The coal tar treatment thread

[Caroline]

I have sent my question on coal tar to the National Psoriasis Foundation.

You would be better off asking a lamppost.

Yes, that would have been quicker and lead to the same result.

Well that was interesting and just proves that nobody knows and they are just guessing.

Yes, Jim. Some idiot once tried, and it seemed to work, but they don’t have a clue why.

I could have told you as much, Caroline. The funny thing is that there are refined coal tar products for psoriasis, but how do the manufacturers know what to refine when nobody knows what the active fractions are? It never worked very well for me and these days I would sooner use an emollient and minimise the mess. When I did use it I ended up changing to Stockholm tar based topical as the amount of tar I was using was making me sick. It is toxic stuff!

I certainly do get that Bill.
It is a senseless process I think, this refining process. And I certainly do believe that it is toxic stuff, so I will not use it.
Very nice of my contact that she mentioned that it would not help for this systemic component of psoriasis. She also mentions the comorbidities, which we know that can happen, but again nobody knows “Why, they can happen”. I do not get, that they are not researching/analysing that to find the mechanism that makes this connection.

And I still do not get why and who came up the idea of using coal tar on the skin instead of e.g. peanut butter or chocolate cream. Which distorted mind has thought of this approach.