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Seborrheic dermatitis and anti‐COVID‐19 masks
- Source :
- Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2020.
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Abstract
- In Milan, Italy, after the end of the lockdown period (March and April 2020), we observed several patients with seborrheic dermatitis (SD) who showed a more or less important worsening of their disease. All patients used anti‐coronavirus‐19 (COVID‐19) face mask for many hours per day. According to the clinical point of view, the worsening was characterized by increased erythema and desquamation as well as itching worsened. In the last few weeks, some articles have been published on cases of dermatitis of the face associated with the use of anti‐COVID‐19 masks. Some authors hypothesized that this condition is due to high temperature of the face covered by the mask, that induces an increased sebum excretion rate. In our patients with SD, it is possible that high temperature of the face induces abnormalities of microbiota (proliferation of Malassezia spp.?) and permeability of skin barrier, and increases sweating with irritant action and worsening of itching.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Skin barrier
integumentary system
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
biology
Erythema
business.industry
Dermatology
biology.organism_classification
medicine.disease
Desquamation
Excretion
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Seborrheic dermatitis
medicine
Itching
Malassezia
medicine.symptom
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14732165 and 14732130
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cc842173cc62692e06291423d4fe216d
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jocd.13669