Common skin problems due to PCOS - Dr. Rasya Dixit

Описание: The epidemic of PCOD is on a rise, many young women are now following prior the silent epidemic which is on the rise because of our lifestyle as well as stress related issues. And what is important to know is that these conditions can not only presents just irregular cycles but can also present to dermatology various conditions. What is commonly see is acne and this acne usually when you see it in polycystic ovaries or hormonal acne, we see a lot of jawline acne, acne which is more on the jawline or around the mouth area and which is very resistant to treatment and which comes on just before you're on set of your period. Rather thing that commonly see is skin becoming darker especially around the mouth, around the neck and underarms area, we call this condition acanthosis Nigricans and this can present the patient are very perturb by this kind of pigmentation which looks really bad and then they want to come in to see us for treatment, but actually we diagnose that this is actually polycystic ovaries and they need life style modification as well. The third and the most common treating that we see in patients with PCOD is hirsutism or facial and body hair growth which be on the upper lip, on the chin, on the side areas, on the chest, on the tummy area in a woman and of course polycystic ovaries does not even spare this hair on scalp. So a lot of thinning in the midst scalp area or in the area of the forehead hair you see that is a lot of thinning on the scalp and that is one more way that Polycystic ovary people present to us. So usually the personal assumes they just have a small skin problem but it's a systemic conditions and it’s very important to be aware that only the lifestyle changes can make a significant improvement and indigestion with your terminologies you should also make the changes to get better results of PCOD.