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Thu-16-04-2015, 01:13 AM
I am very sympathetic with palmoplantar psoriasis. It is painful and can be very difficult to manage.
I suffered for years until I finally found a method that works for me.
Keep your hands out of water. Water will pull all the moisture out of your hands . Use a OTC hand wash for P. My derm said washing in soap & water with P. is like a chemical bath. Or use glycerin soap only. Always moisturize after cleaning hands. There are a lot of chemicals in city water and well water. These chemicals can cause P. to become worse or infected. My derm said water is like a chemical bath. Add a water softener if possible.
ALWAYS keep hands heavily moisturized, wear cotton gloves 24/7 to protect them from any type of injury bigotry small.
At first I started with 7 times a week useing occlusion . I applied a steroid hand cream from my derm and wore silicone gloves over them overnight. This was a steroid cream that was approved by my derm to use with occlusion.This would allow the meds to penetrate deep into the derm layers to the stop the small capability blood vessels that feed the P.cells. Then 4 times a week ... I would alternate the steroid cream with a heavy moisturizer, coconut oil or any fav moisturizer..or coal tar 1.25% OTC, used with occlusion over night. The cracks would begin to heal and the bleeding stopped. It takes time.
Always keep your hands protected day and night with gloves. Cotton, garden, or silicone. Everything you do always protect UR hands. Keep them dry and moisturized. Be careful not to use steroid cream too much in succession, it can thin the skin. That's why I alternate steroid creams with coal tar and moisturizers while using the occlusion method.
Two days a week I went to the derm for light therapy . Also took vit-D3 daily.
At times had the derm used surgical glue to hold the splits in the palm cracks together. That seems to be a place where the splitting was the worse as well as the tip of my fingers. They were just raw . All the splits and cracks healed using his method in a few weeks. That was 4 years ago. Been in remission ever since and I still protect my hands.
Every time I spot something starting I take care of it right away. I have not used steroids for 4 years now, and my skin has not thinned.
I hope you can find a way to clear your hands. Today there are many new bio drugs and Derms are much better at treating P. than in the past where there were very few options in comparison with today's treatments.
I suffered for years until I finally found a method that works for me.
Keep your hands out of water. Water will pull all the moisture out of your hands . Use a OTC hand wash for P. My derm said washing in soap & water with P. is like a chemical bath. Or use glycerin soap only. Always moisturize after cleaning hands. There are a lot of chemicals in city water and well water. These chemicals can cause P. to become worse or infected. My derm said water is like a chemical bath. Add a water softener if possible.
ALWAYS keep hands heavily moisturized, wear cotton gloves 24/7 to protect them from any type of injury bigotry small.
At first I started with 7 times a week useing occlusion . I applied a steroid hand cream from my derm and wore silicone gloves over them overnight. This was a steroid cream that was approved by my derm to use with occlusion.This would allow the meds to penetrate deep into the derm layers to the stop the small capability blood vessels that feed the P.cells. Then 4 times a week ... I would alternate the steroid cream with a heavy moisturizer, coconut oil or any fav moisturizer..or coal tar 1.25% OTC, used with occlusion over night. The cracks would begin to heal and the bleeding stopped. It takes time.
Always keep your hands protected day and night with gloves. Cotton, garden, or silicone. Everything you do always protect UR hands. Keep them dry and moisturized. Be careful not to use steroid cream too much in succession, it can thin the skin. That's why I alternate steroid creams with coal tar and moisturizers while using the occlusion method.
Two days a week I went to the derm for light therapy . Also took vit-D3 daily.
At times had the derm used surgical glue to hold the splits in the palm cracks together. That seems to be a place where the splitting was the worse as well as the tip of my fingers. They were just raw . All the splits and cracks healed using his method in a few weeks. That was 4 years ago. Been in remission ever since and I still protect my hands.
Every time I spot something starting I take care of it right away. I have not used steroids for 4 years now, and my skin has not thinned.
I hope you can find a way to clear your hands. Today there are many new bio drugs and Derms are much better at treating P. than in the past where there were very few options in comparison with today's treatments.