What starts out as being very itchy, turns into red bumps, then larger thicker 'plaques' of it, often with a white silvery scale. Needless to say, it can be quite embarrassing at work when you get an uncontrollable itch, or in public when you go swimming and people wonder if the red patches on your knees and elbows are contagious (it's not). It often starts with a terrible itchy scalp that keeps you awake nights...you try many skin products, only to find it can come right back with a vengeance.

It is especially hard on kids at school where they can be teased about it. Of all of the skin problems people experience, psoriasis can be one of the most frustrating. Skin Cell Growth In normal skin, there is a balance of skin cells that form and skin cells that die it takes about 28 days for skin cells to fully form. In this article I will discuss a few new ways of understanding the problem and its causes, and some fundamental and effective naturopathic treatment strategies.

However, when the skin is damaged, there are more skin cells formed, which also draws more blood into the area causing redness and swelling.