Introduction:

Hypnosis is a technique in which, although many patients and therapists have misconceptions about it, empirical data consistently support its efficacy as an assisting procedure to control a wide variety of symptoms.

Objective:

To review hypnosis and its role in the therapeutic management of psoriasis.

Methods:

A systematic bibliographic review was carried out on the Internet, using search engines such as Google Scholar and other specific ones related to medicine such as MEDLINE, LILACS and SciELO.

Results:

There are studies reporting that hypnosis reduces itching and discomfort of psoriasis, and produces structural changes and reduction of skin lesions.

Conclusions:

The evidence reviewed indicates that hypnosis is used as an adjuvant in therapeutic plans for Psoriasis. It helps patients to manage and improve a wide variety of associated psychological and somatic alterations, thus favoring an improvement in the quality of life of patients.

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