Here's how to tell what's really causing your dry, itchy skin.
; both can cause itching and patches of red, dry skin; both are chronic; and both tend to be treated in similar ways. Look closely and pay attention, though, and you will start to notice differences.
“It’s different wings of the immune system,” says Emily Newsom, MD, assistant clinical professor of dermatology at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. “Eczema is the extreme form of dry skin, while psoriasis is more like plaque on your skin,” says Michele S. Green, MD, a dermatologist with Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.The outlines of the patches are also different. “Classically, the edges of eczema tend to be more ill-defined, whereas psoriasis is very sharply defined,” says Dr. Newsom.“Eczema is usually on the inside of the arms, backs of knees, and in the folds of your skin,” says Dr. Green.
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