Correlates of health‐related quality of life in women with severe facial blemishes

Balkrishnan, Rajesh; McMichael, Amy J.; Hu, Jie; Camacho, Fabian; Shew, Katherine R.; Bouloc, Anne; Rapp, Stéphen R.; Feldman, Steven R.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-4632.2004.02371.x

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“…Currently, Melasma therapy includes opaque anti-UVA and anti-UVB sunscreen such as zinc oxide, a variety of bleach gels, cream (3-11), Hydroquinone compounds, lowdensity steroids, kojic acid, Arbotin, azelaic acid, AHA, and retinoid (4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19). Administration of topical tretinoin gel is often required, too.…”

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“…The onset of Melasma is often between 30 and 55 years of age (5). As Melasma is seen in exposed areas of the skin, particularly the face, it affects the quality of life as well as the self-confidence of the patients (6). By studying Iranian traditional medicine books, it has been shown that "Kalaf ", in which parts of the skin on the face darkens, is known as Melasma in contemporary medicine (7).…”

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Nutritional Advice for Patients with Melasma in Iranian Traditional Medicine

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Background: Melasma (called Kalaf in Iranian traditional medicine) is a common acquired hypermelanosis that affects sun-exposed areas of skin. Several factors including exposure to sunlight, pregnancy, and endocrine diseases increase the risk for Melasma. In traditional medicine, antecedent philosophers and physicians have tried to understand the nature and mechanisms of different systems of the human body for the diagnosis and management of Melasma; they have offered different solutions for it. This study is important since Melasma is a disease causing mental side effects in patients, due to darkness and opacity of the skin; therefore, the treatment of Melasma in terms of its psychological complications is of particular importance. In addition, texts of Iranian traditional medicine contain a wealth of nutritional advice for patients with Melasma. These texts have, until now, not yet been reviewed. The present study has considered the most important references of Iranian traditional medicine texts. Objectives: The objective of this study was to extract and categorize the nutritional advice of Iranian traditional medicine texts for the treatment of Melasma. Results: Dietary recommendations, not only for treatment but also for prevention of diseases and staying healthy, are very efficient. Conclusions: Based on the traditional medicine texts, it is helpful to avoid Soda-producing food as well as to identify appropriate food in order to eliminate the accumulation of Soda or black bile from the blood. This study offers a set of analytical and clinical research on food, which in traditional medicine is called Soda-producing as well as Soda reducing.

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Nutritional Advice for Patients with Melasma in Iranian Traditional Medicine

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“…Conclusions: Considering the anti-melanogenic activity and human safety, CCE is considered as a potential anti-melanogenic agent and may be effective for topical application for treating hyperpigmentation disorders. and accumulation of melanin in the skin could be a serious skin disorder and aesthetic problems, which are decreasing social functioning, reducing productivity at work or school, and lowering the self-esteem of patients [3][4][5][6] . Melanogenesis is regulated by various environmental, hormonal and genetic factors, including α-melanocyte stimulating hormone, theophylline, cAMP-elevating agents, and estrogen, and UV light.…”

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“…Cellular tyrosinase activity was measured by the method of Yen (1) rutin, (2) narirutin, (3) naringin, (4) hesperidin, (5) neohesperidin, (6) neohesperidin dihydrochalcone, (7) naringenin, (8) hesperetin, (9) aprgrnin, (10) nobiletin, (11) tangeretin, (12) auraptene was diluted with ethanol to obtain a series concentration of working solutions, and subjected to HPLC analysis.…”

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Down-regulation of tyrosinase, TRP-1, TRP-2 and MITF expressions by citrus press-cakes in murine B16 F10 melanoma

Kim

Choi³

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Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

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“…In fact, for the last century, both social and emotional impact, diminished self-esteem and psychiatric comorbidities have been reported to occur in these patients. [9][10][11][12] They have been described as immature, anxious, with diminished self-esteem and feelings of guilt and shame, 13,14 or as psychoneurotic, with hysterical or obsessive-compulsive configurations. 15 In the present study we intended to explore and draw conclusions on the psychopathologic distress experienced by Portuguese rosacea patients as compared to a group of dermatological patients suffering from acute, non-conspicuous, accidental dermatoses.…”

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Avaliação Psicológica em Doentes com Rosácea: Um Estudo de Caso-Controlo com Symptom Checklist -90 - Revised

Tavares‐Bello

Torres

2016

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RESUMO -Introdução:A rosácea, uma prevalente dermatose facial crónica, é classicamente considerada uma "psicodermatose" já que factores psicológicos são determinantes no seu desencadeamento ou evolução. Os doentes padecendo de rosácea foram descritos como imaturos, ansiosos, com reduzida auto-estima, com sentimentos de vergonha ou culpa, ou como "psiconeuróticos", com configurações histéricas ou obsessivo-compulsivas. Objectivo: Neste estudo foi investigado o distress psicopatológico de doentes com rosácea, comparados com um grupo de dermopatas sofrendo de dermatoses agudas, acidentais, não conspícuas. Um objectivo adicional foi o de avaliar a influência determinada pelos dados demográficos e características clínicas sobre os resultados finais. Material e Métodos: Os participantes foram 53 doentes com rosácea e 190 outros dermopatas, com idades compreendidas entre os 18 e os 72 anos foram recrutados duma consulta externa hospitalar de Dermatologia. A rosácea foi clinicamente avaliada e classificada bem como registada a duração da doença. Foi aplicado a todos os doentes o questionário de auto-resposta SCL-90-R para avaliar o distress psicológico e registar as queixas emocionais e psico-vegetativas. Resultados: As análises estatísticas revelaram uma efectiva influência independente das variáveis rosácea, género, nível escolar/educacional e da Interacção rosácea/género nas variáveis psicométricas. Os doentes com Rosácea revelaram valores superiores aos da população do grupo controlo nas dimensões sensibilidade interpessoal (F[1,241]=3,57, p<0,01). No que concerne às diferenças entre géneros, as doentes com rosácea registaram valores superiores aos dos da população controlo nas dimensões ansiedade, depressão, sensibilidade interpessoal, obsessões e compulsões, ideação paranóide e somatização, ao contrário dos doentes do género masculino em que tal apenas se verificou na sensibilidade interpessoal. No que se refere aos efeitos da duração da doença, os doentes com rosácea com mais de 1 ano de duração registaram scores significativamente mais elevados de ideação paranóide do que os doentes com durações de doença inferiores a um ano (F[2,52]=3,79, p<0,05). Conclusões: Os doentes sofrendo de rosácea -em contraste com outros doentes com outras dermatosesrevelam um distress psicossocial significativo, o qual não se correlaciona no entanto com o sub-tipo clínico da dermatose. PALAVRAS-CHAVE -Psicometria; Rosácea/psicologia; Stress Psicológico. Psychological Evaluation in Rosacea Patients

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Correlates of health‐related quality of life in women with severe facial blemishes

Abstract: Severe facial blemishes of any cause have a significant impact on women's QOL, and the effect of these lesions is mediated in part by psychological characteristics related to self-perception and self-presentation.

Cited by 80 publications

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Nutritional Advice for Patients with Melasma in Iranian Traditional Medicine

Nutritional Advice for Patients with Melasma in Iranian Traditional Medicine

Down-regulation of tyrosinase, TRP-1, TRP-2 and MITF expressions by citrus press-cakes in murine B16 F10 melanoma

Avaliação Psicológica em Doentes com Rosácea: Um Estudo de Caso-Controlo com Symptom Checklist -90 - Revised

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