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Cures For Psoriasis Of The Scalp Part 4 – Scalp Psoriasis Treatments That Work
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Scalp psoriasis is an autoimmune disorder that can cause ugly thick and itchy red patches on the scalp. It is noted that approximately 50% of psoriasis sufferers develop scalp psoriasis. This can also occur with other forms of psoriasis symptoms and are commonly found on the back of the head. In more severe cases the whole scalp is affected. The psoriasis symptoms can be mild with light scaling or thick with crusted, flaking reddened patches. Some of the other areas it can spread to are, the neck, behind the ears and the forehead. The sufferer often experience dandruff like flakes on their clothing which can also be entangled and knotted in their hair. They also experience severe itching, scalp soreness, pain and a general feeling of scalp tightness.
Another factor of scalp psoriasis is temporary hair loss. The hair however often grows back once the skin condition clears-up. The cause of scalp psoriasis just like other psoriasis symptoms on the body are associated with stress, weakened immune system, hormonal changes and poor diet amongst others. Due to the strategic areas of the psoriasis location, embarrassment, and emotional issues are continuously tested by stares, pointing and unsavoury comments.
How to Treat Scalp Psoriasis Symptoms
There are many scalp psoriasis treatments available, but the truth is that many do not work and others only provide temporary relief. Some may even make the skin condition worse. Topical medications are the mainstay treatments and these include shampoos, ointments, foams, gels and phototherapy. Topical therapy for scalp psoriasis includes coal-tar, dermovates, steroid creams, salicylic acid, dithranol, corticosteroids, tazarotene, anthralin, and many others. They can be applied once or twice daily for weeks or months. Care need to be taken with steroids as they can cause thinning of the skin.
The most common scalp psoriasis treatments are corticosteroids such as betamethasone, clobetasol and hydrocortisone. Again these come as lotions, shampoos and creams. I do not recommend using for a relatively prolonged period of time and especially during pregnancy. It is wise to seek up to date medical advice before using these. Other treatments are coconut base ointments containing salicylic acid, coal-tar and sulphur.
The mainstay medicated shampoos are coal-tar based. This brings about temporary relief at first but the downside is that the tar gets absorbed into your skin. You will notice this when you sweat as the odour of the coal-tar is prevalent in the air. Another disadvantage of this treatment is that your psoriasis can get mush worse if you stop treatment and this is why sufferers tend to stay on this treatment for a very long time.
Ultraviolet light has proven to be quite effective in not only treating scalp psoriasis but other forms of psoriasis symptoms in other body parts with great success. For this treatment short hair short hair is advised which will allow the UV light to penetrate the scalp. UV lamps can be used but the best is natural sunlight.
Scalp Psoriasis- Home Remedies
There are many natural treatments for psoriasis which are made up of a combination of herbs and essential oils. Dead Sea salt or mixed seal salts have found uses in many natural psoriasis treatments. Others are jojoba oil, aloe Vera, eucalyptus oil, neem oil, lavender oil, olive oil, castor oil, almond oil and many others. All of these oils are beneficial and you can experiment with them to find out which ones suits you best. Also use soaps and shampoos that are handcrafted that do not contain sodium lauryl sulphate – this is a strong surfactant that can cause skin irritation and lead to very slow healing.
A new psoriasis treatment that gaining great popularity amongst scalp psoriasis and other psoriasis symptoms sufferers is one that actually tackles the root causes of the skin condition whilst treating the psoriasis patches at the same time. Many sufferers are “now finding-out” that their daily treatment is never going to give them any long-term relief. They are now realising that treating the root cause rather than suppressing the psoriasis plaque by topical treatment is the only answer for long-term psoriasis symptoms remission.
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