Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Ichthyosis is a condition that causes your skin to become dry, thick, itchy, red, or cracked. Its name comes from the Greek word ichthy, meaning fish, as the ...

Those areas of skin may feel dry, scaly or itchy, and can flake off ... These plaques most often appear on the elbows, knees and scalp, but psoriasis can also affect the nails.

Dr Abigail Waldman told her 264,000 followers on Instagram that the thick cosmetic creams are in fact useless for treating dry and scaly skin. That's because scaly feet is likely not to be due ...