You’ve probably heard of psoriasis—the chronic inflammatory condition that can cause itchy, scaly patches on your skin. Less well-known is a rare form of the disease called pustular psoriasis, which ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

Acne is not a surface problem. The inflammation driving each papule, pustule, or nodule reaches into the dermis, the ...

Different types of psoriasis cause different symptoms. It can appear as thickened, discolored plaques that may be itchy. Psoriasis is an inflammatory condition that involves skin changes. It can also ...

Active acne and non-invasive skin treatments seem like a natural pairing, one causes the problem, the other promises to fix ...

GPP can be triggered by the initiation and withdrawal of various medications, in particular the withdrawal of corticosteroids, and by infections, stress, and other conditions. 1,5,6,10 Patients with a ...

Dale Reisner lived with the pain of generalized pustular psoriasis (GPP) for decades before he was finally diagnosed. Today, he hasn’t had a major flare in seven or eight years. He’s “never been 100%, ...

Pustular psoriasis is a skin disease. You'll see white bumps filled with pus near or inside red skin blotches. These are called pustules. They can hurt and be scaly, flaky, or itchy. It's most likely ...