Acne

Acne is a reported symptom in Apple Health. Each entry records a subjective severity category, rather than a lesion count or a dermatologist’s assessment.

Unspecified is not notPresent. The mild, moderate and severe labels reflect the report; their integer codes are not a calibrated clinical scale and should not be averaged as measurements.

Keep the meaning of each severity label consistent when looking at a history. The category alone does not describe where a breakout appeared, which lesions were present or whether it left scars. Those details require a separate note or clinical assessment.

A calendar of reports can help organize a conversation about recurring breakouts. If Menstrual Flow was also recorded, dates can be viewed together; coinciding reports do not identify a hormonal cause. A change in logging frequency can resemble a change in symptoms.

Entries follow the source’s logging behavior, with no fixed sensor sampling interval. Missing dates mean no available report, rather than an explicit negative observation. A saved interval need not describe a continuous episode, and overlapping records from different sources should be reviewed before counting reports or days.

This HealthKit type is not listed in the current PulsHealth sync catalog. The selected database review contained no corresponding records; that does not establish whether entries exist in Apple Health. No example distribution or logging cadence could be measured.