With increasing awareness about the role of dietary modifications in skin care treatment, dermatologists play an imperative role in recommending modified diets to their patients.¹ Gluten-free (GF) diet is becoming immensly popular worldwide. Besides celiac disease and wheat allergic patients, GF diets are frequently adapted by other patients as well, including those with non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS).^2-4

Patients with NCGS

Although these patients do not have celiac disease or wheat allergy, they show intestinal as well as extra-intestinal manifestation on ingestion of gluten. GF diet may prove beneficial for some NCGS patients.¹

GF diets may prove to be beneficial beneficial for patients suffering from various skin ailments, yet, more high-quality studies are warranted to elucidate these benefits in patients without celiac disease and wheat allergy.

Source:
1. Bell KA, Pourang A, Mesinkovska NA, Cardis MA. The effect of gluten on skin and hair: a systematic review. Dermatol Online J. 2021;27(4). 2. Hietikko M, Hervonen K, Salmi T, Ilus T, Zone JJ, Kaukinen K, et al. Disappearance of epidermal transglutaminase and IgA deposits from the papillary dermis of patients with dermatitis herpetiformis after a long-term gluten-free diet. Br J Dermatol. 2018;178(3):e198-e201. 3. Graziano M, Rossi M. An update on the cutaneous manifestations of coeliac disease and non-coeliac gluten sensitivity. Int Rev Immunol. 2018;37(6):291-300. 4. Sapone A, Bai JC, Ciacci C, Dolinsek J, Green PHR, Hadjivassiliou M, et al. Spectrum of gluten-related disorders: consensus on new nomenclature and classification. BMC Med. 2012;10:13-.

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