Cure for THE ITCH

Rinsing off my hair, I winced in pain. As well as shampoo, flakes of dry, dead skin were washing down the drain, leaving my scalp so itchy and painful.

It was 2011, and this was happening for the past few weeks.

That summer, I was diagnosed with psoriasis, an immune disease that causes red, flaky patches to form on the skin.

‘Have you been under a lot of stress lately?’ my GP asked me at the appointment. ‘Stress can