Mona Lisa was ill ! Yes  ! Mona Lisa Suffered From Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

• A man threw, Sunday, May 29, 2022, a cream cake on the window protecting "La Joconde" at the Louvre museum, in Paris. Apprehended, he explained that his gesture was intended to support the planet.
• A man dressed as an old lady jumped out of a wheelchair and tried to smash the window that protects the Mona Lisa before throwing a cream cake on the board and then throwing roses on the ground. He was quickly apprehended by museum security.

Think of the Earth

On another video, we see the man responsible for the crust shouting to explain his gesture: Think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the Earth. Think about it. All artists, think of the Earth. That's why I did this. Think about the planet. 

Glass Protection of "La Jocande"

The tarted Mona Lisa. It happened this Sunday, May 29 at the Louvre, in Paris, if we are to believe several videos broadcast in particular on Twitter. Fortunately, the masterpiece signed Leonardo da Vinci is protected by glass.

A man dressed as an old lady jumped out of a wheelchair and tried to smash the window that protects the Mona Lisa before throwing a cream cake on the board and then throwing roses on the ground. He was quickly apprehended by museum security.

“Think about the planet”

• On another video, we see the man responsible for the crust shouting to explain his gesture: “Think of the Earth. There are people who are destroying the Earth. Think about it. All artists, think of the Earth. That's why I did this. Think about the planet. »

Psychiatric Exam

• After this incident, the 36-year-old man was admitted to the psychiatric infirmary of the Prefecture of Police on Sunday and an investigation opened for "attempt to damage cultural property", we learned on Monday from the Paris prosecutor's office.

Mona Lisa's Illnesses

• We take the occasion of this incident to emphasize the painting by the fact that the woman drawn is suffering from a skin disease : 
• The beauty and enigma of Leonardo da Vinci's painting, Mona Lis, has long captivated his audience, attracting the interest not only of artists and scholars, but also members of the medical profession.

Mona Lisa Suffered From Xanthelasma 

• In 2004, clinicians proposed that the Mona Lisa had an underlying lipid disorder, evidenced by the postulated xanthelasma on the left medial canthus.

Mona Lisa Suffered From hypothyroidism

• A potentially more unifying diagnosis was offered by Mehra and Campbell, who raised the possibility of postpartum hypothyroidism. 
• They cited the receding hairline, thick, thinning hair, lack of eyebrows, yellow skin tone, and possible goiter as evidence, and speculated that MonaLisa's mysterious smile might be the psychomotor sequelae of an illness. thyroid.
• There are, however, counter-arguments to the hypothyroidism theory. 
• The yellow tint of the skin may be the result of aging varnish and its lack of eyebrows due to overzealous restoration. that is, the smile perceived when looking at the Mona Lisa's eyes disappears when looking directly at her mouth.

Mona Lisa Suffered From Frontal Fibrosing Alopecia

• But is there an alternative diagnosis and dermatologist's inspection confirms sparse eyebrows and a high forehead with receding frontotemporal hairline, raising the possibility of frontal fibrosing alopecia. 
• Frontal fibrosing alopeciais primary cicatricial alopecia and is a variant of lichen planopilaris, associated with autoimmune diseases including hypothyroidism. 
• It is characterized by progressive scarring hair loss, presenting as a band-like recession of the anterior hairline, associated with perifollicular erythema, follicular keratinization, and reduced follicular orifices. 
• Other characteristics include thinning eyebrows and eyelashes and the presence of "lonely hair".
• Various other Renaissance portraits display alopecia, as Nazzaro and Veraldi pointed out in 2017.
• Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) shows a girl wearing a headscarf, with a high forehead and sparse eyebrows. 
• The Milkmaid (circa 1657-1658) represents a servant wearing a linen cap, also devoid of eyebrows. Traction alopecia secondary to tight or heavy cuffs is also plausible. Perhaps the most obvious explanation for frontal hair loss in all of these paintings, however, lies in the cosmetic practices of the time.
•  Pseudo-alopecia was common, as women plucked their fronto-temporal hairline to achieve a broad, high, hairless forehead, which was considered cosmetic. This is not to say that the FFA did not exist during the Renaissance period; moreover, that a diagnosis which, by today's standards, often results in significant psychological morbidity, may have been seen during the 1400s-1600s as conferring aesthetic benefit. 
• Whatever the reason for the alluring appearance of the Mona Lisa, no doubt it will continue to attract speculation and intrigue from dermatologists and the general population for many years to come.

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