title: [Some concerns and semantic confusions about feminine skin].
abstract: Some characteristics of the skin are badly perceived by women living in a society where youth and idealized physical aspect are respected as a cult. Among the most frequent concerns, one should cite dry skin, wrinkles, striae distensae, cellulite, diffuse hair loss, hyperpilosity, as well as the unwanted effects of menopause and of the immoderate exposure to sun and sunbeds. Most of these concerns are subject to semantic confusions sustained by some medias. They are frequently targets of a worldwide ballyhoo conveyed to the general public without the support of sound physiopathological basis.
authors.affiliation: Service de Dermatopathologie, Université de Liège.
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Piérard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Piérard-Franchimont
mesh_terms: D019588:Aging, Premature; D000505:Alopecia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media; D008593:Menopause; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D016387:Women's Health
vernacular_title: Quelques préoccupations et confusions sémantiques autour de la peau féminine.