No local or systemic side effects were detectable, but nails may turn yellowish after long-term application of cyclosporine in maize oil. These positive results were rather surprising considering the known issue of difficult penetration of cyclosporine through the skin and the nail due to its highly...
Psoriasis on People of Color On darker skin tones, psoriasis can start out assalmon-colored, dark brown, or purplish-gray spots and then develop scales. 4/16 Nail Psoriasis Up to half of people with skin plaques have psoriasis of the nails as well. This makes your nails look yellowish-red...
the lesions tend to be symmetrically distributed on the elbows and knees, scalp, chest, and buttocks. The lesions may remain small and solitary or coalesce into large plaques that often form geometrical patterns with a central area of normalskin. In many cases thenailsbecome thickened, irregularly...
Just like with other autoimmune diseases, we don’t know exactly what causes psoriasis. It’s likely that in a person with certain genes, different environmental triggers might activate the immune system — causing changes in your skin, nails, and other parts of your body. We know thatgenesp...
Both 1. Would you say that your psoriasis of the nails is mostly: 1. Very painful 2. Not very painful 3. Not painful 2. Because of my psoriasis of the nails, I have difficulty putting my shoes on: 1. Always 2. Sometimes 3. Never 3. Because of my psoriasis of the nails, I don...
Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition. Your immune system overreacts and causesinflammationin your skin that speeds up the production of new skin cells. The extra cells build up on your skin and form scaly patches. Psoriasis inflammation can also affect the nails, causing symptoms like pitting, th...
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory condition that can affect the skin, joints and nails; the cutaneous lesions of psoriasis can cause considerable discomfort and embarrassment to affected patients. While topical steroids, phototherapy and systemic medications are often used to treat psoriasis, there is...
It looks like small red and scaly dots on the torso, arms, legs and scalp. Guttate psoriasis can be triggered by a strep infection. Nail Psoriasis Nail psoriasis can affect fingernails and toenails with various symptoms such as tiny dents in the nails called nail pitting, discoloration, ...
Current treatment options for nail psoriasis are very often poorly efficacious, associated with undesirable effects, or time consuming. Success has to be measured in terms of months. Topical treatments (eg, corticosteroids, vitamin D analogues, tazarotene) are mainly used, but impressive improvement ...
Nail.When the nails on your hands or feet are affected, they develop pits and are discolored. Your nails might become loose and separate from the nail bed. They also might crumble. Scalp.You might have fine scales on your scalp that look like dandruff, or you might have thick plaques tha...