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An unfortunate complication of self-therapy for seborrheic dermatitis
H W Burnett1, B Levine, D Smyth
1Department of Pathology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Cutis
|April 1, 1988
Abstract:
The death of a young boy who practiced self-therapy of seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp is reported. Practitioners should be aware that peer pressure in today's teenage society, coupled with misinterpretation of therapeutic protocols, may result in the application of unorthodox treatment regimens.