Psoriasis is a condition in which the immune system, which normally protects the body from harm, reacts abnormally and causes skin cells to divide more rapidly than usual. People living with the ...

Psoriasis can affect any part of your skin. Sometimes it can affect multiple parts of your body. Your elbows, knees, trunk, and scalp are among the most common areas where psoriasis develops. It can ...

Psoriasis produces angry red scaly plaques on the elbows, knees and elsewhere. Mysi Ann/Flickr, CC BY-SA Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease of the skin that affects around 2% of the Australian ...

If you've just been diagnosed with psoriasis, you may have a few questions about it. Here are answers to some of the more common ones people ask. To an untrained eye, these conditions may seem alike.

Patrick Burnett, MD, PhD, FAAD, chief medical officer of Arcutis Biotherapeutics, speaks about disease manifestations, comorbidities, and other factors to consider in the management of psoriasis.

Red and near-infrared–emitting fabric clothing may improve symptoms of mild psoriasis, polymorphous light eruption (PMLE), and alopecia areata (AA), but further research with larger groups is needed ...

Inverse psoriasis forms discolored patches on the body’s skin folds, such as the armpits, genitals, and under the breasts or buttocks. This type of psoriasis is the inverse — or opposite — of the more ...

While certain skin conditions such as acne can seem easy to diagnose from home, others can be a bit trickier, like eczema and psoriasis. These two skin conditions, which usually present themselves in ...