Shereene Idriss explains psoriasis as an autoimmune condition causing scaly silvery plaques on elbows, knees, and scalp. She recommends over-the-counter topical corticosteroids like Cortisone 10 but warns against long-term use.
My skin is so dry, my elbows always look like this. I don't know what to do. Alright, so if your elbows look like that, you probably don't just have dry skin. You also have something called psoriasis. So psoriasis is an autoimmune condition where your skin cells are sort of sticking onto your skin and not wanting to let go. And you get these scaly silvery plaques, especially on your elbows and your knees, even sometimes on your head. If you have it on your elbows or your knees, using a steroid can help to minimize that sort of process so that it doesn't stay so apparent and residual on your skin. So you use like Cortisone 10. You can even get like the CVS, whatever brand. I don't care, I'm not sponsored. Cortisone 10 also has an eczema cream and a psoriasis cream. They're pretty much the same creams, more or less, but they have different indications, so they probably had to go through different approval processes. The problem with a steroid is you cannot use it forever long term.
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