Light therapy

[jiml]

Hi -- I'm new.

I've never been on drugs for psoriasis, but I do find that sunlight helps tremendously.  So all summer and into the fall, I'm doing ok.  But then winter comes.  The sunlight isn't very strong and I'd get frostbite if I went out without clothes.  Things get worse and I find I'm just holding on until spring.

So I'm wondering what the options are for home phototherapy.  Is anyone actually doing this?  If so, what equipment would be recommended?

It's mostly in my nails, but I have wondered if the winter time arthritis I get is also related.

Hi iguana   to the forum I hope you will enjoy the forum, you will find us a friendly bunch of sufferers always ready to offer and receive support and advice

I find sunlight a great help with the relief of psoriasis ( not that we get much here in the UK ) I haven't tried home Uv treatment myself but have read of others that have with some success.
There is a portable unit marketed by Philips to do small areas but haven't heard of anyone using one

Enjoy the forum and feel free to visit the off topic section where you will find everything but psoriasis is talked about
I hope someone here can give you some answers  

EDIT
my wife has just reminded me that I have in our loft a small uv lamp which I haven't used for 20 years but it did help with small patches but I remember it was easy to burn with it if the distance from the bulb was to close or my timer forgot to go off