Xeroderma (dry skin) can appear as dry, white, purple, or red flaky patches on your skin. Skin conditions like eczema and psoriasis can make you more prone to experiencing dry skin patches.

From skin cancer to vitiligo, learn about five important skin conditions affecting darker skin tones and how to properly ...

Lichenification occurs when repeated scratching or rubbing causes skin to thicken and become leathery. Certain skincare and treatment options may help reduce the reaction.

Ever looked in the mirror midday to find flaky patches ... this sneaky skin-drying behavior, it’s remarkably easy to fix. The makeup habit causing those frustrating dry patches isn’t about ...

Dehydrated skin is more common than you think and a skin concern dermatologists see just as often as dry skin. (The two are not synonymous, as you’ll see.) But whether your skin is dry or dehydrated, ...

In the meantime, here are 10 of the most common causes of red on the skin. Keep in mind that these conditions may also present as dark ... patches. Patches are oval-shaped, red, and sometimes ...

“While psoriasis appears as red, scaly plaques in light skin, you may only see brown plaques in dark skin ... that cause red, itchy, dry, swollen patches anywhere on the body, but particularly ...

Symptoms include bumps on the scalp and scaly, dry patches of skin underneath the hair. Stress and dehydration can make dandruff worse, as can itching. Using a special dandruff shampoo can often ...

Other issues to look out for include: rough patches of skin that may be painful when rubbed dry, scaly, pink or red patches of skin white, scaly marks that look like warts If a person suspects ...

This may look shiny, see through, pink or pearly white according to Cancer Research UK Scaly patches ... the type of skin cancer that most people know of," says Dr Anand. "Fortunately, it's not the ...

Stylist’s beauty writer Charlotte Bitmead has tried and tested a bunch of moisturisers on her dry ... If you suffer from flaky patches and struggle to keep your skin’s moisture levels topped ...