Mon-23-01-2017, 02:26 AM
Hi Bill, all the oil drops and white gunk under the nails have gone i.e. grown out over time. Quite nice cutting nails again just because they're too long and not because I'm having to keep them pared right back. The lateral ridges have all but disappeared apart from one middle finger - but this is growing out clear over the last month, it is the only nail that shows visible signs of disease. All the cuticles have reattached as the swelling has long gone and also the half moons have reappeared at the base of the nails. The itching is thankfully long gone as well. If I'm really pushing normal eating (which I am more and more) I get a bit of tingling the next day and have had some slight flaking on a couple of fingertips as I mentioned happened after Christmas. That is now gone as well after being "good" for a few days in the new year. People I meet that don't know I had psoriasis, have no idea I had a problem because my hands look normal now. Friends and customers that saw the state of my hands before are pleasantly surprised that I'm back to normal without medication (bear in mind I work in the medical industry.) My only complaint is some redness which is a direct result of months of steroid abuse, and I gather that this can take months to subside - to be fair it is far better now than 3 months ago and it just looks like my hands have had "a hard day at work" sometimes. Also, I notice when I get any hand injuries at work the healing time is much reduced compared to a few months ago, probably back to normal in terms of the length of time to heal. I imagine by summer, once the nails have had a chance to grow out from the base again completely, there will be no visible trace of any fingers, and the nails will be totally smooth/normal, although I'm perfectly content with how they are right now. I'll update in due course, but so far so good.