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Severity of Psoriasis

Psoriasis can be characterized by type and degree of severity. This page is a photo-archive which indexes examples and descriptions of the degrees of severity of psoriasis. Select the following link to view photos and descriptions of the different types of psoriasis. 

The categorization of psoriasis into the degrees of severity: mild, moderate and severe is a useful tool for determining an effective form of therapy in individual cases. It is also a criteria used by psoriasis research programs seeking patient volunteers to describe eligible candidates.

Each category is defined in terms of percent of the body's surface affected by psoriasis:

• Mild psoriasis is defined as affecting less than 5% of the body's surface
• Moderate psoriasis is defined as affecting 5-30% 
• Severe psoriasis is defined as affecting greater than 30%. 

As a general estimate, the palm of the hand is thought to represent 1% of the body's surface.
Mild Psoriasis
Moderate Psoriasis
Severe Psoriasis