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Dermatitis, Contact/etiology , Dermatitis, Occupational/etiology , Music , Adult , Cheilitis/etiology , Humans , Male , Poaceae/immunologyABSTRACT
The psychological characteristics and the hair problems of 58 females with androgenetic alopecia were compared with a group of women with non-apparent dermatological diseases, and with a group of men with androgenetic alopecia. The women with androgenetic alopecia had higher scores for self-sufficiency and social inadequacy compared to women with non-visible dermatological complaints, and they scored higher for inadequacy, rigidity and general psychological maladjustment than the men and had lower scores for injuredness self-evaluation and self-esteem. The women with androgenetic alopecia had more psychosocial problems, which they attributed to the hair loss, than the other groups.
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Alopecia/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psychological Tests , Self Concept , Sex Factors , Social AlienationABSTRACT
A 79-year-old male with psoriasis developed a zosteriform acantholytic dyskeratotic epidermal naevus during PUVA therapy. The eruption was successfully treated with etretinate 0.75 mg/kg/day and a subsequent course of PUVA with the affected area covered prevented a recurrence of the naevus.
