{"id":341614,"date":"2015-04-08T08:18:22","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T00:18:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/skin-reveal-fears-341614.html"},"modified":"2015-04-08T08:18:22","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T00:18:22","slug":"skin-reveal-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/lifelove-hk\/decoding-hk\/skin-reveal-fears-341614.html","title":{"rendered":"Does my skin reveal my fears?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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40 % biological and 60% psychological<\/span> <\/h2>

Our skin is 2 square metres of sensitive surface that reflect, between redness and paleness, our feelings, our sensations and even our health. To what extent? For a long time underestimated, the interactions psyches-skins are highlighted increasingly by studies conducted by dermatologists on our nerve cells.<\/p>

It is not psychosomatic\u2026<\/span> <\/h2>

\u2026when skin diseases are activated by a bacterial infection, such as syphilis, leprosy and lupus. For more common diseases,<\/a> such as eczema or psoriasis (60 000 new cases a year), the heredity and the atopic (the genetic predisposition to develop an allergy) are involved. An eczema, associated with repeated rhinitis and a cough, is the cutaneous sign of an allergy: 90% of allergens implicated in this type of problems are eggs, cow\u2019s milk, fish and peanuts.<\/p>

It is psychosomatic\u2026<\/span> <\/h2>

\u2026when most of the crises of chronic eczema and psoriasis have a psychic origin, according to Dani\u00e8le Pomey-Rey, dermatologist, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. But, \u201cwe are uneven on genes and personality matters,\u201d she balances. If we inherited very dry and atopic skin, we will more easily activate a skin disorder than an ulcer. The more or less strong the emotional vulnerability of each one makes the rest: mourning, stress, a break-up, or depression could activate eczema or psoriasis rashes.<\/p>

Our neuro-cutaneous immune system <\/a>partially explains these \u201chypersensitive\u201d disorders: endowed with the same embryonic tissue, the skin and the nervous system are \u201cfirst cousins.\u201d As for the nerve cells, they have very close connections with the cutaneous cells: \u201cwe list about 20 neurotransmitters common to the skin and to the brain<\/a>\u201d, underlines Laurent Misery, dermatologist and researcher. \u201cThey enable the nervous system to be permanently informed, but also to check all the cutaneous functions.\u201d<\/p>

What to do?<\/span> <\/h2>

Relief can be found through cortisone, acupuncture and massages - which have a sedative effect on the skin\u2019s nerve endings. The hypnosis leans on feelings and their representations. Offering \u201ca wider perception of ourselves and the world, it enables us to disconnect from gestures as scratching among others, hence avoiding the spread of eczema,\u201d notes Dr Jean-Marc Benhaiem.<\/p>

The dermato-psychiatrist combines local antidepressant treatments (to recapture the serotonin that favours the skin-brain harmony) and psychoanalytical work. The goal is to become aware of painful events and to master our feelings,<\/a> so that they \u201cdo not\u201d manifest themselves on the skin.<\/p>

St\u00e9phanie Torre<\/em><\/p>

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Are back problems psychologically correlated?<\/a><\/p>

Psychotherapist\u2019s opinion: \u201cEvery pathology is due to a complex imbalance.\u201d<\/a><\/p>

Testimony: \u201cHypnosis helped me overcome my head and stomachaches.\u201d<\/a><\/p>

Testimony: \u201cI controlled my psoriasis thanks to psychoanalysis.\u201d<\/a><\/p>

Testimony: \u201cI relieved my back by learning to breathe and doing stretching exercises.\u201d<\/a><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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