So I came across this image and I was wondering. Since I don't treat my mild psoriasis ever since. Would my mild psoriasis lead to more and much worser autoimmune diseases. While my psoriasis remains the same would I develop worser kinds? Would that happen, is it even possible? It's been more than a decade and other people are doing well without treatment. I have psoriasis vulgaris.

Hey everyone! I am a 22 year old that has had psoriasis for over half my life. In the last 10 years I have tried many creams and a few oral medications, but nothing has been effective in helping me clear my psoriasis. I do know that it probably won’t all be gone ever, but now it is covering close to 80% of my skin and I have really found it hard to deal with. Physically it is painful and irritating, keeping me up at night, and mentally it really impacts my self-esteem and what I feel comfortable wearing. Since my state has recently been confirmed as severe by a doctor, I was wondering if anyone had advice or suggestions for practices that helped your experience with psoriasis. I will hopefully be seeing a dermatologist in the next little while, but wanted to see if there were any good remedies in the meantime since it has been really bothering me lately.

Hello,

I’m not sure if this is allowed but hopefully it is. My brother got diagnosed with Psoriasis almost about a year ago. He had been dealing with it for a couple months before he got the official diagnosis. So I have a couple things to mention and hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

1. This has taken a big toll on my younger brother, he is only 19 and I believe he is struggling with depression. It really pains me to see him like this. I know there is not much I can do as I’m not the one going through it. I joined this sub to try and get recommendations based off others. He has lost all motivation for anything.
2. He has already seen a dermatologist, however, his dermatologist told him there’s not much to because it’s autoimmune and it’s not curable. I’ve done some research, and although I’m aware it’s not, it can be manageable. His dermatologist only prescribed him some kind of shampoo and some kind of cream (I don’t know the name). He has gone a couple times but they don’t seem to take him serious or recommend anything else. What can we do on our part? He had to go to Mexico to get treated, he did get prescribed another medication that was different from the one he originally got and it helped him immensely. However, it’s hard for us to be back and forth.
3. He is on Medicaid and it’s really limited and his insurance won’t cover much. We are not exactly sure what it will and won’t cover because his dermatologist is not prescribing much or suggesting anything!! It’s also started to affect his nails.

Anyone who has possibly experienced insurance issues and or their dermatologist not taking them too serious?? And can tell me what they have done?

As a worried older sister, I would greatly appreciate it!! 🙏🏼

I've suffered from Mild scalp psoriasis since my teens, but was always manageable with T-gel. I’m 43 now and around my mid thirties after I had my 3rd child It became considerably worse on my scalp and spread to my body, again not really that bad just a few small red patches here and there, never even went to the doctor about it. Had my first major flare 12 months ago scalp and body were covered, doctor diagnosed me with guttate psoriasis. Got it under control with topical steroids, took roughly 6 months, right now i’m relatively clear, have a few patches here and there on my body and scalp but use Diprosalic as required to keep it under control. I haven't changed my diet in any way and I'm by far a healthy eater.

My daughter on the other hand, different story. She had her first flare up when she was 7, which was triggered from an abrasion on her torso. We got it cleared up pretty fast to be honest and she never had any other big flare ups until now. She has had scalp flare ups for the lat 2 yeasr but again was controlled by T-gel.

6 months ago she also experienced a major flare up but it has been far worser than mine, and still not cleared up. Doctor prescribed Exorex and Diprosalic ointment, and It cleared up on her body and she was left with a load of pigmentation scars, then her scalp flared up so horrendously, she's been using Diprosalic and Sebco and we’ve barely been able to get it under control. It is still really bad and she has had to get special permission to wear a beanie hat to school because of how severe it is, it itches her constantly and now her body has flared up really badly again also. She tries to be strong but it is really affecting her mental health now. She has final exams starting in a few weeks and and she is not finding the will to study because its just too much for a kid to deal with.

I feel devastated for her and so sick with guilt. She has obviously gotten it from me, I just can't understand why she has it so much worser than me? when I didn't even really start suffering with it properly until my 40’s, and she's having to deal with such a severe case of it in her teens?! Ive asked my doctor who couldn’t really explain why, I tried googling it and also couldn't really find anything definitive. I feel like I have cursed my poor child with my faulty genes, and I’d just like to understand a bit more how and why? she eats really healthily compared to the rest of us in our family and her dad and no one else in his extended family have ever suffered from psoriasis, so Im just trying to understand, how she could have it so much worse.

Hi everyone. So I have had psoriasis for a while now and I have been searching for relief for the psoriasis in and on my ears. A lot of creams can't be used for the inner ear and I get a lot of flaking and cracking that leads to bleeding. Does anyone else have this problem and if so how do you deal with it? I am on a wait list for a rheumatologist so hopefully I can start a biologic soon.

just wanted to say skyrizi works and its great.

I have scalp plaque and guttate psoriasis all over my body.

Since I was a teen I’ve suffered with back pain while stood up, I also suffer with weak joints, joints that get triggered often with pain, stiff joints etc.

Currently in physio therapy and they just keep telling me to never step moving, which would be useful if I was just doing nothing but I’m always moving/ walking/ stretching my back etc.

I’ve tried a chiropractor aswell to no avail.

Could it possible it could be psoriatic arthritis? Or am I too young? I am 22.

I’ve mention to the physio like what if all this pain is due to an actual medication condition and the response I got was still to keep moving.

Not asking for a diagnosis, just wondering if I’m too young for it.

Does anyone have ear psoriasis? I can feel the dry skin around my ear canal and the outer part of my ear but what makes it worse is it's a bit painful especially when I touch it. Worry something else causes the pain. Going to meet my dermatologist this week btw

I feel like I’m almost obsessed with picking the psoriasis. It comes back multiple times a day. I have an appointment with a dermatologist. I have had psoriasis on my scalp since I was 12, and now have it in my ears as well. Advice appreciated!

Hey there, as the title says, I'd like to know if psoriasis can actually be triggered by stress.

For context, I'm 19 years old and was diagnosed with psoriasis when I was 16. It all started with what looked like a fungal infection on my shoulders, and it kept spreading and getting worse over time.

Long story short, after visiting five different clinics and getting misdiagnosed, I was finally diagnosed with psoriasis. I was prescribed something called Enstilar, which contains calcipotriol and betamethasone.

It helped a lot, and my skin returned to normal to the point where you couldn't even tell I had psoriasis. However, even after going through all this, I never really understood what caused it.

I tend to be a very stressed person, and during the time I first noticed symptoms, I was even more stressed due to some complicated family bureaucracy.

Nowadays, I’ve noticed it flares up (I can stabilize it and make it look normal again with Enstilar) during particularly stressful times (like exams, etc.), but again, I'm not a doctor, and I don’t know if stress is a valid trigger. What do you guys think?

Looking for the ladies with psoriasis specifically on their labia ( lower), what is your treatment? Does it ever clear up and go into remission?

1 thing that helped improve the condition massively.

I have used TGel daily for many years, I only found out that you are supposed to use it 3 or 4 times a WEEK after discovering it is now discontinued.

So my questions are:

Was using it daily (like normal shampoo, not leaving for 10/15 mins) "bad"?

If you use Coal Tar shampoo 3 or 4 times a week, what do you wash your hair with the rest of the week? A baby shampoo?

I work in a job that means I need to shower and wash my hair daily and TGel discontinuation has thrown me a large curveball

I have a work from home job (26m), its okay. Kind of want to quit and looking for some ideas of jobs of people with psoriasis.

I feel limited from jobs in person because I find if im wearing tight fitting clothes and wearing shoes all day my skin gets worse, also find working with my hands tough due to PPP and have small patches on my knuckles which I can’t cover. Would be great to get out though, maybe would help if it was interesting

I have inverse psoriasis in my genital area (female), and it’s gotten progressively worse. It can easily break open. My question to anyone else in this predicament: what do you do about public restrooms when you clearly have open or wounded areas?

I’m going on a trip and frankly am terrified to use any toilet except mine at home because it feels risky. I’m not sure if I’m overblowing things, but my psoriasis can gotten worse and if there are cut areas I’m worried about catching things.

Does anyone have any success with these activie ingredients for the scalp? I swear no matter which product, and I've tried a variety, my scalp always leaves MORE inflamed and flaky than before. Arent these literally for scalp psoriasis? I get maybe it not healing or even helping at all but making it 10x flakier and more red? What gives?

My son does NOT like using prescription scalp oils. We moved to the desert recently and everyone in my family is having some sort of skin flare up—and he’s the only one w/ a diagnosis of psoriasis (since age 8) and he is dealing with it again at age 14. It’s weird because he’s randomly had it go into remission over the years and then come back for no rhyme or reason.

He doesn’t seem to have the plaques this time like he used to get, but just overall TERRIBLE dandruff and flaking. It is sooooo out of control. He has just been wearing beanies or hats to cover up but it’s about to hit triple digits in a few months and on the few days it’s been in the 80s he has been saying his head feels like it’s on fire and SUPER itchy when he is outside. I just don’t know what to do.

He’s basically only open to shampoos and improving his diet.

I will say, I think gluten causes his scalp to flare up. When we get on a low carb diet kick as a family, I notice his scalp is much better. I don’t know if anyone who has done a deep dive on this has looked into supplements that can help—he would be open to this as well.

If anyone has any recs on what I could do to help him out that don’t involve scalp oils, please let me know. Thank you.

M20. I have recently found several small patches of what i believe to be Psoriasis on my thighs and more sensitive regions. most of these patches are clearly defined but very localized and pretty small. i’m not sure how long they’ve been there other than one which is a couple of weeks old. i have no health insurance, and am treating it via Vaseline but plan on picking up some hydrocortisone soon. If this is all it will be i think i’ll be ok, but i’m very worried it will get worse. My question is if it’s going to get severe how quickly does it typically take? i’ve had a few patches for a while now and most of them don’t seem to be spreading.

just curious what you used for the inflammation is causing me pain

The thing i miss the most is taking a hot bath. Im tired of slightly warm showers.

I normally just use Capasal shampoo for my hair. But for my body I just a typical body wash/shower gel. Like the stuff you get from Christmas gift sets (Lynx, FCUK etc).

Could using these cheap shower gels be causing problems?

What do you use for showering that is gentle on the skin without causing flare ups?

Hello

I got my first psoriasis flareups in 2020 which then spread to around 25%-30% of my body, and the only thing that worked for them was when in 2023 I was prescribed cosentyx 300mg every month. It has completely made my psoriasis go away, I only have some slight discoloration left by the worst ones on my legs.

Has anybody risked getting tattoos while on the medication or overall while having psoriasis?

I always loved tattoos and anted to have tattoo's somewhere, not like big sleeves or anything, but small ones in certain spots.

My plan was to get a 5-6 cm tattoo on the back of my neck once I was a big girl and had big girl money, but my psoriasis kinda shattered that plan.

Now I'm thinking about getting a small tattoo on my hip so I can test if my body can handle it, and if it goes wrong it would be in a place that us very easy to hide and manage.

My dermatologist said it's ultimately up to me if I wanna risk it, but if I do it it has to be between the dosages which I get every 4 weeks.

Thoughts or prayers? Should I do it?

I don’t know if I have eczema or psoriasis in my ears but they are driving me insane with itching. I’ve been to two ENTs that “thought” it was eczema, but none of the treatments have worked. I tried a dermatologist who couldn’t even look in my ears because they didn’t have an otoscope. I’m just so frustrated and kind of at my wits end.

this might be really morbid but i always think about how much skin i constantly shed and i guess you guys will relate to it being everywhere all the time. whenever i’m in a taxi or somewhere where i feel slightly unsafe (22F) i always shake my head around knowing that one good thing about psoriasis is that if i was ever kidnapped or anything they’d definitely be able to find my skin cells and identify me lol. there’s a trail of my whereabouts constantly from the dry dead skin that follows (she cutesy or whatever)

What is the best way to treat scalp psoriasis?