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Background and Design: Skin care is essential for maintenance of healty skin. But skin care behaviors vary in different societies. There are a few studies about this subject in Turkish population. The aim of this study was to determine behaviors of skin care products use and knowledge about skin care. MATERIAL-METHOD: A total of 870 patients were enrolled to the study between October 2006 and May 2007. The study group were composed of patients in dermatology out-patient clinic. A standart questionnaire was completed by the study group. Demographic characteristics, skin care knowledge, behaviors of skin care use were recorded to the questionnaire. RESULTS: The study group included 870 participants between 16-65 years old (601 F, 269 M). Half of them (443 subjects) defined skin care as cleanness, 162 of them (18%) could not defined skin care. The prevalence of skin care products use was 51% (443 subjects) and the most popular use of skin care products were moisturizers (37.9%) and cleansers (35.2%). 42.5% of users of skin care product did not consult anyone, 30.1% and 25.2 % was notting accordance to his/her skin type and quality when buying product. 30.4% of them was getting skin care products from pharmacy and 25.4% from markets, 84% of participants did not reserve budget, 90% of them did not undergo professional skin care.CONCLUSION: Our study showed that knowledge about skin care and skin care products was insufficient in our population like results of previous studies. It is seen that Turkish people need to be informed about this topic by dermatologists. |
