Imbangela echaziweyo ye-lichen planus ayaziwa, kodwa kucingelwa ukuba inxulumene nempendulo yomzimba eyenziwa kakhulu. Kubantu abathile inokubangelwa yimithi ethile, usulelo lwe-hepatitis C, okanye ukunxibelelana nezinto ezinobuthi ezifana nezinyithi ezinzima.
I-Lichen planus ixhaphake ngakumbi kubantu abadala, ngakumbi abantu abaphakathi kweminyaka, kwaye kancinci ngakumbi kubafazi. Imingcipheko iphezulu ukuba unemiqathango ethile yokuzikhusela komzimba, i-hepatitis C engapheliyo, okanye uthatha imithi eyaziwa ngokubangela izihlaba ezifana nezihlaba.
I-Lichen planus ihlala iphucuka ngokwayo, kodwa unyango lunokunciphisa ukuvuvukala, iintlungu, kwaye luthintele iingxaki ezifana nezibazi okanye ukulahlekelwa kweenwele. Unyango oluqhelekileyo lubandakanya i-creams ze-steroid eziphezulu, ama-antihistamines okuvuvukala, unyango lwe-UV light, kwaye kwiimeko ezinzima imithi efana nama-retinoids okanye i-tacrolimus.