Posted Tuesday, February 16, 2021 9:01 am
(BPT) - With millions of people living, working, attending school and socializing through the lens of a computer camera, self-image and confidence are quite literally on display, especially for the 85% of teens and young adults with acne.
1 New routines, habits and mindsets have been established in this virtual world that created new insecurities, but also unexpected opportunities for change.
Acne is the most common skin condition in the United States and by now, many know the emotional toll it can take, but how does that translate to our new virtual presence?
1,2 A recent study conducted by Galderma and Wakefield Research revealed that teens and young adults are feeling hindered and distracted by their acne, and it’s preventing them from fully participating in their digital lives.
‘After catching Covid I lost all of my hair – now I don’t recognise myself’
Like Pam Goodrum, a growing number of people are experiencing alopecia symptoms in the months after being infected with coronavirus
22 February 2021 • 6:00am With alopecia, you want answers but are told there are none because there’s no definitive treatment
Credit: Lorne Campbell/Guzelian
When Pam Goodrum came down with the symptoms of Covid-19 last April, she was relieved to come out the other side two weeks later with nothing more than exhaustion and a temporary loss of taste and smell.
But, though the immediate threat to her physical health was over, it took a few more months for lesser-known side-effect to emerge.
Advertisement To our knowledge, this is the largest cohort study with the longest follow-up duration assessing the health consequences of adult patients discharged from hospital recovering from Covid-19.
Covid-19 patients looked at for this study had been discharged from Jin Yin-tan Hospital in Wuhan between January 7 and May 29, 2020.
Six months later, patients were interviewed with a series of questionnaires for evaluation of symptoms and health-related quality of life, underwent physical examinations and a six-minute walking test, and received blood tests
Researchers found that the survivors were mainly troubled with fatigue or muscle weakness, sleep difficulties, and anxiety or depression – but hair loss was also one of the primary outcomes.