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I burned my wrist recently and once it began healing, a patch of psoriasis in the same area "woke up", is that normal with psoriasis?
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It can happen: It can happen with psoriasis that an injury to the skin could trigger psoriasis to come back, it's called koebner phenomenon.
Answered 2/28/2014
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