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Original studies in English that reported qualitative QoL measurements of SD were included. Following PRISMA guidelines, data were extracted and analyzed using the Metafor package in R. Results: From an initial pool of 2,165 non-duplicated articles, 26 studies met the inclusion criteria. These studies consistently highlighted the mental, physical, and psychosocial challenges faced by SD patients, with baseline pooled Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI: 16 studies; n=3,812; 7.2 [95% CI: 6.3-8.1]) Skindex-29 (3 studies; n=2,501; 26.0 [16.9-35.1]) showing a moderate impact on QoL via random-effect model meta-analysis, with high study heterogeneity (I2 = 97-98%). Pooled Skindex-29 subdomain scores suggested highest impact on the symptoms subdomain. Increasing QoL impact was moderately associated with increasing SD severity (pooled r: 0.37 [95% CI: 0.31\u20130.43]; p=0.03). Conclusions: SD patients reported moderately impaired QoL which was positively associated with disease severity in pooled meta-analysis using multiple validated QoL instruments. 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