Has anyone ever tracked their psoriasis triggers systematically? I've been obsessed with this for years — curious what methods people have tried and what actually helped you find patterns.

I have been putting it every night in my forehad, scalp and cheeks and I don't even know if it can damage my skin barrier,

I really need help to track it correctly. I'm somehow afraid of what could be the outcome of overusing it

Hello! Writing on behalf of my sister who has psoriasis.

She wants to wear false nails but worries about how they will affect her nails.

She has had psoriasis on her nails once before and her dermatologist told her that they would never go back to the way they used to be before she had that. Then she used a cuticle oil which seemed to reverse the psoriasis on her nails, and now they look totally normal.

She has never had a bad reaction to nail polish before, and she dislikes wearing press-on nails because of the sticky tabs that don't stay on. We are going on a trip together in a few months so she wants to have cute nails by then.

So, what are the best types of false nails to get for people with psoriasis? Acrylic or gel? She wants a slight nail extension. Also, are false nails okay to get or is it recommended against for people with psoriasis?

Thank you :)

after battling psoriasis and a few other skin issues for three and half years. My feel my body is broken I now have shingles i feel so sick and my skin is flaring and the pain is unbearable I’m angry that the biologics i have taken haven’t worked . i’m isolated abc alone and nobody cares . i’m a shadow of who i was . Don’t know what more i could have done . i have battled this out there’s been blood skin and tears everywhere . I didn’t deserve this after all i had none of this pre 2023. I can’t catch a break . how can you get through this with so little support and i even have to push and push for appoints to start light therapy . nobody thinks this is serious enough . It’s serious when most likely a biologic has given you shingles and its compounds everything !!! This is like hell on earth !

I’m a 36-year-old male and have suffered with mild to moderate psoriasis for around 10 years.

Last year, I suddenly became really unwell — severely lethargic, exhausted, and struggling to breathe/feeling like my throat was closing whenever I would lie down. I had various tests done, but nothing was ever found, and eventually I started feeling much better.

Fast forward to last weekend, my scalp psoriasis flared up, so I ordered Betacap from the NHS. Almost immediately after using it, I started struggling to breathe and it felt like my throat was closing up.

It suddenly dawned on me that what happened last year could possibly have been a reaction to the psoriasis medication. I washed my hair to remove the steroid, and almost immediately I started feeling better.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar with Betacap or other psoriasis treatments?

I’ve arranged an appointment with dermatology later this month to revisit my treatment plan, but I’d be really interested to hear if anyone has had a similar experience.

I I have it around my nose and anywhere with hair on it. I take medication with acitretin and I use moisturizers regularly but they dont work on it due to it being a fungal issue.

What should I use to deal with it?

I wanted to share my experience in case it helps even one person who finds themselves in a similar situation.

At the beginning of January, I suddenly developed what was eventually diagnosed as inverse psoriasis in a very sensitive area. I had dealt with tiny psoriasis patches behind my ears and occasionally around my eyebrows before, especially during the winter, but they were never a major issue. Oatmeal lotion was usually enough to clear them.

What happened this year was completely different.

Because of where the psoriasis was located, it affected my comfort, sleep, confidence, and quality of life in a way I had never experienced before. I dealt with redness, itching, cracking, sensitivity, TERRIBLE nighttime itching, and irritation from normal everyday activity. It started making me extremely depressed.

Over the following months I went through multiple diagnoses and treatments. I tried RX strength hydrocortison, tacrolimus, pimecrolimus, and Zoryve (roflumilast). I was also prescribed VTAMA (tapinarof) but ultimately decided not to use it because I was nervous about the potential side effects I read about. Zoryve did help a lot, but I seemed permanently stuck at maybe 70–80% better. I could never get completely back to normal.

Eventually I went through just about everything I was taking and eating with ChatGPT, trying to figure out whether I was missing something. GPT came back stating two medications I was taking could be factoring into my condition:

Ibuprofen: I had been taking around 600–800 mg almost every day for months because of chronic back pain.

Propranolol: I was taking 20–30 mg roughly 3–5 times a week off-label for anxiety.

Both NSAIDs and beta blockers have been reported to aggravate psoriasis in some people. I had absolutely NO IDEA.

Around the same time, my dermatologist wanted me off Zoryve for two weeks before an appointment so she could see what my psoriasis looked like untreated. We were getting to the point where I was seriously considering Skyrizi because I felt like topical treatment had reached its limit.

So I stopped Zoryve.

I also stopped the ibuprofen and propranolol after considering the medication connection.

And then…

Instead of getting worse without Zoryve, I started getting better. Almost immediately.

The nighttime itching disappeared. The redness started fading. The constant inflammation settled down. The skin gradually started looking and feeling normal again.

I kept waiting for the flare to come roaring back.

It never did.

It has now been 3 months without Zoryve, ibuprofen, propranolol, or any other psoriasis treatment, and I am essentially 100% clear. I’m not waking up itching. I’m not dealing with constant sensitivity or irritation anymore. I’m not obsessively checking the skin. I finally feel normal again.

After everything I went through this year, it genuinely feels like a miracle.

Obviously this is just my experience, and I am NOT saying everyone with psoriasis should stop their medications (Definitely not without consulting your Dr.’s)

But I wanted to make this post as a PSA:

If you have stubborn psoriasis that refuses to fully respond to treatment, take a look at every medication you’re taking and ask your dermatologist whether any of them could be aggravating it.

In my case, I spent months trying stronger and stronger psoriasis treatments without realizing that something I was taking for completely unrelated issues may have been continually fueling the inflammation.

I don’t know whether ibuprofen, propranolol, or the combination was the main culprit. I’ll never know for sure. BUT the timing of stopping them and then going into remission, even while simultaneously stopping my psoriasis medication, has been pretty remarkable.

I really hope this helps somebody else.

Hello! I will start of with context about my situation with psoriasis. I am a 43-year-old female and had my first flare-up when I was 11. At the time, they did not know what it was and repeatedly took skin biopsies from my back (I have 4 scars from them removing pieces of my skin and putting stitches in), but all they ever said was, "We're not sure... so, atopic dermatitis it is; here is cream." I'd have the occasional spot here and there, but was also out in the sun all the time. Fast forward to 18 years old: my first job with my own health insurance, and I had my first really major flare-up that was so embarrassing to me that I would wear pants and long-sleeved shirts even in 105-degree heat! I scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist to get more cream, and they diagnosed me with psoriasis. When I was 20, I began getting scalp psoriasis and would wear hats most of the time to hide my flakes. I often went into remission for 6 months to a year after that after mild outbreaks, but never anything terrible. I followed recommendations, and it worked (low-stress, healthy whole-foods diet excluding nightshades, exercise, etc.).

I was in remission for roughly 3 years (only having mild scalp psoriasis) when, one year, everything went south. We were going to PCS away from all of my friends, and then almost a month before we left, I lost my 3rd baby during pregnancy and almost my own life. That is when everything changed. I developed agoraphobia (not of being outside- nothing that extreme- but of being in certain situations, such as in a crowded mall or places I unreasonably feel are dangerous), severe social anxiety, and a fear of driving... but also an insane flare-up and developed psoriatic arthritis about a year later, as well as inverse psoriasis. The thing is, that was 16 years ago. I have not gone into remission even once since then.

During the summer, I am mostly clear on my arms and legs and face because I intentionally sunbathe. I use a cream under my breasts and in my buttcrack (it sucks being there), and let the rest do its thing on my body. I wear headscarves during bad scalp flare-ups. I have found that eliminating things from my diet does help, but I literally have to go nearly full carnivore diet, and that only makes my GERD worse lol. The only time since I lost my baby that I have gone into almost remission is during my pregnancies, generally during the last trimester. I am balding because of it.

I was, for the longest time, the only member of my HUGE family (Grandma had 15 kids, I am the oldest of 11 and have a decent brood myself) that had psoriasis. Then one of my aunts developed it about 7 years ago, and she immediately developed arthritis with it. Her doctor decided to get her onto a biologic called Methotrexate, and around the same time, my doctor was also suggesting it. However, because we were not done having children, that was a no-go because of the side effects on fetal development. However, about a year later, my aunt ended up with liver fibrosis that eventually developed into cirrhosis of the liver due to this injection. She is now in almost complete liver failure, and they will not give her a transplant even though she has never drunk alcohol, done drugs, etc., her entire life, which I think is insane. She's intellectually disabled and one of the sweetest women on the planet... that she does not qualify for a liver transplant because of a medication a doctor prescribed to her... It's a tragedy.

My doctor now wants me to reconsider biologics since we are done having children, and I am terrified of them! And my husband is, too! She assured me that they have come a long way since then, and the liver problems my aunt is experiencing were likely caused by a very high dose of the Methotrexate.

She recommended 3 biologics, and I have done "research" on them as much as the internet allows. I don't exactly fear typical side effects because everything has potential side effects, but I cannot find anything definitive on how well they work or how big the risks actually are. Mostly just case studies in a medical language I barely understand or general information from Wikipedia, WebMD, and the companies themselves. So, I am turning to people who have experience with using biologics for a real picture of how they work and the side effects they have experienced.

Sorry for the long post. But I wanted anyone willing to listen and respond to understand my fears, experience, and reasoning. If that makes sense.

Anyhow, the three biologics she is recommending are:
Bimzelx (bimekizumab-bkzx)
Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa)
Taltz (ixekizumab)

Thank you.

My mom has real bad psoriasis on her elbows. She thinks her elbows are really ugly and she says she wants to moisturize them. We have been putting lotion and various creams on and sealing it with saran wrap at night but she's embarrassed to go out like that.

She's asked me to find some sort of elbow sleeve she can buy to cover her psoriasis up during the day. I tried looking on Amazon but all of the moisture hydrating sleeves had reviews saying they were way too small and tight even for skinny people and my mom is plus size. All other sleeves are "compression" or for tennis elbow and they're not decorative but medical. My mom wants something that could blend in as part of her outfits.

Do I buy gloves and cut the hand part off or what? I can't sew so it would look wack. Any suggestions?

Hello all!

A little background, I’m 20 F and have had psoriasis my whole life. I’ve tried steroids topically for over 5 years, some seem to help, but no cure. I’ve experimented with diet but seemed to have no effect on the psoriasis (although did help with a large portion of my acne). Some flares seem to be travel (even un stressful) and chemicals (bleach spray etc).

I have psoriasis mainly on my scalp, now on my face, my hands, and more recently my genitals. The psoriasis is directly in front of my clit, under the hood. It’s itchy, flakes, and it sometimes painful. My doctor prescribed me protopic.

This afternoon at our appointment i was about to begin humira after a lot of thought, but my derm strongly advised against it saying i was healthy and young, and i do agree with him my psoriasis is nowhere near as bad as others. So he prescribed me protopic.

He said DO NOT ingest the protopic as it was found to cause cancer in rodents that ingested it, he said obviously this may not be the case for humans but better safe than sorry.

Here’s the problem. I’m gay. 😭

Obviously i would wash any sort of medication off before my partner ever went down on me, but the directions are it’s to be used every single day. forever.

Has anyone else been prescribed medicine down there to where they cannot receive sex? if so what did you do, are there any good genital psoriasis aids that are natural? Whether you’re gay or not, i’d love to hear other peoples experiences with oral sex etc.

(my partner doesn’t mind going down on me with the psoriasis at all so i may just skip the cream sometimes)

Thank you and hope this post isn’t inappropriate just worried!

I’ve had psoriasis flare-ups on and off for pretty much my whole life. After one of my worst flare-ups, I was prescribed Enstilar. Before that flare, I’d actually had a few months where my skin was completely clear.

Enstilar worked really quickly and brought the flare down almost straight away, but I’ve noticed that I seem to have to keep using it to stay clear. Whenever I stop, the psoriasis starts coming back again.

It’s been nearly a year now, and what I’m struggling to understand is whether the Enstilar is simply keeping an ongoing flare suppressed. In the past, my psoriasis has usually gone through periods where it eventually calms down on its own, so I keep wondering whether this flare might have naturally settled by now if I hadn’t been continuously treating it.

Obviously I know psoriasis is chronic and Enstilar isn’t a cure, but has anyone found that they became stuck in a cycle of clearing with Enstilar and then flaring again as soon as they stopped?

Part of me is wondering whether I should just tolerate the flare for a while and see whether it eventually settles naturally, rather than repeatedly treating it every time it starts coming back.

Has anyone experienced something similar? What happened when you stopped using Enstilar, and did your skin eventually calm down on its own?

Greetings fellow psoriatics

I’ve been using emollients for the last 30 years in order to keep my skin adequately hydrated.

The latest brand, seen above, works really well, keeping my skin well hydrated throughout the day + drinking lots of water etc

I’m a bit concerned about the effects of long-term use and would therefore like to find an healthier alternative

I tried castor oil but it was too thick and sticky. Perhaps pure coconut oil? I’m just not sure natural remedies will keep my skin hydrated like medicated creams

Btw I don’t use anything else, like steroids etc

Thanks for your input!

How many medications did you try before finding one that worked for you? Im on my 4th, and thinking I'm going to get switched again. Just wondering how common treatment resistance/going through many medications is.

So i have just found out i have shingles i’m 52 , three years battling psoriasis and another skin issue. So my lowered immune system must’ve let shingles occur I’m in a ton of pain i have the rash on my upper back and under one breast. the pain is excruciating all my rib area is caning . yep prob should of got the vaccine , well it’s not like i haven’t fought this psoriasis rubbish for 3 and half years with no prior issues . where was my mind , distracted i guess ??? this just tops it right off . biologics have done zero and have caused more issues . anybody else gotten shingles on a biologic ???

HISTORY :---

{Ok, so I'm a 19 yo M from India. I first started getting the patches 5-6 years ago. I showed the patches to docs and followed their guidance. But it got out of hand very quickly. It covered the entire body to the point where the hair all over my body fell out (a legit pink skinned walking alien). I had trouble to make even minute movements. I changed doctors and i completely recovered for a bit like 100% normal skin and continued following the treatment but it again flared up all over the body and i again changed doctors. I have visited countless doctors and same cycle repeated twice. }

CURRENT CONDITION:--

{I have the large patches on my forearms, thighs, all over back, stomach + chest, shouler, neck, forehead, inside hair.

I feel a Needle stabbing pain like 1 thousand needles stabbing pain over my scal, neck, forehead and chest area when I feel fear, i laugh too much, in a heated area, excercise, under sun(very uncomfortable).

I shead about a handfull of visible dead skin everday and a tiny bit of it every hour.}

CURRENT USE:--

{Paraffin oil and the medicines from the doctor which I don't believe work. LoL}

Sorry for the long read but I am in college and need to start socialising. But I can't look people in the eye cuz of this.

For the past two years, I’ve struggled with this problem and I know that certain hairstyles that I want to do won’t last for long. I start college in two days and I wanted to do mini twist, but the first photo is how my hair looks after washing it yesterday. Instead of every other week, I would have to wash my hair every other day, and change the hairstyle every time.

Any suggestions for shampoos, leave- in conditioners, and hairstyles are helpful.

Has anyone got cleared/improved psoriasis after treating h.pylori ?

I have been on diet agluten-free, sugar, dairy food for two months. And my body got cleared %100, I want to buy a protein powder that does not cause flares up , any suggestions?