Does anyone here suffer from psoriasis?

[Pyotr Tchaikovsky]

Comrades!

Although I couldn't post this elsewhere, I hope no one trivializes this by making jokes, as this has been a frustrating problem for me. If anyone here has this condition, how do you handle it? The doctors say psoriasis doesn't have a cause or cure...what the hell am I supposed to do? My arms look totally weird:confused:, thanks to this condition.

Are there any remedies at all? Will petroleum jelly help?

Hoping people can share...(not their psoriasis:p but some ideas).

Pyotr

[Mindtoaster]

Yeah, I've actually started getting psoriasis on places on my right hand. If you apply neosporin to it daily it makes it go down a bit, and look less gross

I really need to see a doctor or something about it though before it actually becomes noticable. its so fucking gross

[ellipsis]

I have ecsema(sp?) which is similar. Homeopathy as a kid helped to clear it up.

[Tyrlop]

my dad has it. its uncureable but you can make most of it go away, the best thing is to wash yourself in salt-water or go swim in the sea everyday, some people visit the dead-sea and it goes away for almost forever.
but it can come back, if you have high fever it will come back. well best advice is to clean the parts everyday with a bit of water mixed with salt, if you dont live near the sea. and you shouldn't be ashamed of having it, its important to make it go away, sun is also good for soreasis.

[Sasha]

i was going to say, move to somewhere hot and humid but since your location is specified as "india" your already kind of there. (my mate had it pretty bad but after he lived in brazil for a while it got a lot better)
but thats all i know, maybe it will help to put an humidifyer in your house?

[Dr Mindbender]

i dont think ive had psorasis, but ive had all sorts of weird skin problems.

When i was about 7 i got chicken pox and for about a fortnight afterwards i was getting these little white segmented postules bubbling up that i used to burst. When i was 14 i got a bad dose of skin poisoning called emphalaego that caused my legs to erupt in large weeping scabs. That was fucking scary.

The point about moving location might help. A few years back i was living in England and for about 3 years i was troubled by this large wart-like growth on my toe. I moved back to Ireland and weirdly it completely dissapeared after about 2 weeks.
:confused:

[New Tet]

Comrades!

Although I couldn't post this elsewhere, I hope no one trivializes this by making jokes, as this has been a frustrating problem for me. If anyone here has this condition, how do you handle it? The doctors say psoriasis doesn't have a cause or cure...what the hell am I supposed to do? My arms look totally weird:confused:, thanks to this condition.

Are there any remedies at all? Will petroleum jelly help?

Hoping people can share...(not their psoriasis:p but some ideas).

Pyotr

Unless you've already done so, I would suggest you examine your diet as a possible cause or cure of psoriasis. I mean, maybe a change in diet may give you an indication of what it is that causes. Or maybe, hopefully, changing your diet may give you some relief, at the very least.

Also, as I understand it, psoriasis is not communicable. I've had normal social contact with people that have it and have never heard of anyone "catching it from someone else".

In any case, my friend, stay strong and don't let this "little thing" that ails you bring you down.

[Raúl Duke]

I also would somewhat suggest the diet thing and I guess the stuff about "salt-water" perhaps. But I wouldn't really know since I don't have much knowledge on this subject (I'm not a doctor).

By the sound of things, the suggestion about humidity makes the situation sounds opposite to mine. Humid places, like right now where I'm at in PR, make my skin greasy and acne to act up/appear slightly (after accutane I mostly, and I mean by A LOT, dealt with that problem) yet in dry-cold places (Florida in Fall, Winter; whenever it's cold enough) my skin doesn't have this issue.

[RHIZOMES]

I also would somewhat suggest the diet thing and I guess the stuff about "salt-water" perhaps. But I wouldn't really know since I don't have much knowledge on this subject (I'm not a doctor).

By the sound of things, the suggestion about humidity makes the situation sounds opposite to mine. Humid places, like right now where I'm at in PR, make my skin greasy and acne to act up/appear slightly (after accutane I mostly, and I mean by A LOT, dealt with that problem) yet in dry-cold places (Florida in Fall, Winter; whenever it's cold enough) my skin doesn't have this issue.

I have a similar problem, I hate hot and humid places because my skin becomes oily in like 10 minutes. Cold and dry places I like a lot better.

I really need to try accutane, I only just went to the doctor a month ago about my 8-years-worth-of skin problems and they prescribed me the lightest shit they could first since prescribing accutane right away is "medically irresponsible". Probably gonna come back in 2 weeks and talk to them about it.

[A.R.Amistad]

actually, I'm not quite sure it is incurable. I have a mild case of it, but it was worse two years ago and is getting better over the years. Maybe mother time will cure it...

[Raúl Duke]

I have a similar problem, I hate hot and humid places because my skin becomes oily in like 10 minutes. Cold and dry places I like a lot better.

I really need to try accutane, I only just went to the doctor a month ago about my 8-years-worth-of skin problems and they prescribed me the lightest shit they could first since prescribing accutane right away is "medically irresponsible". Probably gonna come back in 2 weeks and talk to them about it.

I had a similar situation...

When I was in PR none of my dermatologists mentioned it (even though there's some that do have the power to prescribe it...I guess I just didn't come across this right dermatologist at the right time) and only when I moved to Miami one of my first dermatologists mentioned it but did not personally prescribed it, because of "risks" etc. After getting fed up with his lazer-treatment shenanigans, I was referred to another doctor associated with UM's dermatology department and began treatment. Personally, that shit is like a damn miracle drug after the 1st month (in my case) very noticeable results began to emerge that were very surprising.

Here in the U.S. there's a lot of restrictions on getting this medicine because of bunch of politiking...they want to say it can cause depression/suicide all because some senators kid who was on that treatment committed suicide. Obviously, post hoc logic is fallacious but that didn't stop the government from setting all these restrictions and protocal probably makes it, in a sense, harder to get then morphine from your pharmacy.

If you are looking for a suggestion...yes I would suggest accutane.

[Led Zeppelin]

Accutane?

Sure, if you want to lose your hair:

Link (http://www.hairloss-reversible.com/discus/messages/3/4818.html)
Link (http://www.acne.org/messageboard/answers-doctor-hair-t152239.html&st=2520#)
Link (http://www.hairloss-reversible.com/discus/messages/1/330.html?1166195726)
Link (http://www.acneteen.org/2009/11/accutane-causes-hair-loss.html)
Link (http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=18662&name=ACCUTANE&page=1)

I suggest you stay as far away from that as possible. A friend of mine who started using it a couple months ago is now becoming entirely bald and the whole structure of his hair has changed (which convinced me not to use it). You're basically trading in bad skin for no/shitty hair. Check out that last link specifically, it is full of comments by consumers about the side-effects.

[RHIZOMES]

I had a similar situation...

When I was in PR none of my dermatologists mentioned it (even though there's some that do have the power to prescribe it...I guess I just didn't come across this right dermatologist at the right time) and only when I moved to Miami one of my first dermatologists mentioned it but did not personally prescribed it, because of "risks" etc. After getting fed up with his lazer-treatment shenanigans, I was referred to another doctor associated with UM's dermatology department and began treatment. Personally, that shit is like a damn miracle drug after the 1st month (in my case) very noticeable results began to emerge that were very surprising.

Here in the U.S. there's a lot of restrictions on getting this medicine because of bunch of politiking...they want to say it can cause depression/suicide all because some senators kid who was on that treatment committed suicide. Obviously, post hoc logic is fallacious but that didn't stop the government from setting all these restrictions and protocal probably makes it, in a sense, harder to get then morphine from your pharmacy.

If you are looking for a suggestion...yes I would suggest accutane.

Luckily I will be able to get it easily, I just haven't been arsed to go to the doctor again. I really should have used that stuff years ago, would have got rid of a lot of humiliation in high school...


Accutane?

Sure, if you want to lose your hair:

Link (http://www.hairloss-reversible.com/discus/messages/3/4818.html)
Link (http://www.acne.org/messageboard/answers-doctor-hair-t152239.html&st=2520#)
Link (http://www.hairloss-reversible.com/discus/messages/1/330.html?1166195726)
Link (http://www.acneteen.org/2009/11/accutane-causes-hair-loss.html)
Link (http://www.askapatient.com/viewrating.asp?drug=18662&name=ACCUTANE&page=1)

I suggest you stay as far away from that as possible. A friend of mine who started using it a couple months ago is now becoming entirely bald and the whole structure of his hair has changed (which convinced me not to use it). You're basically trading in bad skin for no/shitty hair. Check out that last link specifically, it is full of comments by consumers about the side-effects.

I've always wanted to wear a wig, my hair sucks. :p

There are two more stages before I can get to accutane though, so I might still be safe!

[Led Zeppelin]

Ok, whatever floats your boat I guess. Don't say you weren't warned.

[RHIZOMES]

Ok, whatever floats your boat I guess. Don't say you weren't warned.

I have the worst skin ever. At this rate I seriously would rather be bald.

But who knows, there's still further treatment they can give me before resorting to Accutane.

[Led Zeppelin]

Well, if it's really bad then I can understand taking the risk. A lot of people take it as something casual though, when they're not really that bothered by the small amount of acne that they have, at least not bothered enough to risk losing their hair over it. You can see a lot of stories like that on the last link I posted.

But yeah, if the trade-off is worth it to you I'd do it as well. It apparently works in 95% of the cases.

[Tyrlop]

best cure is to go swim everyday in the sea, its good for the skin. and dont use chemicals when you was your hair.

[Pyotr Tchaikovsky]

actually, I'm not quite sure it is incurable. I have a mild case of it, but it was worse two years ago and is getting better over the years. Maybe mother time will cure it...

Good to hear that, but how did it get better? Did you just ignore it or did you apply something, take some medication?

[Pyotr Tchaikovsky]

Thanks for all the suggestions, comrades. Some people say sulphur is good. But what is sulphur cm potency, and how much quantity is right? I've heard sulphur is very good for skin-related ailments...

[Raúl Duke]

I didn't lose a single strand of hair when I used it.

Different strokes for different folks, I guess when it comes to drugs a similar principle arises: Each drug reacts differently to each person. I say that if unmanageable side effects still continue after the 1st-2nd month then you might need to quit treatment.

The drug had very very minimal side-effects for me except that my lips got very dry that I had to carry around lip balm with me. I think also it didn't effect my liver much, my doctor said the lab results were "perfect" (when you take accutane, in the states, you have to take a monthly blood test).

[Dr. Rosenpenis]

I sometimes have eczema outbreaks
the key is to avoid dry weather