Stelara advice wanted

[Fred]

My new dermatologist recommend I start with Stelara treatments. I have it a patch around my bellybutton, behind, scalp and a starting with a small spot on my face. I am concerned with the health risks. I am a 20 year old male college student. Very self conscious about my looks. Not sure what to do. Scared of the side effects. Any advice would be great.

Hello Katie to Psoriasis Club.

First off it's natural to be self concious about having psoriasis, but we all understand here. So you don't have to worry about being around us as we don't care what you look like.

Stelara: Now I'm a very big fan of Stelara, and I would say if you have the chance of using it then you go for it. It's natural to worry about side effects and you have to weigh up the Pro's and Con's of all treatments, but remember at the end of the day it's your choice.

The best I can suggest is to have a look at these threads and see what you think, the first one is about my use of Stelara, the second explains about the Bio treatments and you will find Stelara in there, and the third one may be of interest as it's recently been announced Stelara are going for approval to treat 12 to 17 year olds.

Stelara round two
Biological Treatments For Psoriasis
Stelara seeks EU approval for 12 to 17 year old psoriasis patients.

There are also lot's of other threads about Stelara and if you use the search facility (only available to members) you will find them.

Hope that helps to get you started, and please don't hesitate to shout out, you will find a friendly bunch of people here.

Regards.

Fred.