Medically reviewed by Katlein Franca, MD When psoriasis affects the scalp, it causes thick, silvery-white or gray scales that may be inflamed and itchy. You may also feel burning or other discomfort.

and even your stress level. Both scalp psoriasis and dandruff can cause dry, flaky skin on your scalp. Dandruff typically appears as general flaking, but psoriasis develops from a clearly defined ...

Two posters presented at the 2025 American Academy of Dermatology Annual Meeting highlighted the importance of improving ...

It usually causes flaky patches of skin in small parts of the body, like the elbows or scalp. Researchers ... block the immune reaction in your body that causes psoriasis. Many different biologic ...

Join Drs Steven Feldman and Robert Kushner as they discuss the role of dermatologists in treating obesity in conjunction with psoriasis.

SFA Therapeutics, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel oral small-molecule biosynthetic ...

Mice dosed with SFA-002 displayed reduction in psoriasis disease severity and greater reduction in skin thickening compared to etanercept and apremilast in the in vivo model SFA-002 reduced key ...