Courtesy
I was 12 years old when I noticed something was off with my scalp. Out of nowhere, it became dry, flaky, and itchy. I was constantly scratching, and when my mom would try to wash my hair, she noticed I had these flakes there that were sticking to my scalp and hard to remove. We also noticed that I had flaky patches that were coming down behind my ears. This wasn’t normal dandruff it was something different, and it was really bad.
My parents took me to see a dermatologist, who diagnosed me with scalp psoriasis. Psoriasis is a condition that happens when the body makes skin cells too quickly, according to theAmerican Academy of Dermatology (AAD). That causes skin cells to pile up and form obvious patches or spots on the skin.