here is what actually works.
The acne and acne scar service of Chongqing West District Hospital treats teenage, adult, and hormonal acne, the marks it leaves behind, and the scars it can cause — with evidence-based medical treatment, honest timelines, and the full resources of a tertiary general hospital behind every plan.
Assessment before treatment, treatment ladders that respect the evidence, and honesty about what months of consistent care can and cannot change.
- Evidence-based care
- Diagnosis before treatment
- Honest timelines and expectations
- Medical & procedural acne care
Acne care that starts with an honest assessment
Acne is common, but it is not simple. Whether it is a teenager’s first breakout or scarring acne in adulthood, every plan follows the same three principles.
Assess
Acne is graded, not guessed: lesion types, sites, severity, the marks and dents already forming, and the look-alike conditions that mimic acne. The assessment decides the whole plan.
Treat in steps
We follow the evidence-based ladder for your acne — topical treatment, oral treatment when it is genuinely justified, and procedural work only once the acne is quiet.
Manage long term
Acne is chronic and relapsing. We build the maintenance routine and the follow-up that keeps it quiet, because stopping everything at once is how flares return.
Dedicated specialists within a tertiary hospital
Acne is a dermatology problem first and a procedural problem second. Our team joins the medical control of acne with the laser, surgical, and scar-revision skills that treat what acne leaves behind, with the full safety net of a tertiary general hospital behind every plan.
Yongbo Jia, MD (贾勇波)
Dermatology Lead · Deputy Director
Head of dermatology and lead physician of this acne service: medical control of teenage, adult, and hormonal acne, the diagnosis of acne look-alikes, and post-inflammatory pigment aftercare, trained at the Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Ke He, MD (何锞)
Skin & Laser Aesthetics · Deputy Director
Head of skin and laser aesthetics; 20+ years on the clinical front line of laser and procedural dermatology, specializing in acne scar revision, post-inflammatory marks, and laser-based skin rejuvenation.
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Tongchun Mao, MD (毛彤春)
Aesthetic Surgery · Deputy Director
Deputy Director and head of aesthetic surgery; scar-conscious closure and refined aesthetic excision with cosmetic stitching, across 700+ operations a year.
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Shaoliang Wang, MD (王韶亮)
Plastic Surgery · Center Director
Center Director; leads surgical scar revision and complex wound repair, and correction of failed cosmetic operations, with 20+ years of tertiary-hospital surgical experience.
View profile →Acne and acne scarring, explained honestly
Start with the basics: what acne is, what drives it, what treatment genuinely changes, and what living with a chronic, relapsing condition actually looks like long term.
What Acne Is and How It Is Assessed
What actually happens inside a pore to produce a pimple, and how a dermatologist grades severity, marks, and scarring before choosing treatment.
Read the guide →Teen Acne
Why acne arrives with puberty, what treatment actually works for teenage skin, and how to keep a teenager engaged with a plan that takes months.
Read the guide →Adult Acne
Acne that persists or begins after the teenage years: the patterns to recognise, the drivers worth checking, and why adult skin needs gentler treatment.
Read the guide →Hormonal Acne and Endocrine Assessment
How hormones drive acne, what a hormonal pattern looks like, and the specific signs that make an endocrine assessment genuinely worthwhile.
Read the guide →Acne in Different Skin Types and Tones
Acne behaves differently across skin tones, and so does treatment: how pigment risk changes the way acne and its marks are managed.
Read the guide →Topical Treatment Classes for Acne
The main classes of topical acne treatment, what each one does, how they are combined, and why most people give up before they work.
Read the guide →We will not sell you certainty we do not have
No treatment clears every case of acne, no routine works for everyone, and no procedure erases a scar. Results take months, not days. Isotretinoin carries real risks that require monitoring. Scars are permanent, and treatment improves them rather than removing them. Anyone who tells you otherwise is not giving you honest medical advice.
Ready to take your acne seriously?
Reach out for a consultation. We will assess the acne and any marks or scars, explain what treatment can realistically do, and plan the long-term routine with you.
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