Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis
The making of wax moulages was an exclusive and sought-after art that was primarily used for teaching, but also to document clinical and laboratory research during the first half of the 20th century. Applying the technique of moulage-making to document a case of psoriasis improvement for posterity,...
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| author | Julia-Tatjana Maul Sabina Carraro Johanna Stierlin Michael L. Geiges Alexander A. Navarini |
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| description | The making of wax moulages was an exclusive and sought-after art that was primarily used for teaching, but also to document clinical and laboratory research during the first half of the 20th century. Applying the technique of moulage-making to document a case of psoriasis improvement for posterity, a moulage of the trunk of a patient with psoriasis vulgaris was taken prior to treatment with biologics - adalimumab, a TNF-α antagonist - and again 3 month after adalimumab was first given. Our modern moulage shows in the most realistic way the science-driven improvement of psoriasis achievable nowadays with biologics. However, the real clinical picture of the disease is shrouded by showing only one detail of the patient - by accident the one with the best clinical improvement. All available techniques to document skin disease have advantages and limitations and nothing beats seeing live patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6116cc199d4d4646a63cb0528c6f7fe82022-12-22T01:33:25ZengKarger PublishersCase Reports in Dermatology1662-65672015-09-017324925210.1159/000439583439583Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in PsoriasisJulia-Tatjana MaulSabina CarraroJohanna StierlinMichael L. GeigesAlexander A. NavariniThe making of wax moulages was an exclusive and sought-after art that was primarily used for teaching, but also to document clinical and laboratory research during the first half of the 20th century. Applying the technique of moulage-making to document a case of psoriasis improvement for posterity, a moulage of the trunk of a patient with psoriasis vulgaris was taken prior to treatment with biologics - adalimumab, a TNF-α antagonist - and again 3 month after adalimumab was first given. Our modern moulage shows in the most realistic way the science-driven improvement of psoriasis achievable nowadays with biologics. However, the real clinical picture of the disease is shrouded by showing only one detail of the patient - by accident the one with the best clinical improvement. All available techniques to document skin disease have advantages and limitations and nothing beats seeing live patients.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/439583PsoriasisBiologicsWax moulage |
| spellingShingle | Julia-Tatjana Maul Sabina Carraro Johanna Stierlin Michael L. Geiges Alexander A. Navarini Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis Case Reports in Dermatology Psoriasis Biologics Wax moulage |
| title | Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis |
| title_full | Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis |
| title_fullStr | Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis |
| title_short | Beauty and the Biologic: Artistic Documentation of Scientific Breakthrough in Psoriasis |
| title_sort | beauty and the biologic artistic documentation of scientific breakthrough in psoriasis |
| topic | Psoriasis Biologics Wax moulage |
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