The most common type of psoriasis, plaque psoriasis (which represents 80 to 90 percent of cases), shows up as patches of bright red, grayish, or darkened skin (depending on your skin color) that may also be itchy, burning, cracked, and/or covered in silvery scales. In this case, a misguided immune response prompts skin cells to reproduce too rapidly, leading to the thick, scaly rashes most commonly associated with psoriasis. It’s a systemic problem that results from your own immune system overreacting/misfiring in response to external triggers. Yet despite the term’s vague familiarity, how many of us can actually answer the question: What is psoriasis? You’re probably aware that it involves skin discoloration and itching, but as anyone living with this chronic condition knows, there’s much more to psoriasis than that-and much more to managing it than slapping on some over-the-counter cortisone cream.įor starters, the fact that psoriasis is a chronic autoimmune disorder means it’s far from a skin-deep challenge. It’s one autoimmune disease whose name was on all of our radars long before celiac and IBS became trending Tik Tok hashtags.
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