What to do if you have dandruff

Dandruff, also known as psoriasis in daily life, is a common, chronic, easily recurring and difficult to treat skin disease. Although psoriasis will not cause disease, it can still have a huge impact on the patient's body and mind, especially affecting personal interpersonal relationships. So what should you do if you have psoriasis? What are the effective methods to treat this disease in real life?

Psoriasis is a chronic, recurrent inflammatory skin disease with characteristic lesions, which are red maculopapules or plaques covered with multiple layers of silvery-white scales. It often occurs on the scalp, trunk and extensor side of the limbs and is often symmetrical. The scales of scalp lesions are thicker and often extend beyond the hairline, which can cause the hair to grow in tufts but does not cause hair loss. When the nail is affected, the nail plate may have punctate depressions, like "thimbles". After regression, hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation spots are often left behind, which are prone to recurrence.

For treatment, it is recommended to use external keratinizing agents such as 5% coal tar, anthralin ointment, salicylic acid cream, etc. and keratin regulators such as retinoic acid cream. In severe cases, a small amount of acid-resistant mometasone cream can be added locally. Oral treatment with retinoic acid capsules and methotrexate. Pay attention to rest and avoid fatigue, upper respiratory tract infection, etc. Be careful not to use glucocorticoids systemically as much as possible to avoid inducing potentially serious progression and other types of transformation. If you have facial psoriasis or atopic dermatitis, tacrolimus and pimecrolimus ointments are the first choice.

The specific symptoms of psoriasis include skin lesions. Psoriasis initially presents as red papules or maculopapules, which gradually expand or merge into flakes. They are bright red or dark red, protruding from the skin, with obvious infiltration at the bottom, clear edges, and inflammatory red halos around them. The surface is covered with multiple layers of gray or silvery white scales, which can be gently scraped off. Psoriasis occurs in all areas of the body regardless of age or gender. It can grow on any part of the body, but is most likely to appear on the scalp, arms, especially behind the elbows, calf extension side, waist and hips.