Title : Signs of addictive behavior on the skin
Abstract:
Addiction is, in a broad sense, an obsessive need for a particular activity that a person feels. The term is often used in a negative aspect for such phenomena as drug addiction, drug addiction, but recently it has been more often applied not to chemical, but to psychological addictions, for example, behavioral ones, examples of which include: Internet addiction, gambling addiction, shopaholism, psychogenic overeating, fanaticism, pornography addiction. Some of the addictions are related to dermatology, for example, tattoo addiction, self-harm (as autoaggression). Tobacco addiction and dependence on electronic cigarettes may also have their own dermatological masks. The message will address the markers of addictive behavior that a dermatologist can identify during a patient's examination. It will also discuss why self-farming can be considered an addiction, but trichotillomania is not. Adolescents are also characterized by such types of addictive behavior as anorexia, overeating, and the abuse of unhealthy foods. An important part of the modern world is the dependence on medications that patients take without indications. This is important to remember when treating toxicoderma, especially when the causes of the disease are not fully understood. When the dermatologist gets an idea of the possible presence of addictions in the patient, the information obtained can be an important key to the patient's therapy and prevention of complications and disease progression. Beauty addiction is a global problem that is also often primarily faced by a dermatologist. These are dependence on plastic surgery, the use of cosmetics, addiction to tanning, excessive exercise, dependence on the opinions of others regarding appearance. The lecturer's clinical examples from his own practice illustrate various variants of addictive behavior.
