Use of virtual reality, augmented reality and/or mixed reality to diagnose and/or treat skin conditions

A method for treating a skin condition in a human patient, the method comprising the steps of:

• measuring the patient's initial biometric activity;
• creating a baseline dataset corresponding to the patient's initial biometric activity;
• providing the patient with a first virtual reality content, wherein said first virtual reality content comprises at least one of a virtual reality environment, an augmented reality environment and a mixed reality environment;
• measuring the patient's biometric activity during and/or after the patient's exposure to the first virtual reality content;
• creating a first biometric dataset corresponding to the patient's biometric activity resulting from the patient's exposure to the first virtual reality content;
• and comparing the first biometric dataset with the baseline dataset.

A system for treating a skin condition in a human patient, said system comprising:

• a processor;
• a virtual reality content database, said database containing a plurality of different virtual reality content;
• a virtual reality device configured to provide one or more virtual reality content from said plurality of different virtual reality content to the patient;
• at least one biometric activity monitor configured to measure the biometric activity of the patient;
• and an application program comprising programming instructions that, when executed by the processor cause the system to:
• measure the patient's initial biometric activity using said at least one biometric activity monitor;
• create a baseline dataset corresponding to the patient's initial biometric activity;
• provide the patient, through the virtual reality device, with a first virtual reality content from the plurality of different virtual reality content, wherein said first virtual reality content comprises at least one of a virtual reality environment, an augmented reality environment and a mixed reality environment;
• measure the patient's biometric activity during and/or after the patient's exposure to the first virtual reality content using the at least one biometric activity monitor;
• create a first biometric dataset corresponding to the patient's biometric activity resulting from the patient's exposure to the first virtual reality content;
• and
• compare the first biometric dataset with the baseline dataset.