American stars, without complexes, do not hide their skin problems. Last February, Beyoncé revealed that she had suffered from psoriasis since childhood. Like Queen B, Kim Kardashian has not hesitated for several years to show on social networks her unsightly red patches that eat away at her body during attacks. Far from the French attitude. Because unlike in the United States, psoriasis patients still hide it for the simple reason that they still too often say they are the target of prejudice and false statements. Comments confirmed over the years by the France Psoriasis association which is launching a new campaign on social networks in the hope of reversing this position.
An autoimmune inflammatory skin disease, psoriasis is characterized by the formation of red patches on the skin and scalp. “The excessive proliferation of keratinocytes (cells that cover the skin, Editor’s note) is the cause of these plaques. Psoriasis progresses in flare-ups with periods of remission”, likes to remind Dr Nathalie Quiles-Tsimaratos, dermatologist at the Saint-Joseph hospital in Marseille. If it occurs in genetically predisposed subjects, like all autoimmune diseases, external factors have an influence on the disease. Cold, certain medications such as beta blockers, overwork, excess weight, infections, friction on the skin, as well as stress are involved in flare-ups.
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