What is Psoriasis?
Psoriasis is a chronic, inflammatory skin disease. Knees, elbows, scalp, trunk, and nails are the most commonly affected areas. There are several types of psoriasis.
- Plaque-inflamed patches of skin topped with silvery, white scales (most common type)
- Guttate-small dot-like lesions
- Pustular-weeping lesions and intense scaling
- Inverse-in body folds (armpits, groin, under breasts)
- Erythrodermic-intense sloughing and inflammation of the skin