International star Beyoncé has revealed she has suffered from psoriasis since she was little.
- Beyoncé Knowles has a skin condition called psoriasis.
- Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease that progresses in outbreaks.
- It manifests itself as red patches covered with scales (small flakes of skin, Editor’s note).
During an interview given about her new brand of hair products, Beyoncé Knowles indicated that she suffered from a skin disease called psoriasis.
“Our relationship with our hair is a very personal journey. From my childhood spent in my mother’s salon to my father applying oil to my scalp to treat my psoriasis, these moments have been sacred In my opinion”, declared the singer at magazine Essence.
Before Beyoncé, other stars such as Cara Delevingne or Kim Kardashian revealed that they also suffered from psoriasis.
Psoriasis: we do not know how to cure this disease
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disease that develops in outbreaks. Non-contagious, it is due to accelerated renewal of the epidermis and its occurrence is triggered in subjects genetically predisposed by different environmental factors. It manifests itself as red patches covered with scales (small flakes of skin, Editor’s note).
Currently, there is no cure for this disease, but treatments can reduce symptoms and improve quality of life.
In France, psoriasis affects 2% of the population, or three million patients.
Psoriasis: a source of difficulties in married life
7 out of 10 people with psoriasis consider their disease to be bothersome in their professional and personal lives. More precisely, 30% say they have already felt discouraged about the illness, repeatedly. Furthermore, nearly 10% of people with psoriasis say that the disease is also a source of difficulties in their life as a couple, and more particularly concerning their sex life (up to 15%).
The quality of sleep is also affected for one in three patients, since nearly 34% report having difficulty falling asleep.
Diseases frequently linked to this dermatological pathology add to the difficulties. 17% of people with psoriasis report having an associated osteoarticular disease, compared to 8% of French people without skin problems. 15% of participants also report suffering from depressive syndrome, compared to 6.4% of French people without skin problems.
Psoriasis: a third of patients are not monitored at all
And even if 9 out of 10 patients (92%) say that the diagnosis of psoriasis was made by a health professional, less than one in two French people with psoriasis (45%) say they are followed by a dermatologist for treatment. burden of his illness. Worse still: more than a third of people with psoriasis are not medically monitored at all.
“Finally, let us recall that according to the WHO world report on psoriasis, it is not the severity of the disease that causes social exclusion, it is largely the way in which society reacts to it,” believes Roberte Aubert, president of the France Psoriasis association.
