A new field is developing that looks at the mind-body connection as relates to skin and hair. Combining psychiatry, psychology, deermatology, and alternative medicine approaches, psychodermatologists (or “skin shrinks”) are integrating traditional medicine with mind-body approaches including biofeedback, self-hypnosis and even psychotherapy. Find out more on this interesting new field...

MSNBC reports on psychodermatology.

American Family Physician

European Society on Psychodermatology

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