title: The unusually large striae distensae all over the body.
abstract: Striae distensae or stretch marks are cutaneous changes which may appear everywhere on the body, except for the face, and they usually occur in stretching areas. We want to present unusually large striae that developed nearly all the body of a 14-year-old patient during steroid therapy. Such huge striae are very rare, especially when the doses of steroids are not high. Widely spread striae are not a serious disease or disability, but only a cosmetic problem. However, they may lead to a persistent complex and feeling of inferiority or even cause serious depression states, especially in teenagers, as in this case.
authors.affiliation: Cosmetology Departament, Medical University of Lodz, Poland. rotsztejn@onet.eu
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rotsztejn
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Juchniewicz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nadolski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wendorff
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kamer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057896:Striae Distensae / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy