Certain diseases often result in devastating emotional involvement for many patients. Among these, oncological pathologies are certainly those responsible, for the therapies implemented during the treatment period, for changes in one’s physical appearance.ico. In this context, the Italian Society of Aesthetic Medicine (Sime), as a reality accredited by the Ministry of Health and adhering to the National Federation of Medical Scientific Societies, organizes the first National day of social medicine.
“The drugs used in chemotherapy – explains the president Sime Emanuele Bartoletti – they have no selectivity on diseased (neoplastic) cells and affect cells especially in the duplicative phase, such as skin cells and skin appendages (nails and hair). They therefore cause a loss of hair and hair and an alteration of the growth of the nail plate. These secondary lesions (desquamation, hyperkeratosis, fissures, ulcerations, xerosis, itching, hair loss and nail changes) are much more than an aesthetic problem as they very often induce the patient to interrupt the therapies, thus depriving him of an effective therapeutic possibility. as well as having a strong psychological impact “.
For this reason, Sime, always alongside women suffering from oncological diseases, on this day opens a dedicated contact center, [email protected], where all patients who need to get information about the best social initiatives of Oncological Aesthetic Medicine can find timely and precise answers. Through this free service, all the possibilities that an aesthetic medicine service in oncology can provide to patients in assisting treatment and speeding up social reintegration can be presented., guaranteeing the correct competence necessary on the specific knowledge able to identify the most suitable therapy for each individual person.