Suggest Treatment For Scalp Psoriasis

Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2015

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Wed, 12 Aug 2015 Answered on

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Question : hi,
could you suggest any remedy for dry scalp soriasis over my forehead. though i washoff regularly, it comes to sight every second day.
tks

Answered by Dr. V. N. S. Parinam (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Home remedies alternatively

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

The basic mechanism that work in Scalp Psoriasis is that the cell turnover time is reduced from normal 30 days to 10 days or even lesser. That means any normal person scalp cells will be dead and new cells appear and this life cycle is 25 to 30 days this life cycle is reduced to shorter duration because of false stimuli that are sent to the skin by your own body.

So we cannot improve this life cycle even with the newer techniques.

So you have to deal with the symptoms alone. Since you are saying dry scalp you should use tepid to warm coconut oil massage for at least 30 minutes before your head bath on alternate days.

This should do the trick for you. Let me know if you have already tried it.

Hope this answers.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar