Obesity and the Skin

A.R. Shipman; G.W.M. Millington

The British Journal of Dermatology. 2011;165(4):743-750.

Obesity and Wound Healing

Obesity predisposes to poor wound healing.^[24] Incisional hernias are one of the most common delayed complications.^[25,26] Several clinical factors have been implicated, including an increased incidence of surgical wound infection, technical failure and haemorrhage.^[25] Leptin, the adipocytokine, promotes wound healing as well as inhibiting feeding and other immunological roles.^[13,27,28] Leptin resistance, associated with obesity, may contribute to the pathophysiology of impaired wound repair.^[13,27,28]

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Table 1. Skin diseases associated with diabetes mellitus
Pebble fingers
Acanthosis nigricans
Infections
Diabetic rubeosis
Diabetic bullae
Oral leucoplakia
Neuropathic ulcers
Pigmentation in haemochromatosis
Vitiligo
Porphyria cutanea tarda
Scleroderma
Granuloma annulare
Necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
Atherosclerosis, arterial ulcers and gangrene
Diabetic dermopathy (pigmented pretibial patches)
Genital pruritus
Acne keloidalis nuchae
Increased skin thickness and cheiroarthropathy
Dupuytren's contracture
Oral lichen planus
Acquired perforation dermatoses
Reactions to oral hypoglycaemics and insulin

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