The Response of Skin Disease to Stress

Abstract

Background: Although emotional stress has long been suspected to exacerbate acne vulgaris, previous reports addressing its influence on acne severity have been mainly anecdotal.Objectives: To elucidate the possible relationship between stress and acne exacerbation by evaluating changes in acne severity during nonexamination and examination periods and to assess the possible relationship of these changes in severity with perceived examination stress by using previously validated scales measuring acne severity and perceived stress.

Severity of Stress in Acne Patients Attending Dermatology Outpatient Department of Tertiary Hospital in Kathmandu

“…11 Similar types of results were found in previous studies. 12,13 Our study found that 54.2% of the patients had a very high stress level according to PSS, which was different from the findings of a study done by Do JE et al which showed that 13.8% had high stress level. 14 According to the study done by Khunger N et al, among 280 In our study, most of the patients with mild acne had high levels of stress.…”

Association of Psychological Stress With Skin Symptoms Among the Population in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…We found that acne and eczema were the most commonly reported skin conditions that were statically and significantly associated with a moderate stress level (p = 0.004 and p = 0.012, respectively). Our findings are in line with the results of other studies on this topic [ 27 - 32 ].…”

Stressful life events and psychiatric comorbidity in acne–a case control study

“…Most of the patients were students or employed in private firms, and had erratic food habits depending on the availability of time. A study reported that self-perceived worsening of diet quality was associated with increased acne severity in students (Chiu et al, 2003). In another study, it was reported that for female postadolescent acne, onset of the disease was linked to break-up of a romantic relationship, which was similar to our observation (Harrington, 1997).…”