What Is CREST Syndrome?
1. Scleroderma
CREST is a variety of scleroderma and it is also known as limited scleroderma. Scleroderma is a type of auto-immune disorder, and this means that that your immune system attacks your body as well as helping to protect it against disease. It occurs because our immune system causes the body to produce too much collagen.
Collagen is a substance that helps provide elasticity and moisture to the skin, and losing it with age contributes to the appearance of ageing. With too much collagen in our skin, it becomes thicker and tighter than it usually would be and this, in turn, results in a number of complications.
