Vestnik Dermatologii i Venerologii (Aug 2017)

Obesity related skin disorders

  • I. A. Gorlanov,
  • D. V. Zaslavskiy,
  • L. M. Leina,
  • I. R. Milyavskaya

DOI
https://doi.org/10.25208/0042-4609-2016-0-6-20-26
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 6
pp. 20 – 26

Abstract

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Obesity is a serious global problem. In recent years, it has been an increase in patients with obesity. In a review of literature presents data on the effect of obesity on the skin. It is responsible for the development of a number of dermatological diseases, including acantosis nigricans, akrohordony, follicular hyperkeratosis, infectious diseases of the skin. Against the background of obesity worsens psoriasis. The connection between obesity and atopic dermatitis.

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