Psoriasis is a chronic disease where your immune system becomes overactive and makes skin cells too quickly. As these cells build up, they form psoriasis plaques, thick raised patches of skin with ...

It’s tempting to peel and pick at those itchy scales, but if you can help it, there are better ways to cope. Psoriasis is more than just an outbreak of itchy skin rashes. It’s a systemic inflammatory ...

When psoriasis develops on the scalp, hair loss sometimes follows. While hair tends to regrow once the scalp psoriasis clears, there are things you can do right now to prevent further hair loss. 1.

For those with scalp psoriasis, finding a shampoo that reduces scales and soothes itching without messing with your hair color can seem like an impossible task. But looking for a few key ingredients ...

If you're experiencing psoriasis—i.e., itchy, raised, scaly patches—on your scalp, forehead, back of your neck, or ears (which, by the way, is very common, so you're definitely not alone), and you're ...

Scalp Psoriasis vs. Dandruff: What’s the Difference? This article was reviewed by Knox Beasley, MD. If you’re experiencing a flaking, itching scalp, you may do a quick self-diagnosis of dandruff. But ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Scalp psoriasis was improved with a fixed combination of tazarotene and halobetasol propionate lotion, according ...

Once-daily roflumilast foam, 0.3% (Zoryve) significantly improved scalp and body symptoms of plaque psoriasis in a phase III trial. Improvements in scalp itch were also greater for patients randomized ...

Guselkumab demonstrated strong efficacy in treating moderate to severe scalp psoriasis, especially in individuals with skin of color, achieving nearly 70% complete scalp clearance by week 48. The ...

Psoriasis has many imitators, but one that comes very close is seborrheic dermatitis. That’s because both conditions can cause red, scaly, inflamed patches on your skin. To tell the two apart, you’ll ...

Psoriasis and dandruff can both trigger itching and flaky scalp skin. Psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can cause thick patches of skin known as plaques on the scalp to become dry and ...

Katlein Franca, MD, is a dermatologist and clinical associate professor of Dermatology & Cutaneous Surgery and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at the University of Miami. It can be hard to tell the ...