emollient use in psoriasis

Last reviewed 02/2022

• an emollient hydrates and thus softens the scaly, hyperkeratotic surface of the psoriatic plaques
  
  
• it is an active but weak treatment for psoriasis
  
  
• the twice-daily application of emollients such as yellow soft paraffin or aqueous cream led to a reduction in itching, soreness, redness, scaling, and lesional extension in about 35% of patients (1)

Reference:

• Wood AJ, (1995). Treatment of psoriasis, NEJM, 332 (9), 581-7.