It is true that the appearance of vitiligo can cause emotional distress and that this, in turn, accentuates the symptoms, but it is also true that the combination of medical and psychological resources is effective in countering the disease and improve quality of life.
For some time we know from experience that there is close relationship between emotions and skin disorders or skin, so much so that intense and prolonged feelings such as depression, anxiety and stress can aggravate your symptoms begin or, remembering that skin diseases reach trigger sadness on the sufferer.
However, continuous stress triggers the release of substances in the nervous system which, in turn, alter body chemistry and cause, for example, worsening of acne (skin rashes due to obstruction of sebaceous glands) and hair loss in circular zones (alopecia aerate).
Similar statements can be made with respect to psoriasis (redness, flaking and redness in defined regions) and, above all, to vitiligo, a disease that is characterized by white patches on the skin, and reported that many patients relapse during times Anxiety as exam time, moving, divorce, children out of home or a prelude to surgery.
And indeed, although this condition also affects the patient's mood because it changes its appearance, fortunately appropriate pharmacological treatments have been developed to help normalize the skin's appearance so also clear that it is possible to have the personnel in support of new branch of medicine that addresses the relationship between emotions and skin health, called Psycho-dermatology.
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