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Can wearing a corset and sweating cause a flare up of psoriasis on my back and how do i heal it? super painful, huge flaky/bloody patch.

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Sweat does not...: Sweat does not aggravate psoriasis, but rubbing or scratching at an area with the psoriasis outbreak may make it worse.

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Answered 11/27/2017

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