Summary:
A controlled clinical trial was done in the department of
Dermatology and Venereology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib
Medical University, (BSMMU), Dhaka, Bangladesh. The
duration of the study was from September 2009 to February
2010. Patients of mild type acne vulgaris attending
outpatient Department of Dermatology (BSMMU), Dhaka
were selected by simple random sampling method. A total
number of 60 patients were primarily selected and they were
divided into two groups (Group-A and group-B), group A
was treated with 0.05% tretinoin cream and group B with
0.1% Tazarotene cream. Mean age of Group A patients was
21.73 ± 4.30 and Group B was 19.70 ± 3.44. 43.3% of group
A and 53.3% of group B was male and 56.7% of group A
and 46.7% of group B was female (p=0.438). At baseline
mean of total acne score was 30.57 ± 13.62 and 30.90 ±