Abstract

Dr. Mahendra Kumar R.*, Dr, Krishna Deshpande, Ankitha Kotian, Manasa R. and Shwetha S.

ABSTRACT

Beauty parlor syndrome is the term used to characterize a stroke triggered by hair washing in a hairdressing parlor. It is a clinicopathological disease associated with an infarction within the vertebrobasilar arterial system with complex symptomatology. Post-circulation strokes account for about 20-25 percent of all ischemic strokes and remain a major cause of disability and mortality in patients. Diagnosis can be challenging, partly due to substantial overlap in anterior circulation symptoms and signs with ischemia. For this reason, early detection of symptoms and causes of ischemia in the posterior circulation is essential to choose the most appropriate therapy. To help preserve patients' quality of life and reduce healthcare costs related to this condition, clinicians need to accurately diagnose the condition and appropriately manage patients through the long course of their illness. The aim of this narrative review is to focus on the etiology, pathogenesis, and natural history of PBS for adequate patient management and therapeutic interventions. This review seeks to raise awareness of this rare form of syndrome so that individuals with beauty parlor syndrome are identified and provided with appropriate care.