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The Pandemic and Your Skin-Direct and Indirect Impact of COVID-19

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Apart from well-known respiratory symptoms, less frequent symptoms also appear as a direct result of COVID-19 infection, or as indirect effects of the recommended quarantine and related lifestyle changes. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human skin is predominantly focused on in this article. Cutaneous manifestations, including redness, chilblain-like symptoms (COVID toes), hives or urticaria rash, water blisters, and fishing net-like red-blue patterns on the skin, may appear as accompanying or as systemic COVID-19 symptoms with potential lesions at different skin sites. These symptoms were related to skin phototypes and vitamin D deficiency. Moreover, Black, Asian, and minority ethnic origin patients are found to be more sensitive to COVID-19 infection than Caucasians because of vitamin D deficiency. The region of population with lighter skin phototypes have a significantly higher chance to develop cutaneous manifestations than population with dark skin. In addition, adverse effects, such as skin barrier damage and irritation, may also occur due to extensive personal protective equipment usage (e.g., masks, protective suits, and a few others) and predominately alcohol-based sanitizers. This manuscript covers various aspects of COVID-19 and its clinical skin manifestations.
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hal-04069022 , version 1 (14-04-2023)

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Mohammad Imran, Xuping Jin, Masood Ali, Pronalis Tapfumaneyi, Pauline Lelasseur, et al.. The Pandemic and Your Skin-Direct and Indirect Impact of COVID-19. Cosmetics, 2023, 10 (1), pp.34. ⟨10.3390/cosmetics10010034⟩. ⟨hal-04069022⟩

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