The raw data behind our study We Checked 97 Acne Pages Against the AAD Guideline: every page we sampled for 17 common acne searches, and how each one handles the 2024 American Academy of Dermatology acne guideline. One row per page, with the quote or note behind every claim code.
13 of 97 pages mention the guideline; 5 link to it
100 pages sampled, 97 read and coded; 10 make a strength or certainty claim, 38 show a medical-review signal.
Quick facts
- What it is: Top search results for 17 acne searches, coded for how they use the AAD 2024 acne guideline
- Records: 100 pages (97 retrieved) across 17 queries
- Reference standard: Reynolds RV et al., JAAD 2024 (PubMed 38300170), as tabled in our AAD 2024 dataset
- Formats: CSV, JSON
- License: CC BY 4.0 for our coding; the pages belong to their publishers
- Searched: September 30, 2026
The 17 searches
- AAD acne treatment guidelines 2024
- hormonal acne treatment best options for adult women
- birth control pills for acne which ones work best
- azelaic acid for acne benefits how effective
- acne skincare routine dermatologist recommended step by step
- best acne treatment
- how to get rid of acne
- benzoyl peroxide for acne
- adapalene vs tretinoin for acne
- doxycycline for acne how long does it take
- spironolactone for acne
- isotretinoin accutane for severe acne
- minocycline vs doxycycline for acne
- severe cystic acne treatment options
- tea tree oil for acne does it work
- clascoterone Winlevi for acne
- salicylic acid vs benzoyl peroxide for acne
All 100 pages
| Query | Rank | Page | Type of site | Mentions guideline | Links 2024 guideline | Strength or certainty claim | Review signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | medscape.com | News or trade press | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 2 | hhs.texas.gov | Government, education or professional body | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | 3 | mdedge.com | News or trade press | Yes (2024) | Yes | accurate | No |
| 1 | 4 | ciplamed.com | Retailer or brand | Yes (2024) | No | accurate | No |
| 1 | 5 | reference.medscape.com | Health publisher | Yes (2024) | No | accurate | No |
| 1 | 6 | guidelinecentral.com | Health publisher | Yes (2024) | Yes | upstream (abstract reproduced) | No |
| 2 | 1 | dermstore.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | Yes |
| 2 | 2 | michelegreenmd.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 2 | 3 | schweigerderm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 2 | 4 | mohs-md.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | Yes |
| 2 | 5 | wederm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 2 | 7 | midlandskin.co.uk | Dermatology practice | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | 1 | singlecare.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 3 | 2 | health.clevelandclinic.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 3 | 3 | goodrx.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 3 | 4 | medicalnewstoday.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 3 | 5 | thelowdown.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 3 | 6 | buzzrx.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 4 | 1 | curology.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | Yes (2016) | No | No | Yes |
| 4 | 2 | dermnetnz.org | Health publisher | No | No | No | No |
| 4 | 4 | drsambunting.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | Yes |
| 4 | 6 | bannerhealth.com | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 4 | 7 | eminenceorganics.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 4 | 8 | dermatologist-nyc.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 5 | 1 | laroche-posay.us | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 5 | 2 | schweigerderm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 5 | 3 | miiskin.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | Yes |
| 5 | 4 | advanceddermatologypc.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | Yes |
| 5 | 5 | dimebeautyco.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 5 | 6 | slmdskincare.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 6 | 1 | laroche-posay.us | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 6 | 2 | sutterhealth.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | Yes |
| 6 | 3 | oakderm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 6 | 4 | goodrx.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 6 | 5 | mayoclinic.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 6 | 6 | bhskin.com | Dermatology practice | Yes (2024) | Yes | accurate | No |
| 7 | 1 | rush.edu | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 7 | 2 | medlineplus.gov | Government, education or professional body | No | No | No | Yes |
| 7 | 3 | aad.org | Government, education or professional body | No | No | No | No |
| 7 | 4 | greatist.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 7 | 5 | fabfitfun.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 7 | 6 | maxhealthcare.in | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | Yes |
| 8 | 1 | medicalnewstoday.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 8 | 2 | dermstore.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 8 | 3 | columbiadoctors.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | Yes |
| 8 | 4 | cerave.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 8 | 6 | my.clevelandclinic.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 8 | 7 | cleanandclear.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 9 | 1 | goodrx.com | Health publisher | Yes (2024) | Yes | No | Yes |
| 9 | 2 | click2pharmacy.co.uk | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | No |
| 9 | 4 | perfectb.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 9 | 5 | dearbrightly.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | No |
| 9 | 7 | counselhealth.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | Yes |
| 9 | 8 | clinikally.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 10 | 1 | doctronic.ai | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | Yes |
| 10 | 3 | goodrx.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 10 | 5 | perks.optum.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 10 | 6 | nollahealth.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | Yes (unstated) | No | accurate | Yes |
| 10 | 7 | danishskincare.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 10 | 8 | meetaugust.ai | Telehealth or online pharmacy | Yes (2024) | Yes | No | No |
| 11 | 1 | rightdecisions.scot.nhs.uk | Government, education or professional body | No | No | No | No |
| 11 | 2 | twentyeighthealth.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | No |
| 11 | 3 | midlandskin.co.uk | Dermatology practice | No | No | not about AAD (UK/NICE context) | No |
| 11 | 5 | pictionhealth.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | No |
| 11 | 6 | oanahealth.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | No |
| 12 | 1 | schweigerderm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 12 | 2 | my.clevelandclinic.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 12 | 3 | usdermatologypartners.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 12 | 4 | ezderm.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 12 | 6 | fda.gov | Government, education or professional body | No | No | No | No |
| 12 | 7 | accessdata.fda.gov | Government, education or professional body | No | No | No | No |
| 13 | 3 | doctronic.ai | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | Yes |
| 13 | 5 | singlecare.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | No |
| 13 | 7 | miiskin.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | Yes |
| 13 | 8 | emedexpert.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | No |
| 13 | 9 | graphsearch.epfl.ch | Government, education or professional body | No | No | No | No |
| 14 | 2 | aurorahealthcare.org | Clinic or hospital | No | No | No | No |
| 14 | 3 | medicinenet.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 14 | 4 | michelegreenmd.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 14 | 5 | wederm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 14 | 6 | schweigerderm.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
| 14 | 7 | medicalnewstoday.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 15 | 1 | healthline.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 15 | 2 | curology.com | Telehealth or online pharmacy | No | No | No | Yes |
| 15 | 3 | paulaschoice.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | Yes |
| 15 | 4 | paulaschoice-eu.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 15 | 5 | blog.reneerouleau.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 15 | 6 | exposedskincare.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 16 | 1 | webmd.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 16 | 2 | drugs.com | Health publisher | Yes (unstated) | No | accurate | Yes |
| 16 | 3 | dermnetnz.org | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 16 | 4 | goodrx.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 16 | 5 | ncbi.nlm.nih.gov | Government, education or professional body | Yes (2024) | No | accurate | No |
| 16 | 6 | winlevi.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 17 | 1 | goodrx.com | Health publisher | Yes (2016) | No | outdated (published Jan 2022, links 2016 edition) | Yes |
| 17 | 2 | healthline.com | Health publisher | No | No | No | Yes |
| 17 | 3 | drzenovia.com | Retailer or brand | Yes (2016) | No | No | No |
| 17 | 5 | bioclarity.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | No |
| 17 | 6 | mdacne.com | Retailer or brand | No | No | No | Yes |
| 17 | 7 | ataloaesthetics.com | Dermatology practice | No | No | No | No |
A dash means the page could not be retrieved. The CSV and JSON add the retrieval method and the quote or note behind each claim code.
How we built this
We ran each search with a US web search tool on 30 September 2026 and kept the top results in rank order: at most six pages per search and one per website per search. We left out primary research (PubMed, PMC, journal article pages and research repositories), because the question is how guidance content handles the guideline, and we left out this site. Each page’s full text was searched for guideline, AAD, strength, certainty and reviewer language, and every hit was read and judged by hand against the definitions in the file. Fifteen pages that blocked automated fetching were coded from a text rendering of the page.
What this cannot tell you
Search results change daily and differ by person and place; this is one snapshot, not a ranking audit. One person coded every page, with no second coder. “Mentions the guideline” is a low bar and says nothing about whether a page’s treatment advice is good. General information, not medical advice.
Use this data
Our coding, table and layout are free to reuse, including commercially, under CC BY 4.0. Attribution with a link is all we ask. The pages themselves belong to their publishers.
Download CSV of the AAD guideline mentions survey · Live JSON: /data/aad-guideline-mentions-survey.json for the AAD guideline mentions survey (stable URL, CORS open; the same records are embedded in this page as tfa-ds-survey-json) · All TipsForAcne datasets
Cite as: TipsForAcne, “AAD Acne Guideline Mentions on Top-Ranking Acne Pages (September 2026)”, tipsforacne.com/data/aad-guideline-mentions-survey/ (searched 2026-09-30). General information, not medical advice.