August is Psoriasis Awareness Month-Psoriasis is a common skin condition that causes skin redness and irritation. Most people with psoriasis have thick, red skin with flaky, silver-white patches called scales.

Special Guest: Jerry Bagel, M.D.: He is a member of the National Psoriasis Foundation Medical Board.  www.psoriasis.org 

Dr. Bagel is the Director of the Psoriasis Treatment Center of Central New Jersey. Dr. Bagel has been named a Top Doctor in the Castle Connolly Medical Top Doctors of the New York Metro Area every year from 2001-2013. He was named a 2005 New Jersey Top Doctor by New Jersey Life; a Best Doctor in New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly in 2001 and 2003; and received a Patients’ Choice award in 2008 as well as in Inside Jersey in 2013.  He has published extensively on the topic of psoriasis in such journals as The Journal of theAmerican Academy of Dermatology and The Journal of Drugs & Dermatology.