Skin and hormones

Men and women: a question of hormones... and skin.

Estrogen, progesterone, testosterone: these messengers also influence how our skin reacts to disease.

Take Verneuil's disease, for example:

• 70% of cases affect women.
• Symptoms evolve according to the hormonal cycle.

Why do certain inflammatory skin diseases affect women more?

How do hormonal variations during the menstrual cycle or pregnancy alter the balance between inflammation and repair?

At the Institut Pasteur, researchers are tackling these questions, which have yet to be fully explored.

(video in french, english subtitles available translated by AI)