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Harvard Medical School Skin Psychologist Offers a Quick Quiz
Emotional factors can trigger skin problems, or they may worsen symptoms. While heredity, bacteria, viruses, hormones, and chemical irritants play a clear role in many skin problems, mind and body always do an intricate dance together. If your skin condition doesn’t seem to be improving, it may be time to determine the role that emotions are playing in your acne, psoriasis, rosacea, or whatever skin condition you’re experiencing.
How important is the emotional factor in your illness?
Ask yourself:
1. Do your symptoms get worse--or better--with emotional turmoil?
2. Is your condition more stubborn, severe, or recurrent than your doctor expects?
3. Are usually effective treatments not working for you?
4. Do most treatments work but not for long?
5. Is each disappearing symptom quickly replaced with another?
6. Do your symptoms get better or worse in a very erratic, seemingly nonsensical way?
7. Do you see striking ups and downs in your symptoms with changes in your social environment: vacations, hospitalizations, business trips, or the comings of family members or bosses?
8. Do people find you strikingly stoic, unruffled, or computer like in the face of stressful life events?
9. Is your level of distress and concern about your problem strikingly high or conspicuously absent?
10. Is your skin worse in the morning, suggesting that you rub or scratch unintentionally at night?
11. Do you have trouble following your health care provider's instructions?
12. Do you do things you know will hurt your skin, such as picking or scratching, squeezing pimples, or overexposing yourself to sunlight?
13. Do you feel
excessively dependent on your dermatologist or excessively angry with him or her? (Even if the faults are real, are you overreacting?)
14. Does it seem that others notice improvements in your skin before you do? Is it hard for you to acknowledge when your skin has improved?
The more of these questions you answered positively, the more likely you can helped by such psychological tools as relaxation, imaging, focused psychotherapy, biofeedback, and hypnosis and self-hypnosis. There is a substantial body of research, including many well-controlled studies, documenting how helpful these techniques can be. Mainstream doctors are more and more receptive as the newer research documents not only these tools’ effectiveness, but the specific physiological mechanism that allow the techniques to work. Enhanced bloodflow, various immune system mechanisms, and stress hormones are often involved.
Emotional stress can keep the most effective medical treatment from working. Yet the same mind-body link, when it is working FOR you, can produce dramatic improvements.
SIDEBAR:
Which problems are psychological techniques most effective for?
-acne - allergies of the skin - alopecia - canker sores - eczema - herpes (oral and genital) - hives - pain - picking - psoriasis - rosacea - scratching - shingles - vitiligo - warts
About the Author
Ted A. Grossbart, Ph.D., of Harvard Medical School is a leading authority on the psychology of skin care. His book Skin Deep: A Mind/Body Program for Health Skin (Health Press, Albuquerque, NM) is a practical guide to using your mind to cure your skin. His Skin Deep website is at http://grossbart.com.
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Acne.org |
Information on acne, medications and treatment of scars. Includes a regimen for keeping skin clear. |
www.acne.org |
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AcneNet |
Dermatologist-reviewed information about acne, which lets people know that today virtually every case of acne can be resolved. |
www.skincarephysicians.com |
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What is Acne? |
Information about the different types of acne lesions and what causes acne to develop. |
www.skincarephysicians.com |
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Questions and Answers About Acne |
Illustrated information on causes of acne skin lesions, and tips and information on common treatments, their side effects, and current research. |
www.niams.nih.gov |
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Acne Resource Center |
Acne, Nutrition, Research on Acne and Important Tips for Getting Acne Free. |
www.acne-resource.org |
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Acne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Acne is a group of skin rashes that have different causes. Acne vulgaris - most commonly experienced around puberty, typically of the face and ... |
en.wikipedia.org |
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Acne vulgaris - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Different types of Acne Vulgaris: A: Cystic acne on the face, B: ... The vernacular term bacne or backne is often used to indicate acne found specifically ... |
en.wikipedia.org |
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MedlinePlus: Acne |
From the National Institutes of Health; Questions and Answers about Acne (National Institute of ... Select services and providers for Acne in your area. ... |
www.nlm.nih.gov |
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MedlinePlus Interactive Tutorials: Acne |
Acne. Start Tutorial. Starts multimedia presentation with questions. Requires Flash Player. Download Flash. download button for flash player. ... |
www.nlm.nih.gov |
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Acne Treatment by AcneHelper.com |
Resource for acne treatments and prevention. Learn tips and techniques to stop pimples, zits and blackheads for good. |
www.acnehelper.com |
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Acne |
Acne Creative bring brands to life through advertising, design and product ... Commercials, music videos and other film formats are made by Acne Film. ... |
www.acne.se |
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Acne Jeans |
About · Collection · Acne Studios · Contact · Press/Retailer · Work at Acne Jeans · Newsletter · Shop (EU). Copyright © Acne Jeans. |
www.acnejeans.com |
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Acne |
If you're almost a teen, chances are pretty good that you have some acne. About 8 in 10 preteens and teens have acne, along with many adults. |
www.kidshealth.org |
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Acne - treatment and causes of pimples and blackheads |
What are the causes of acne and which skin treatments are most effective - BUPA health information factsheet. |
hcd2.bupa.co.uk |
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Natural Acne Treatment Information |
Acne and Diet · The Risks and Side Effects of Prescription Acne Medications ... This is a great jumping off point for natural acne treatments. ... |
www.absoluteacneinfo.com |
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ASG www.stopspots.org ! | Index Acne, Pimples, Blackheads, Zits ... |
Information and support on acne, including top ten tips, beauty tips and problems. |
www.stopspots.org |
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Acne.net - Acne & Skin Treatment Resource |
Introduction to several forms of acne and some available treatments, by a dermatologist and medical school professor. |
www.acne.net |
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Acne.com - Acne Treatment Information |
Acne.com - Acne Treatment Information. Your source for Acne information on the web. Learn more about what causes acne and how you can fight acne. |
www.acne.com |
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Acne – Complete medical information regarding acne and its ... |
Complete medical explanation produced by doctors regarding acne, its causes, myths of causes, treatment on your own, and treatment by doctors. |
www.medicinenet.com |
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AAD - Acne |
Acne is a skin condition which has plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads), inflamed pimples (pustules), and deeper lumps (nodules). |
www.aad.org |
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