What Causes Patch Of Large Dry Skin On Scalp?

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2014

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Question : my granddaughter has a very bad patch of large dry skin in her scape and it has started to take her hair out, it get itchy and turn very red if you try to pick it out she has been to several dermatogist doctors and each give her some type of liquid of cream to apply and nothing seems to help

Answered by Dr. Johny Chacko (3 hours later)

Brief Answer: Patch of dry skin over scalp Detailed Answer: Hello, Welcome to healthcare magic, From your description I can think of a few possibilities. They are Tinea capitis (fungal infection of scalp), Scalp psoriasis and Seborrhoeic dermatitis. You have a feature to upload the images of the scalp by yourself at the right side of the query page, please utilize that so that I can answer your query better. You can also send the image as attachment to YYYY@YYYY , with the subject as 'Attn: Dr. Johny Chacko'. Also give me details about the treatments tried and duration of illness. Take care.

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