Not just skin deep: reframing chronic inflammatory skin disease as a systemic threat

Chronic inflammatory skin disease is more than skin deep, with several cutaneous disease entities associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Notably, psoriasis carries a markedly increased risk of cardiovascular disease, along with a significant comorbid burden. There is a need for greater clinician, patient and community awareness around the impact of chronic cutaneous inflammation, with attention to psoriasis in particular, in order to enhance care in this cohort.