Hi, am here on behalf of my son rather than me. my son is 16 and has down syndrome (among other things) and has in the last year developed psoriasis. it started in his scalp on the back of his head, didn't discover it for yonks because his hair was long and covering it). it has recently started to spread and is now in his scalp as before down the back of his neck and shoulders, top of his back and round under his chin and along the collar bones. he finds it really irritating and isn't able to stop himself scratching it when its at his worst. i am using epaderm on it and a steroid cream but this morning, after one day of forgetting to cream him, the skin on the back of his neck was dry as a bone and hanging off him in huge chunks of dry crackly skin with a red base underneath (he is chinese so am not used to seeing such pink skin on him). not pretty! he is not able to do any of the skin care himself and mostly objects to me doing it as well which doesn't help. anyway, have come on the see if i can glean any pearls of wisdom about skin care on teenage boys (he is as vain as any other 16 year old lad, particularly about his hair!). he has another skin condition i have forgotten the name of but which doesn't cause any real problems so long as he is creamed regularly, sort of like goosebumps but without being cold and always present. think its a form of eczema.
