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Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Associated Skin Diseases

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In this chapter, psychodermatological illnesses that originate from a cultural phenomenon or conflicts of performance-oriented society are shown. Special lifestyle diseases, the use of lifestyle drugs, as well as beauty-related diseases, and the consequences of fashion-related body modifications are described.

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  1. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, Vivantes Klinikum Spandau, Berlin, Germany

    Wolfgang Harth

  2. Clinic for Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH, Location Gießen, Gießen, Germany

    Uwe Gieler

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Gerd Plewig

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars French

  3. Department of Dermatology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Thomas Ruzicka

  4. Department of Dermatology, Venerology and Allergology, Frankfurt University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany

    Roland Kaufmann

  5. Clinic for Dermatology and Allergology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

    Michael Hertl

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Lars E. French

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Harth, W., Gieler, U. (2021). Psychosocial and Lifestyle-Associated Skin Diseases. In: Plewig, G., French, L., Ruzicka, T., Kaufmann, R., Hertl, M. (eds) Braun-Falco´s Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-58713-3_85-1

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