6 citations
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January 2013 in “Case reports in endocrinology” This article reviews acromegaloid facial appearance syndrome and presents a case in a 57-year-old woman, emphasizing the need for more cases to understand its clinical features and inheritance patterns.
September 2025 in “Asian Journal of Neurosurgery” This study found that total head shaving during brain tumor surgery is significantly associated with lower postoperative self-esteem in patients, suggesting that minimizing shaving when possible could improve psychological recovery.
July 2012 in “Hair transplant forum international” This article defines body dysmorphic disorder as excessive concern over perceived physical defects that cause distress and affect social or functional activities, but it reports no new results.
4 citations
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September 2016 in “Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft” This study found that 7.9% of dermatological outpatients at a German hospital had clinically relevant body dysmorphic concerns, highlighting the need for psychotherapeutic support due to poor social adaptation and high motivation for change.
July 2023 in “International journal of physiology” This article outlines hypertrichosis lanuginosa, emphasizing its rarity, potential congenital or acquired nature, association with malignancy, challenges in diagnosis, limited treatment options, and the need for more research to understand its mechanisms.
March 2026 in “Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology” This study introduced and validated the VESALT, a visual extension of the Severity of Alopecia Tool, finding it offers improved reliability and user-friendliness over SALT by incorporating pattern recognition and broader coverage, including non-scalp regions, in assessing alopecia areata severity.
2 citations
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January 2022 in “Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum” This review discusses the psychological factors associated with aesthetic surgery, highlighting that pre-existing mood disorders may predispose patients to increased depression and anxiety postoperatively.
May 2026 in “Dermatology The American Medical Journal” This lecture abstract discusses a career driven by a commitment to helping patients with vitiligo and hidradenitis suppurativa but reports no scientific findings.
January 2018 in “Karger Kompass” This study reports a case of a woman with Cushing's disease whose initial complaint was hair loss, a rare presenting symptom, despite multiple dermatological signs like easy bruising and violaceous striae being more indicative of the condition.
March 2024 in “Indian Journal of Dermatology/Indian journal of dermatology” In this article, the authors compile various dermatological conditions that metaphorically reference animal-related visuals, such as "buffalo hump" in HIV-associated lipodystrophy or "leonine facies" in lepromatous leprosy, to enhance learning through mnemonic and visual associations.
1 citations
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December 2024 in “Qeios” This study found that a five-dimensional model of personality perception from men's facial photographs better captures the complexity of face perception than the traditional two-dimensional Valence-Dominance model, highlighting overlaps with personality structures known from differential psychology.
6 citations
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August 2011 in “Anais Brasileiros de Dermatologia” This case report describes a 32-year-old man with therapy-resistant acneiform eruptions later diagnosed as vellus hair cysts, emphasizing the condition as a potential diagnostic consideration in similar cases.
January 1996 in “Journal of Dermatological Treatment” Dermatologists should know about cosmetic science and aesthetics because patients care about skin appearance and health.
1 citations
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January 2016 in “Georg Thieme Verlag eBooks” The document concludes that ideal facial proportions are guided by specific measurements and symmetry to enhance beauty, but individual characteristics must be considered.
In this case study, a 15-year-old obese boy was diagnosed with acanthosis nigricans and hair casts in the axillae, with Wood's lamp and dermoscopic examination revealing specific features, yet fungal infection was ruled out through a negative KOH test.
25 citations
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January 1978 in “JAMA” This case report describes a 45-year-old woman who developed Cushing's syndrome and hirsutism after using topically applied desoximetasone (Topicorte).
17 citations
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August 2018 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This article discusses body-focused repetitive behaviors like trichotillomania and excoriation disorder, noting their higher prevalence than previously thought and the importance of dermatologic and psychiatric assessment in treatment; it reports no new clinical results.
October 1967 in “Archives of Dermatology” This report discusses a case of an intradermal nevus in a 42-year-old woman and provides no clinical findings beyond a biopsy showing hyperkeratosis and cellular pigmentary changes.
2 citations
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October 1973 in “Archives of internal medicine” This case report details a 25-year-old woman with progressive scalp hair loss, extensive baldness, and facial hirsutism since adolescence, despite normal libidinal desires and body weight.
2 citations
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February 2002 This paper is a compilation of chapters discussing various aspects of cosmetic dermatology and surgery but reports no new clinical results.
10 citations
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February 2015 in “Clinics in Dermatology” This article discusses various periocular conditions like madarosis, milphosis, trichomegaly, and dermatochalasis, and highlights their potential link to underlying local and systemic diseases, but reports no new clinical findings.
May 2024 in “International journal of medicine and psychology.” This study examines how adolescents' inclination towards delinquent behavior is linked to their self-esteem and self-worth, emphasizing that low levels of these traits may increase the risk of delinquency during their development from infancy to teenage years.
May 2020 in “JOJ Dermatology & Cosmetics” This report describes a rare case of Trichostasis Spinulosa on the heel, an uncommon location for this type of lesion.
9 citations
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October 2015 in “Cutaneous and ocular toxicology” This case report observed vemurafenib-induced pityriasis amiantacea, a scalp scaling reaction, in a patient with metastatic melanoma, which was managed symptomatically without altering vemurafenib treatment.
3 citations
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January 2000 in “Current Medical Research and Opinion” This research reported that eflornithine HCl 13.9% cream generally has a favorable dermal safety profile for managing unwanted facial hair in women, though it can cause mild irritation under certain conditions.
April 2025 in “Current Pediatrics Reports” Transgender and gender-diverse teens need specialized skin and mental health care.
February 2026 in “Cosmetics” 38 citations
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June 2005 in “International Journal of Dermatology” This case report describes a 28-year-old man with widespread pigmented basal cell carcinomas and recurrent infections that were challenging to control, associated with nevus comedonicus and a rudimentary toe.
9 citations
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March 2001 in “Clinics in dermatology” This review examines the causes, assessment, and treatment options for hirsutism but presents no new clinical findings, highlighting the need for further research on managing this condition.
November 2019 in “Nepal Medical College journal” This study found that nearly a quarter of patients in a general dermatology outpatient department sought cosmetic consultations, primarily females and young employed adults from higher socio-economic backgrounds.