Atopic Dermatitis: a Short Summary
Dermatology In The Movie Theatre (For Professionals)
Movies and the Skin
- Albinism (pale skin and light eyes is often viewed as a sign of Evil)
- Da Vinci Code (2006): Silas is an albino (and has scarring and automutilation)
- Foul Play (1978): Whitey Jackson (William Frankfather) is an albino
- Horror of Dracula (1958): pale skin only
- Matrix Reloaded (2003): the agents hunting Mr Anderson (Keanu Reeves)
- Signs of skin aging (elevated moles, wrinkles): often viewed as a sign of Evil
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938): The witch
- The Witches (1990): Angelina Huston as a witch
- Scars: often viewed as a sign of Evil
- Austin Powers (1997) (Dr Evil): scar on the right cheek, but also alopecia
- Frankenstein (1931)
- Lion King (1994): The Lion named scar has a scar on left eye and is the uncle of Simba who killed his father
- Platoon (1986): Sergeant Barnes is the evil military and is scarred on the face. Sergeant Elias (Willem Dafoe) is doesn’t have scars and is the kind military man.
- True Grit (2010): Josh Brolin has a gunpowder scar on left cheek
- Tattoos when widespread are also viewed as a sign of Evil
- Cape Fear (1991): Robert de Niro carries multiple tattoos
Actors and skin diseases
- Acne Rosacea
- Cameron Diaz
- Acne Scarring
- Brad Pitt
- Edward James Olmos
- Elizabeth Hurley
- Mike Myers
- Nicolas Cage
- Adult Acne Vulgaris
- Leonardo Di Caprio
- Megan Fox
- Will Smith
- Melanocytic nevus: commonly named beauty spots they are so when flat-pigmented around areas such as mouth and eyes which are increases in size in youth. They are inattractive when they become elevated and loose their color
- Cindy Crawford: Above left mouth commissure
- Christian Bale: medial aspect of right eye
- Jean Harlow: Below the left mouth commissure. Gwen Stefani also did it when playing that character.
- Marilyn Monroe: Left nasogenial fold
- Sarah Jessica Parker: right side of the chin (had it removed when became elevated and skin colored)
- Pale skin back in the trend (not a sign of Evil)
- Drew Barrymore
- Nicole Kidman
- Twilight: Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart
- Photoaging
- Brigitte Bardot
- Clint Eastwood
- Robert Redford
- Port Wine Stain
- Mikhail Gorbachev: Port Wine stain on scalp
- Tina Turner: PWS on right arm (interpretated as a sign of abuse)
- Other
- George Walker Bush: signs of 5-fluorouracil treatment (actinic keratosis ?)
- Richard Gere: Lesion similar to Becker’s nevus on left scapula
- Ronald Reagan: signs of BCC + excision on tip of nose
- Mark Wahlberg (Fighter, 2010): accessory nipple under left nipple
- Mr T: CTCL (T cell lymphoma, Mycosis Fungoides)
- WC Fields: Rhinophyma
Accessory Nipple
Meanings of Skin diseases in movies for the dermatologist
- Black Swan (2010): Natalie portmann has neurotic excoriations because of her stress as a dancer
- Philadelphia (1993): Tom Hanks loses his job because of visible Kaposi’s Sarcoma
- The Motorcycle Diaries (2004): Che Guevara reaches out and shakes hands with leprosy patients in a leprosy mission.
Contributors:
Dr Christophe HSU – dermatologist. Geneva, Switzerland
Reese V. Dermatology and Cinema. 69th Annual Meeting of the AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) – New Orleans, Louisiana, Unites States of America (USA)
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