Scalp Psoriasis Or Dry Scalp???

by Geraldine Morin
(Munich)

Dear Nanette,

I am a 32 years old woman with (what I've been told by doctors for many years) scalp psoriasis. It started in winter when I was 10, a little dry spot at the back of my head. It used to go away in summer, but coming back every winter. Some years it was bigger, but never really itchy or bloody. Just dry skin and flaky. Never had anywhere else on my body.

I had tar shampoo, liquid hydrocortisone, and other psoriasis treatments. Sometimes it works for a while, most of the time I never saw a difference.

Since I moved in Europe, in a city with a lot of calcium in the water (lime) it is much worse, covering almost all my head, flaking, with this horrible tearing sensation. Now I'm using a shampoo for psoriasis with sulfur and other stuff that's drying my hair (I can see) and I guess my scalp. It doesn't work.

Going through your website makes me wonder... Maybe all those years, I was misdiagnosed and all psoriasis treatments got my dry scalp dryer.

I think I will stop using the psoriasis shampoo and follow your tips for dry scalp. I'll write you again to let you know.

Thanks for all this information.

Geraldine Morin