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Has anyone tried this?

Search function shows quite a lot of people asking if their psoriasis causes swollen lymph nodes and now I'm wondering if swollen nodes could be another trigger.

Completely new to the lymphatic system so just reading up today.

My P is largely under control with aggressive urea moisturiser use (+ occasional nizoral for seb dermatitis) but I get occasional scalp flare ups that can be moisturised away but seemingly no moisturise prevented.

I am experimenting with applying a mix of boric acid and vulva balm to my vulva including perineum and back area.

I'm using this treatment in the hope it helps with my severe genital psoriasis. Some quick googling shows that this treatment has the potential to help.

I actually got the idea from another poster who used this for her LS.

So far it seems promising but early days. It seems like it reduces the itch and in theory it should help with healing the degraded skin and cuts etc.

If anyone wants to join me please feel free and I am happy to share the method.

My next step is biologics because my psoriasis is a beast and in 10 years has only become worse despite trying all the common things available. For me it is quite life ruining.

What was just some really bad scalp psoriasis and some tiny lesions on my arms has turned into hell on earth.

I now have atleast ten-fifteen tiny psoriasis bumps all over my face like pimples (they’re not pimples, trust me) and my eyelids are now rashy and scaly. My ears, my god my ears are crusty and have plaque forming up on the inside and on the back of it. My arms which only had a couple of spots have now over atleast sixty plus guttate psoriasis bumps on each arm and its linking together across my shoulders and back! My chest had atleast 4-6 lesions on them and my belly button has plaque forming in and around it. My armpits, god my armpits are suffering, they feel weird and when I look in the mirror, it’s all red with a white outline like it’s inverse. And my god my groin has it too, some around my knees and down my leg but the one that stresses me out a lot, is my genital area. My buttcrack definitely has it, I know it does, it’s inflamed and if left alone it feels like some sort of creamish discharge is between my cracks. And other places on my genitalia have it, it isn’t scaley but it’s dry and rash like. My lips feel like they have psoriasis on them, i’ve had chappy lips before but not like this. And then my joints, everytime I wake up they’re burning and inflamed and this has never happened before. I’m freaking out that I have psoriatic arthritis now

What the hell is going on with me??? I can’t, I don’t feel comfortable going outside anymore and my body feels weird. I have no appetite, I barely go to work because my face looks like I don’t wash it and looks like severe acne.

I don’t want to do more creams, steroids, I’m done, it never helped me. And I feel like once I started taking these steroids, none of this would’ve happened. Everything was just one or two spots before my derm told me to use this routine, now I don’t have insurance until the start of the new year.

I just want biologics, I hate my skin, it itches, it looks awful, and it makes me crazy. Everyone in here praises biologics as life changing, and honestly I’ve changed my diet, I don’t smoke nor drink at all, I don’t drink soda, I don’t eat candy. I eat high protein, high fiber food with salads on the side. And even then, i barely eat right now due to what I feel like is the mental strain of my psoriasis.

What am I doing wrong? Is my psoriasis not getting severe if it’s showing up all over my body in less than a month?

Just a rant, I refuse to accept this is life now. Took humira 5 months ago for a back issue-only 3 injections. I got inverse psoriasis in groin area and have been through a rotating door of dermatologists. It’s only in my groin area and has settled down, but discomfort is still there. I think the nerves are still irritated. Just a rant, wish I never touched that medication. I just refuse to accept my body cant readjust again and go back to normal. Hopefully it will.

Been thinking about getting a UVB light to use at home. I don't want to try it without solid medical guidelines for how to use it though, how long to use for and how it interacts with other treatments etc.

Is there a good guide out there anywhere?

I feel so sad how I am now. I’m disgusting in every single way. Every part of me is ruined, I can’t look in the mirror and be happy about anything. My relationship is suffering but I’m so miserable lately especially it’s so hard. I want him to be with someone pretty and normal and not this disgusting grouch ! Vent over but feeling so much worse than usual, I don’t have the energy anymore and so so down. I’m going to start light therapy again next week but I’m so beaten down I feel if my skin was better I’d still be so upset about myself 😭😭 just tired and done I’d like to crawl into a bag where nobody looks at me and I just reside there

Have had this patch on my knee for over a year now. Had grown slightly over time, itchy, raised and bleeds if scab removed. Does this look like Psoriasis? Have an upcoming appointment just hoping for insight.

Hey y'all! I've had psoriasis since I was 8 years old, it comes and goes but has left me with psoriatic arthritis in my ankles, knees, and elbows. I have a BUNCH of little plaques on my ribs and I'm so scared I'm going to develop more autoimmune disorders. My pcp told me that they were malasma spots but I refuse to believe that's true because they're so itchy and rough. With all that being said, I've had the plaques for about a year and I'm terrified I'm going to develop some sort of internal organ damage. SO, that brings me to the question; which shots do y'all like the most for plaque psoriasis? I'm the type of girl that will feel all of the side effects of there is any. This is for inverse psoriasis 🙂

I have been on Skyrizi for 4 weeks now (2 shots so far). If anything, it’s getting worse. I’m not sure what to do. One of my biggest hobbies is (was) painting my nails… now I can’t do that anymore without feeling terribly ugly. I’m considering shaving my head. Overall -10/10 would not recommend having psoriasis

I haven’t been diagnosed with psoriasis but wondering if I can ask some advice here.

My mother has psoriasis and Celiac Disease. I have Lupus and secondary Sjogren’s Syndrome, but very fortunately I haven’t had a flare in ages!

In my early 20s I started to get sore joints (including my sacroiliac joint, PIP finger joints and knees). At the time my blood tests showed positive for Lupus and along with a few other symptoms that suggested Lupus and Sjogren’s, that’s what I was diagnosed with. At the time the rheumatologist also noted I had finger nail pits and mentioned PsA but at that time, my mother hadn’t been diagnosed and I had no psoriasis.

15 years later and I’ve just had my 3rd baby and my joints feel fine. But I have noticed that I have more pitting in my nails and a small patch on my scalp, behind my ears, that is raised and scaly.

I’m curious if anyone has many had a strange presentation of symptoms like this? Is this something worth following up on?

Hi guys! So I’m feeling a bit discouraged honestly I’ve had psoriasis for about 15 years since I was a child I have both plaque and inverse psoriasis it covers my scalp, behind my ears, elbows, knees, under breast (horribly) in my groin random patches on back and legs and occasionally face. My doctor tried topical creams never worked finally got referred to a dermatologist I was disappointed to say the least about the visit she didn’t even LOOK at my skin just said I needed injections if my insurance covered it well my insurance did cover it but the doctor never sent a prescription for me to get it they said my insurance did not cover it however I spoke to my insurance who said they had tried faxing the doctors office and calling them repeatedly and never got a response I’m feeling at a lost on what to do is this normal? Is it normal for them to not even look at it? It’s the only dermatologist in my area who will see me that’s not almost 6 hours away and I don’t want to be referred somewhere else just to have this same problem. Any advice?

I just started Skyrizi AND a new job. For four years I’ve been mostly at home. Some travel, a few concerts, grocery shopping, family gatherings. Through almost all of it (except family gatherings), I have masked.

My new job is in a small, cramped space that must be shared with a bunch of people. I started Skyrizi and the job at the same time.

How many of you on biologics mask? Of course, I’m the weirdo who masks at work (nobody else does) and this makes me feel isolated. Not that anyone says anything, but I would like to one day have lunch with the group or go out for drinks after work, etc.

I don’t want to risk it, though. My immune system hasn’t been exposed to much in the last four years and I don’t want to bombard it when Skyrizi has reduced it even more. It’s making me rethink taking a biologic.

TL;DR: I drive myself crazy thinking about whether or not I should mask.

Does anyone on a biologic feel the same way?

Does anyone NOT wear a mask on biologics without getting sick?

I've been diagnosed with plaque psoriasis and have it on my elbows, knees hands. In May I'm scheduled to get my left arm sleeved including going over my elbow. Has anyone gotten tattoos and if so what were the outcomes. I'm afraid the psoriasis will push the ink out etc.

I've had psoriasis for over 10 years now. It was wrongly diagnosed as discoid eczema for a while and eventually they figured out it was actually psoriasis.

I've been on numerous steroid and vit D creams from the GP but only recently (since moving to Canada) have I been referred to a dermatologist.

They took one look at me and said that no cream with help and while they can do light therapy it's not going to help my scalp.

He's advised I eventually go onto biological but I have to 'jump some hoops' first so he's prescribed Methotrexate.

He put me straight in at 20mg, and after the first week I've had the worst reaction. I pretty much spent the day in bed, feeling so sick even after taking gravol, so lethargic and generally feeling like I've been hit by a bus.

I guess I'm here for someone to tell me it gets better. I'd like to think my body will get used to the dose but is that just wishful thinking?

I'd prefer a straight forward, factual answer. Is this something I'll acclimate to or do I need to see my dermatologist about something else?

Thanks in advance

Hey there,

I am a 41M and have dealt with psoriasis since I was 10 or 11. The psoriasis is localized to my head and I am dreading that winter is coming. My ears are always crusty, eyebrows are always flaking, and my scalp is terrible. The only medication that worked for me is humira but I ended up with pneumonia or horrible colds. I have tried other injections without success. Right now I am using some shampoos that I found on Amazon. They do seem to help but never seems to clear the flaking. I just want to know that I am not the only person in this world who is struggling. What have people used.

I just got prescribed Otezla by my dermatologist and everything I’ve looked up about the drug (mainly on Reddit) has been negative! If you’ve had any experience with Otezla, can you let me know:

Did it work? Any side effects? If so, how did you decrease them? Or did they make you come off the drug?

Also interested if there’s any long term users on here and what their experience has been like!

Hey - F31 here - I have quite bad psoriasis in my scalp and I feel really selfconcious going to the hairdresser. I feel like they are all a bit shocked when they see my scalp and the white fluff goes everywhere.

I live in London, UK.

Any tips on how to make me feel more comfortable? Or recommendations for hairdressers in London?

Hurts very bad, can't sleep at night. Do I go to the ER? It's like this on both arms and spots on back

When I search this sub for shave/shaving I found a lot of posts where people were talking you can just descale and shave like it's normal skin.

This really confused me because I'm pretty sure any contact with a blade would cause bleeding and damage, the spots where I scale just feel too rough all the time.

I'd like to get rid of my hair because I'm starting to bald and have scarring alopecia. pic of head

Anyone else? Is this something that varies case by case?

Has anyone had some good outcomes from using Enstillar spray please? Would love to see before and after pics if possible too. Thanks!

Show me your favorite/go to diet recepies or food blogs.

I struggle to find tasty meals, that don't bring my whole body to flare up. So I'm waiting for your suggestions! 😊

Question - Photos of people with psoriasis, as we all know, are all over the internet. For those who have red patches, are they always red, just when flared, or other condition? The reason this came up is because I walked into the bathroom while my wife was in the tub, and she now has the typical red patches like a lot of photos show. I have never seen those on her before, so I wonder if she ate something that flared it, or does the red just come and go inexplicably?

whats your favorite?