What Is Psoriasis, Exactly? A Dermatologist Explains

[Islander]

Preeti Parikh, MD .
May 7, 2015

Here’s how to tell if your rash could actually be psoriasis—and how to get the right treatment.

When you think of psoriasis, you may automatically assume that it’s just a cosmetic problem. It’s not. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease; the most prevalent one in the United States at that. Learn about other common psoriasis myths here.
Of the 7.5 million Americans who suffer from psoriasis—approximately 2.2 percent of the population—about 60 percent report that the condition significantly affects their quality of life.

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[grulla]

After unsuccessfully trying to topically treat, what I believed to be, psoriasis for the past couple years, at the top of my nose in between and into the eyebrows, I finally was reminded that zinc is an important nutrient for various parts of the body, not the least of which is skin. So I recently started applying commonly available zinc oxide ointment to the affected area with good results, minimizing the scaling, and only having to reapply some zinc ointment perhaps once a month or so. https://www.healthy-skincare.com/benefit-of-zinc.html

[Julieanne]

grulla, perhaps you need to take zinc supplements. I don't know about US, but here in Oz our soils are very deficient in zinc.

[grulla]

Thanks, Julie, I take one 50mg tablet of zinc every morning with many other supps with my breakfast. Perhaps that is why the topical zinc seems to be working so well???

http://www.solgar.com/SolgarProducts...mg-Tablets.htm from my local food co-op