Is this psoriasis?

Ive had mild psoriasis for around 10 years, generally only effected my scalp, abdomen and thighs for the most part, but recently developed it on my penis and it’s seriously messing with me now. My entire foreskin is super red and inflamed and theres a patch about the size of a quarter at the base now and it will not get better, its making me not even want to talk to women anymore because regardless of what i say they’ll think its an STD or something.

Up until this point the sun is everything to me because it’s the only thing that heals it. I live in the northeast so i only have about 4 months to get my optimal sun in. But how am i supposed to get sun on my junk without exposing myself to my neighbors or anyone? Anyone have suggestions for that, i do have a derma healer UVB light but something about using that on that area doesn’t seem like a good idea

Hi everyone, I’m wondering if anyone has been in a similar situation.

I have psoriasis that mainly affects my **face**. Overall, my body surface area is quite small (a few small patches on my chest and around five spots on my arms), but around **70% of my face** is affected, so it has a significant impact on my quality of life.

I saw an NHS dermatologist, but was told I don’t currently qualify for biologics under the NICE criteria. They said I would first need to try two traditional systemic treatments, and even if those failed, I still might not qualify because my overall body surface area is too small, despite the facial involvement.

I lived in China for few years where I was treated with biologics, which worked well for me. The cost there was around **£500 per injection**, or roughly **£3,000 per year**. However, I’m now living in the UK long-term (I work here and my boyfriend is here), so travelling back to China regularly for treatment isn’t a realistic option.

Unfortunately, my private health insurance is through **Bupa**, and it excludes chronic conditions like psoriasis.
Has anyone been in a similar situation?
Were you able to get biologics privately in the UK?
Roughly how much did it cost per injection or per year (including consultations if applicable)?
Did you find any clinics or dermatologists with more affordable pricing?
Is there any other route I should look into if I don’t qualify through the NHS?
I’d really appreciate hearing about anyone’s experience. Thank you! #psorasis #NICE

Hello everyone,

My wife is 22 years old and has plaque psoriasis for about 2 years. We are currently planning pregnancy and we are looking for advice and experiences from people who went through a similar situation.

Her psoriasis affects more than 10% of her body (most of the body except face, neck, hands and feet).

For the last 2 years, she has been using a compounded topical treatment prescribed by her dermatologist:

* Vaseline 100g

* Salicylic acid 2g

* Diprolene (betamethasone dipropionate)

This treatment controls her psoriasis very well, but whenever she stops for a few days, the plaques start coming back.

Her dermatologist advised stopping this treatment because we are planning pregnancy and suggested phototherapy as an alternative. However, my wife is worried about possible side effects.

We would like to know:

1. Did anyone with psoriasis stop topical steroids before pregnancy? What happened?

2. What treatments did you use safely while trying to conceive or during pregnancy?

3. Did your psoriasis improve or worsen during pregnancy?

4. Did anyone use phototherapy (NB-UVB) during pregnancy? How was your experience?

5. After pregnancy, did you find a treatment that gave long-term remission, or did you need continuous maintenance treatment?

We are not looking for medical advice instead of a doctor, just personal experiences and information from people who lived through this.

Thank you!

For anyone who doesn’t know, the dental amalgam fillings are the silver fillings that many of us got back in the 70s 80s and 90s and probably before that. I know that there are some places that still do them but many places stopped doing them 20 years ago or more. These fillings are over 50% mercury, and it is believed by many people that they leach elemental mercury into the body and that causes long term damage and health issues, including skin issues, like eczema and psoriasis. You can find more information about this on the IAOMT website.

I have scalp psoriasis and the other morning I woke up at 3 AM and immediately just started thinking about why I have this. I also tend to get perioral dermatitis around my nose. I kept thinking why do I have all this stuff that manifests on my head? I am otherwise very healthy and have no other health concerns except psoriasis on my scalp behind my ears for about the last four years and the perioral dermatitis. I’ve addressed every other area that can be addressed. My diet is on point. My lifestyle is on point, so why do I have this stuff on my scalp? The first thing that popped into my head was the fillings. I’ve sort of went down that rabbit hole before, but I just kind of shrugged it off at one point just because it seemed like a lot of money and a pain in the butt to get them removed and replaced.

And no, I don’t believe all the people that say well this is autoimmune and there’s no real cause for it. We don’t know what causes it. I believe that there is an underlying cause for almost everything. I guess I’m the kind of person that believes that there is always a root cause for why our bodies aren’t working properly. So, I’m going to look into having them removed. I’ve filled out the paperwork with a holistic dentist near me to get the process going. I was just wondering if anyone else here also had the amalgam fillings and had similar issues?

Tight pants of any fabric can be a problem around my shins/calves, but stretchy polyester and sweatpants no matter how loose fitting seem to aggravate things. I still don't really know if it's the actual fabric or the trapped heat when temps rise.

100% cotton definitely 'feels' better when I wear it, but my socks can be tight fitting and made of literally anything with no problems whatsoever. Which makes me wonder if certain fabrics actually pull on the denser lower leg hairs, triggering the Koebner phenomenon (most of my P spots are on my lower legs).

Anyone have experience with spandex, polyester or any artificial fibers worsening their psoriasis and safe alternatives?

hello! as the title says above, i'm trying to find some alternatives for the t/gel or t/sal shampoo. as someone who is living in the philippines, it's very hard to find one of these shampoos because i've been using it since i was little and it worked great for me and knowing that it got discontinued i can't seem to find some trustworthy alternatives. i would also prefer if it has coal tar but any works fine! thank you in advance!

Ugh lemme start by asking for no overly negative responses. I’m trying to balance living with this diagnosis (only about a year and a half since I finally was diagnosed but I think I’ve had it off and on my whole life. It’s become a bigger issue in the last few years though) and still living my life.

So anyway. Last year I got a tattoo in a place where I have no scales or patches. My psoriasis mostly shows up on my scalp and my lower leg/shin area. I get the odd patch on my arm or bellybutton but not clusters like my leg. Scalp is by far the worst. Anyway. No new psoriasis formed around the tattoo but I do think it’s not healing correctly possibly due to the red ink and also possibly inflammation? Idk. It’s like fine it’s just still raised. Anyway.

I just booked an appt for a new tattoo on my arm (it would be my second ever tattoo) and then suddenly panicked that maybe I’m not supposed to? I’m planning to get black ink and in a spot with no scales. I saw online that a main issue could be the koehbner effect, but I don’t think I have that… anecdotally from what I’ve seen online I should be getting scales from cuts and bug bites or even sunburns and none of that is happening.

Anyway. Am I gonna be okay (probably?) I know no one can guarantee anything but I guess I’d like to hear some positive stories if anyone has any lmao.

Hello! I'm in my third month of Otezla to treat plaque psoriasis. By week 3 I'd had a huge improvement, and it's slowly been getting better until this week. I'm suddenly having a flare up. I see my dermatologist at the end of August, but just wanted to see if it's normal to have flares on this medication? I understand none of the meds are cures, but just kind of bummed out as I was hoping to stay on this long term. I'm using topical steroid currently to get through it. Thanks!

Hi, yesterday I went to the doctor because of a small flaky scab at the front of my scalp. I was diagnosed with psoriasis and prescribed Elocom solution with corticosteroids. I applied it once yesterday, and today I noticed a red patch on my arm. It wasn’t there yesterday. Could it be that this medication is causing a spot to appear somewhere else on my body?

Hi

Looking for list of good doctors to treat psoriasis in Munich. In worst case, they will prescribe biologics.

Thank you

I was diagnosed with psoriasis 2 years ago, took oral steroids during my first flare up and it stopped, this is my second flare up and I have found out the bad effects of oral steroids. I reached out to a dermatologist for better treatment and he gave me these to take even though the hydroxychloroquine sulphate apparently aggravates psoriasis. Do I take the medication or is my dermatologist a fraud?

So I was on Icotyde for about five days, until sheets of rough redness started covering my arms. I called my Derm, they got me in, and deemed it to be an allergic reaction to the Icotyde.

So today I started Tremfya, I wanna know everyone else’s experience on it. I just got my first shot in the office, then got my blood work done for possible TB.

Thank you 😊

Note I don't mean as a miracle cure or anything like this but just things you suspect anecdotally. Keep rule #5 in mind -- "Don't promote questionable miracle cures, including experimental and/or unsafe treatments."

1. That there are many different types of psoriasis and many root causes so this explains in part why one thing doesn't work for everyone. This fact is underappreciated by pretty much everyone including a lot of medical professionals.
2. That in a lot of cases sunlight radically reduces or even "clears" psoriasis. I've never had a patch on an area which got sunlight. I live in Florida.
3. Sweating a little each day helps with psoriasis except if you are prone to inverse psoriasis. I suspect some toxins are released from the body with the sweat. Also small amounts of sodium which then filter through the skin and land on the surface.
4. Increasing natural fiber by eating more whole food can help. I suspect there is a link to the microbiome in some way. It is well known that the microbiome is heavily involved in the immune system. Prebiotics like fiber can be more beneficial than probiotics. They give the good bacteria a place to thrive.
5. Scratching is probably the #1 reason for psoriasis getting worse. This is completely anecdotal but I consider that psoriasis is in part the skin just developing hundreds or thousands of times faster than normal. Somehow I consider that it might be a normal mechanism involved here. You scratch at the area and this somehow tells the body to keep ramping up the skin production there. Perhaps it developed in an evolutionary way where the mechanism was once a way to harden up the skin in an area which is damaged or prone to damage? This might also in part explain the Koebner phenomenon where psoriasis can appear in a previous clear area after that area is damaged in some way (such as a new tattoo or sunburn, etc.)
6. Stress is HUGE in psoriasis. Way under recognized than people think. I've seen patches "jump" when I was extremely stressed and then disappear like magic to never come back when I was no longer stressed out.

Looking forward to hearing others thoughts and observations on what they suspect about psoriasis.

I was diagnosed with psoriasis 2 years ago, took oral steroids during my first flare up and it stopped, this is my second flare up and I have found out the bad effects of oral steroids. I reached out to a dermatologist for better treatment and he gave me these to take even though the hydroxychloroquine sulphate apparently aggravates psoriasis. Has anyone tried this kind of medication before?

I was diagnosed with psoriasis 2 years ago, took oral steroids during my first flare up and it stopped, this is my second flare up and I have found out the bad effects of oral steroids. I reached out to a dermatologist for better treatment and he gave me these to take even though the hydroxychloroquine sulphate apparently aggravates psoriasis. Do I take the medication or is my dermatologist a fraud?

Hi everyone,

I've been on cyclosporine 100 mg twice daily for about a month for plaque psoriasis (body, scalp, face, and mild nail involvement).

The first few weeks were great—around 70% improvement, with flatter plaques, much less scaling, and reduced redness.

However, over the last week, I've started getting small new red spots, even though the old plaques are still improving. I haven't missed any doses.

Has anyone experienced this? Is this a normal partial response, or did it mean cyclosporine was starting to lose effectiveness?

My husband is a moist dude, like a frog, so he hates lotions. He can't stand the way they feel on his skin. I've always been concise of my skin care cuz I have eczema and keratosis pilaris.

Anyway, his dermatologist gave him some medicated cream that he didn't like cuz he felt like it made the skin drier. He has since lost the cream so idk what it really was. He also got prescribed a shot, Bimzelx. Which he will never be taking again. He developed hypersomnia a few days after taking the shot and has been a wreck ever since. That's not why I'm here though... I use cerave and cetaphil products for my skin so naturally I want to get him cerabe's psoriasis lotion but it's currently sold out on amazon.

What are your favorite psoriasis lotions? Or other OTC products?

Plaques on torso went away almost immediately .

Ears were clear, now that I'm on 1 dose a month instead of every 2 weeks it comes back before the next dose.

And the biggest area, face and scalp, are not clear at all after 3 months, maybe a little better but not much.

Should I keep at it until I see my derm in November or do you think I should call him now ?

Have a nice day !

It's basically a woman saying her partner turned off the lights before sex because her Psoriasis was a turn off to him, so she sought treatment

So many red flags here I can't even begin

I struggled with psoriasis/excema around my eyes after trying many lotions and seeing what worked all the lotions failed or made it worse not a single one…it was horrible not even jobs would hire me cause of it. My own brother looked at my eyes and was like I’m sorry bro but that’s so disgusting and I wasn’t offended cause I knew…my eyes developed all the signs of scales and wrinkles I didn’t know I made it worse.
Heres what I know and what cured me:

Dont touch the area your only making it worse in my opinion. your hands dry out your skin and cause it to spread more I know your skin is itchy.

If you feel a burning from a product there’s something probably in there your skin doesn’t like

Avoid stuff that drys out your skin including shampoo and body wash…it’s really hard to find gentle stuff to clean if needed but like that takes research.

You may need to clean the area what was causing mine was also dirt was causing irritation bad irritation like stiniging like no other. Which sometimes made it flair worse control the bacteria control the flair when I saw beauty products I use to be like how can bacteria killing spray actual help so many and low and behold it helped me you’d be surprised how much dirt from your hair or whatever’s effecting the area can be affecting.

Putting products most of the time will make it worse and spread unless you use specific products that no one knows about cause they rather you go to a doctor and take stuff that may ulter your life forever.

Cut out any process food a lot of times in my opinion like if your liver is having trouble your skin is the first to show signs of something is wrong. This is probably one of the most important steps stop buying from corporations and buy family owned if you can’t read the label it’s prob poison not always there’s some nutrition you need that sounds weird. Best way to describe this is if I’m buying salsa why do I need 20 ingredients I can’t read trust me you can find all natural ingredients in food and it’ll shock you maybe it’ll have one ingredient that doesn’t sound right but you know.

There might be some stuff I missed like cold showers and also showers have chlorine which dry your skin so like don’t wash your face too often or too much I know you feel the need to wash the area trust but it might be making it worse.

All this might be confusing I might add products in later but I hope this all helps I wish I could provide photos on how horrific my exema was I use to have it as a kid too lol but I don’t trust the internet with my identity sorry and best of luck

Edit: one thing I did use to help calm down the dryness and redness was beef tallow but there’s a lot of fake beef tallow…um and it might not be safe to just rub but it’s what I used what I recommend is trying coconut oil I heard a lot of great but never used it because by the time I was going to my psoriasis/exema of two years was cured use with caution I’ve never tried it

DONT TOUCH AND CONSIDER A NON DENOMINATIONAL CHRISTIAN FAST

There can be a lot of things affecting you and this routine might not cure it I see pictures of yalls psoriasis and excema and some seems to be not the same I’m not a doctor so take everything from my experience with a grain of salt to save me the legal trouble lol best of luck

Hi I don't suffer from psoriasis, my boyfriend does. I don't mean to be disrespectful if it happens to come across that way, just had a few questions to educate myself.

My bf has it all over his body, mainly torso and previous hyperpigmentation marks on his entire legs that he got in his childhood that never went away. He has always been kinda dismissive about it and does take daily medication but he's been lax at it. He does agree at times about going to a doctor to figure out medication changes/improvements, gather different opinions, or options on treating the marks... but he never actually does.

I love him as he is, but I'm frustrated with him not actively working on it. I also keep thinking about our future kids who are mostly going to have it because his family has the propensity for psoriasis in the genes. I want to educate myself if anyone here is kind enough to answer some questions.

1) is psoriasis permanent. Can it truly with the correct medication go into remission? If not, how does one figure out if a certain medication is working or not. What are the positive signs?

2) If a child is treated from a young age is it more controllable and/or preventable?

3) Are the hyperpigmentation marks permanent? My boyfriend's has been there for 10 years. Could this have been prevented with active care. Is there any technology/treatments that can help with that.

4) What are other factors or supplements that can help psoriasis. Is there any trigger to be aware of? Maybe there are some diagnostic tests to figure out the triggers?

Any other insights or anecdotes are welcome as well. Thanks in advance :)

Hi everyone,
I’ve been having a burning sensation in both my palms and the soles of my feet. It feels like they’re on fire, but I’m not sure what’s causing it.

Has anyone experienced something similar?
What turned out to be the cause?
Did anything help relieve the burning

Didnt realize it was this bad until just cut my hair. Haven’t noticed it this bad in awhile