Treatment of psoriasis of the head

Head psoriasis also refers to scalp psoriasis, in the treatment mainly includes drug therapy, physical therapy and psychological therapy. 1. Drug treatment: it can be divided into local medication and systematic medication. (1) Local medication: for the skin lesions appearing in the lesion area, 2%-10% tar shampoo, medium and strong glucocorticoid drugs (such as tretinoin cream, etc.), vitamin D3 derivatives (such as carbotriol application, etc.) and keratinolytic agents (such as salicylic acid ointment, etc.) can be used locally and externally, and all of them can help to improve the symptoms. (2) Systemic drug administration: Oral immunosuppressants (such as methotrexate tablets, etc.), retinoic acid drugs (such as Avicenna capsules, etc.) or systemic application of biologics (such as stavudine, adalimumab, etc.) can improve the symptoms of psoriasis of the head. 2. Physical therapy: after shaving the hair, local irradiation of long-wave ultraviolet rays and medium-wave ultraviolet rays can be used for phototherapy, or a UVB phototherapy comb can be used to irradiate the scalp to inhibit the activation of immune cells, which can help to improve the symptoms of psoriasis. 3. Psychological treatment: psoriasis is a chronic disease with a poor prognosis, and the patients have more pressure on the psychological aspect, so we must do a good job of psychological counseling for the patients. It is recommended that patients with scalp psoriasis should go to regular hospitals in time and receive standardized treatment under the guidance of doctors.