These patches, which are known as “plaques,” are sections of thick, raised skin that may be covered with a thin, silvery-white scale. For many people, these plaques are itchy and uncomfortable.

The autoimmune disease causes raised, scaly patches of skin. As a child, it left the football star embarrassed to remove his shirt at the pool. But he has found ways to manage it.

Normally, skin cells take about a month to form and rise to the surface. In people with psoriasis, this process happens in ...

A doctor has explained how to distinguish between a common skin condition that millions have and a more worrying contagious ...

About Plaque PsoriasisPlaque psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic immune-mediated disease resulting in overproduction of skin cells, which causes inflamed, scaly plaques that may be itchy or painful.9 It ...

This segment is sponsored by Arcutis Biotherapeutics.Nearly 9 million people in the U.S. have an inflammatory skin condition ...

Most common skin cancer, increasing incidenceMore frequent in fair-skinned individuals Risk factors UV radiation, trauma, immunosuppression, BRAF inhibitorsGenetic syndromes (Ferguson-Smith, Muir ...

Super Bowl LIX champion Dallas Goedert of the Philadelphia Eagles shares his journey with plaque psoriasis. After 20 years of living with the autoimmune skin condition, Goedert is spreading ...

Plaque psoriasis remission occurs when the skin clears and noticeable symptoms—such as scaling, redness, or itching—disappear. 2 Without a universally accepted definition of remission, its ...

Plaque psoriasis (PsO) is a chronic immune-mediated disease resulting in overproduction of skin cells, which causes inflamed, scaly plaques that may be itchy or painful. 9 It is estimated that 8 ...