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Help! Excessive frightening dandruff case.

Help! Excessive frightening dandruff case.

Ok, I have a relatively oily scalp and lately I have had a severe dandruff problem. It's not just little white dots or even flakes 1-2mm wide. Occasionally i will find literally chunks of skin 1-1.5 cm in diameter, dotted with dozens of little holes through which my hair poked. These skin patches are brownish and somewhat rigid, and they have the texture of aluminum foil (no joke). My scalp will also frequently bleed. It started after I grew my hair out to 3-4", but then I cut it back to 1/2-1" and it's still there.
For what it's worth, I am a 16-year-old Asian-American male, 6' 0" 195 lbs.
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Hi,
It maybe Psoriasis- a common skin condition of the scalp.
It commonly causes red scaly patches to appear on the skin. The scaly patches caused by psoriasis, called psoriatic plaques, are areas of inflammation and excessive skin production. Skin rapidly accumulates at these sites and takes a silvery-white appearance. Plaques frequently occur on the skin of the elbows and knees, but can affect any area including the scalp and genitals.
Plaque psoriasis is the most common form of psoriasis. It affects 80 to 90% of people with psoriasis. Plaque psoriasis typically appears as raised areas of inflamed skin covered with silvery white scaly skin. These areas are called plaques.
Bath solutions and moisturizers help soothe affected skin and reduce the dryness which accompanies the build-up of skin on psoriatic plaques. Medicated creams and ointments applied directly to psoriatic plaques can help reduce inflammation, remove built-up scale, reduce skin turn over, and clear affected skin of plaques.
Ointment and creams containing coal tar, dithranol (anthralin), corticosteroids like desoximetasone (Topicort), vitamin D3 analogues (for example, calcipotriol), and retinoids are used.
ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoriasis
Get it checked by a dermatologist to confirm the diagnosis.


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