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Introduction       

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder, which affects both males and females. It is neither contagious nor dangerous. The disease takes the form of red scaly patches associated with pruritis. The skin lesions may extend allover the body including the scalp (1,2) .The main problem for the psoriasis patient is the conventional treatment which includes steroid ointments, artificial ultraviolet-rays and powerful systemic drugs. Most of these therapeutic agents have many serious side effects on the skin and the internal organs (3,4).Climatotherapy has become a well-established modality for the treatment of psoriasis. It involves various regimens of seawater bathing and sunlight exposure, combined with the application of emollients, rest and relaxation over several weeks (5).Safaga at the Red Sea, was found an ideal area for climatotherapy of psoriasis. Many natural factors and present there: plentiful sunshine due to cloudless sky prevailing at least 350 days a year, warm, clear, non polluted or dusty weather. These elements constitute the main components of the natural therapy of the disease at this area.

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