What Is Scalp Psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a chronic, complex, and inflammatory disease that involves increased proliferation of keratinocytes in the skin with an increase in the skin cell turnover rate. Psoriasis is thought to be caused by immunological, genetic, and environmental factors. Psoriasis is most commonly observed on the skin of the knees, elbows, glans penis, lower back, scalp, and between the buttocks. About 30% of patients also have joints that are affected.
It is a noncontagious, chronic, and multisystem condition. Psoriasis may wax and wane depending on environmental and systemic factors such as infection and stressful life events. It can negatively affect the quality of life along with a higher risk of depression in patients with psoriasis. Psoriasis can be divided into plaque-type psoriasis, discoid psoriasis, and more.
