The skin is more than an expression of your health and youthful good looks. It is your one and only barrier between the internal and external realms, keeping in the good things and barring the bad.

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition that causes patches of dry, itchy skin, called plaques. Without proper treatment plaques can get itchy and flaky and then sometimes crack and bleed. People with ...

The obvious fix is to slather on a rich cream. But often that’s not enough, with dry patches returning with a vengeance within minutes. ALAS, it’s dry and cracked skin season. Switching between brisk ...