Psoriasis: Managing Chronic Skin Conditions

Chronic Skin Condition Maintenance in New York

When it comes to managing your skin's condition, the excellent medical team consisting of Dr. Scott Sanders, Dr. Elena Maydan, and Dr. Shilesh Iyer of Scott Sanders Dermatology in New City, NY, are experts at treating psoriasis and awaits your scheduled appointment to discuss this or other chronic skin issues.

When your immune system overproduces skin cells, you can develop a chronic skin condition known as eczema. Excess skin cells build up on top of each other and harden into patches of dry, scaly skin. These dry, patchy areas may go through a cycle of becoming inflamed and then clear up for a few months, only to become inflamed again.

The elbows, scalp, and knees are the targeted body areas that develop eczema. There is no definitive cause for this skin condition, but there is evidence that genetics and your environment are factors in this disease. Conditions such as infections, medications for mental health and heart, obesity, and smoking may trigger this skin condition.

Different Types of Eczema

There are several types of psoriasis affecting your skin:

• Pustular - As in the name, this condition develops reddened and inflamed pus-filled skin bumps caused by medications, chemical exposure, stress, and an infection.
• Erythrodermic - This severe, rare condition develops red, inflamed, scaly skin over most of your body. You may already have another form of this condition and then develop an erythrodermic type with your regular type. A severe sunburn or medication can trigger it.
• Guttate - targets primarily children and young adults, characterized by red dots on the skin and triggered by strep throat or other respiratory infections.
• Inverse - Found in skin folds and creases, this condition forms smooth, red patches on the skin. Sweating or chafing can make this condition worse.
• Plaque - The most common type develops raised silvery plaques surrounded by red, irritated skin on the elbows/knees/scalp/ and sometimes the trunk.

As with all of these conditions, it can present with reddened skin that may have very dry whitening patches of skin that may crack and bleed, causing stinging pain. Poor sleep quality and thickened dry nails may also be a symptom.

Managing Eczema

Treatment is lifelong and depends on managing symptoms/triggers and will depend on the type/severity of your symptoms. Our doctors may prescribe light therapy/pills/lotions/and ointments/and explore and avoid the triggers, allowing you to experience more symptom-free days.

Book Your Appointment Today

Call the experienced professionals Dr. Sanders, Dr. Maydan, and Dr. Iyer of Scott Sanders Dermatology in New City, NY, at (845) 499-2017 for psoriasis. We await your appointment today to discuss your skin condition and treatment options.