Hi From Ireland - starting Stelara soon.

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I now have a feeling i know what it is, the soles of my feet were pretty tough, especially since i trained barefoot about 15 hours a week, and they just got really dry and started flaking, peeling, and breaking in the skin.

What i've been doing since last week is applying a steroid(dovobet or betnovate) and placing them in occlusion, washing them the next morning with a stone, and applying foot cream with urea, and the difference between last friday at the doctor, and today, is night and day, while they still aren't perfect, at least now i can see them improving so i'll continue working with them.

Hi eeloe, I have been reading your posts for the last week or so since I joined, particularly because I am considering Stelera for my 13 year old son and also because I got all excited when I saw a martial artist on here as my son is a taekwondo athlete (also did bjj but no longer). Until this summer he was training also about 15 hrs a week, and doing national and international tournaments (off topic maybe) but had to take a break most of this summer due to both an accident and before that due to his feet peeling. It doesn't look like P on his feet, no redness or scaling, bubbles or patchyness, they just literally peel off; thin layers or spots peel a little if he is doing light training but when he was doing intense training camps in May and June his entire calluses were peeling off...it almost sounds the opposite of what you are experiencing but for the first time I am wondering if it is psoriasis. Hope not, that would be extra crushing.