ABSTRACT

This chapter presents the case study of a 29-year-old man. He notices the eruption is worse in the winter and tends to improve over the summer. He is studying for business exams and feels the associated stress has triggered the current flare. He avoids soaps, which make his face sore, and has reduced his alcohol intake in an effort to improve his eruption. He is otherwise well and on no medication. A full examination is unremarkable except for the skin of his face, neck, central chest and scalp. There are poorly defined erythematous patches with overlying adherent greasy scale affecting his naso-labial folds and extending onto his cheeks. His eyebrows, scalp, nape of his neck and central chest are similarly affected.