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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A GP has expressed his shock at a patient’s dry, scaly leg as chunks of skin fall to the floor, branding it the “worst case of psoriasis he’s ever seen”. The man’s face is red raw and flaky and the ...

Psoriasis causes the skin to become raised, red, itchy and scaly and there is no cure. Jo Caruana looks into how those with the condition learn to live with it. Skin conditions can be some of the ...

When you’re in the middle of a psoriasis flare-up, you just want something that will relieve the itchiness that comes with those thick, red, scaly patches of skin—and you want it fast. Maybe your ...

Psoriasis vulgaris is the most common form of psoriasis. It causes patches of scaly, inflamed skin and can occur across the body. Vulgaris is Latin for ‘common’, so it means a common form of psoriasis ...

A little girl is being tortured by the psoriasis skin condition that leaves her skin covered in yellow flaky scales. Ranee Boonrung, 9, has suffered from psoriasis for two years, excluding her from ...

Otezla (apremilast) is an oral tablet commonly used to treat plaque psoriasis in adults and children. Plaque psoriasis is an inflammatory skin condition that causes itchy, painful patches on the skin.