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How To Control Dry And Peeling Skin In Scalp?

Hi There is too much skin peeling from my scalp with hairs and i dont know its skin or any kind of dandruff when my hairs dry then that peeling skin is become hard and soft when my hairs are wet and its peels with lots of hairs currenty am using ketokonezol shampoo, becozinc capsules, cephalexine capsule, rampificin capsules and applying betnovet-c in night, its over 1.5 months am taking these medicins but no benefite, my problem is increasing please help and also am taking fluconazol once a weak
Tue, 11 Nov 2014
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Dermatologist 's  Response
Hello,
Thanks for the query,
You might have developed psoriasis.
It is an autoimmune disease leading to development of reddish patches with lot of scaling.
Psoriasis cannot be totally cured.
It can be only controlled.
You can use steroid creams to control this.
Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.
And get the medication prescribed.
Let me know if you have any other doubt.
you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818

Wishing you good health,
Thank you
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How To Control Dry And Peeling Skin In Scalp?

Hello, Thanks for the query, You might have developed psoriasis. It is an autoimmune disease leading to development of reddish patches with lot of scaling. Psoriasis cannot be totally cured. It can be only controlled. You can use steroid creams to control this. Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis. And get the medication prescribed. Let me know if you have any other doubt. you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link. http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818 Wishing you good health, Thank you