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Quality of life is a multidimensional measure that, besides personal health status, reflects personal well-being as well. A number of quality of life scales for children and adolescents have been developed. The measurement of quality of life in children is different from measuring quality of life of adults. Knowledge of the this difference related to child development stages is important for researchers who improve and use the quality of life scales. Most studied have been performed on the quality of life in children with dermatological diseases, such as atopic dermatitis and psoriasis, as well as alopecia areata, dermatomyositis, ectodermal dysplasia, photosensitivity disorders, molluscum contagiosum, neurofibromatosis, and vitiligo. In this paper, we reviewed the literature on the quality of life in children with dermatologic diseases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Scalp hair has greater social and psychological importance than its' biological significance. In the hair disorder consultation services there are lots of patients who are often considered as "difficult" or "problematic", because of their biopsychosocial problems. When it's considered that the hair loss patients refer to the dermatology clinics in the first step, we can understand the importance of the awareness of the clinicians about the causal and/or consequential relationship between hair diseases and the psychological problems. In this paper, hair loss diseases that are related to primary psychiatric disorders are reviewed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]