The skin, mirror of our emotions
Certain strong emotions, trauma can also result in dermatological problems © shutterstock_Inside Creative House
By: Caroline Paré Follow
1 min
Pale when we are afraid, blush when we are stressed, feel itchy when we are upset ... The skin reflects our emotions.
Certain strong emotions, trauma can also result in dermatological problems: eczema, psoriasis, cold sore, acne, etc.
This reactivity of the skin can create a vicious circle: dermatological problems are thus the translation of stress, but they can also have repercussions on the minds of patients.
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Pr Laurent Misery
, head of the dermatology department at the Brest CHRU and director of the Brest neuroscience laboratory.
President of the French Psychodermatology Group and of the European Psychodermatology Task Force, author of “Your skin has things to say to you” published by Larousse.
Pr Fatimata LY,
Senegalese dermatologist and venereologist, professor at the Cheikh-Anta-Diop University of Dakar, chief physician of the Dermatology department of the Institute of Social Hygiene of Dakar, national coordinator of the International Network on Psoriasis as well as from the West African psoriasis group, author of "Modern dermatology and alternative medicines, treating Ndoxum siti in Senegal" (L'Harmattan)
Report by
Raphaëlle Constant
in Chad
At the end of the program, we talk about the nasal vaccine project against Covid-19 with
Camille Locht
, Inserm research director at the Institut Pasteur de Lille.
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