2019-09-01 Cosmopolitan South Africa

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I recentlycameacross

‘psychodermatology’

ontheWeb.Haveyou

heardof it?

Yes.It addressesthe

interactionbetween

themindandskin.

Dr Mwatsveruka

N Munhutureveals

that‘it’sanareaof

dermatologythat

involvespsychiatry

andpsychology.Upto

a thirdof dermatology

patientswillhavean

underlyingpsychiatric

or psychological

componentthatis

directlyrelatedto their

skincondition,which

in turnaffectstheir

mentalwellbeing.’

Psychodermatology

considershow

skinissuescanmanifest

or worsenas a resultof

psychologicaldistress.

Whataresome

examplesof

psychodermatologic

skinissues?

Dr NirvanaShanalee

Pillay,founderof

NirvanaNatural

Bliss,saysthatthese

canbeclassified

intothreecategories:

psychophysiological

disorders(for

example,psoriasis),

psychiatricdisorders

withdermatological

symptoms(suchas

anxiety,stressor

OCD,whichcan

leadto skindamage

in theformof acne

picking,hairpulling,

or bitingof nails

andlips),andskin

disorders(forexample,

alopeciaareata)with

psychiatricsymptoms.

Howdoesanxiety

affectskin?

‘It canimpairthe

protectiveouter

layerof theskin,

causingit to bemore

sensitiveandeasily

penetrated,’says

Pillay.‘It doesn’tcause

a skindiseaseby

itself,butit indirectly

exacerbatesexisting

skinproblems.’

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