The Beighton scoring system, the US findings, and the aspect and diameter of the scars suggested that the disease can be divided into three different stages which allow the correlation, over progressive intervals of values, of the articular hypermobility and atrophic wrinkled scars. Our results showed that US test is able to confirm the clinical diagnosis and to evaluate the seriousness of hypermobile joints.

Human skin is continuously exposed to internal and external influences that may alter its condition and functioning. As a consequence, the skin may undergo alterations leading to immune dysfunction, imbalanced epidermal homeostasis, or other skin disorders. New theories are developing that link food intake and health. The objective of this review is to evaluate current knowledge about the interrelation of food and skin, particularly the effect of nutrients on some cutaneous immune disorders and therapeutic actions of nutrients in skin disorders.