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Wed-20-04-2016, 17:19 PM
Hi There Fiftyplus!
Welcome to the psoriasis club forum. I found it a couple of months back myself and have learned so much about various forms of Psoriasis - including the type I suffer from - Plaque.
There's a wealth of information on here - probably a lot more than is available to any one doctor!
I hope you'll find out what you need to know and feel comfortable here. I've been made to feel very welcome indeed and am comfortable myself.
If you haven't already done so I would advise you take heed of the sensible one and go see your GP and get yourself referred to a specialist Dermatologist. If it is Psoriasis you have and not some other shorter term skin condition then the sooner treatment commences the better it should be for you. You don't want to allow it to keep growing.
As for treatment : Porridge oats is a new one for me! I'm going to have to look that one up!
One that helps for me - that I found out about on here is Raw Coconut oil! Brilliant stuff. Not too smelly either and doesn't permanently stain.
Rub it on affected areas rather than cook in it
Cheers for now
Welcome to the psoriasis club forum. I found it a couple of months back myself and have learned so much about various forms of Psoriasis - including the type I suffer from - Plaque.
There's a wealth of information on here - probably a lot more than is available to any one doctor!
I hope you'll find out what you need to know and feel comfortable here. I've been made to feel very welcome indeed and am comfortable myself.
If you haven't already done so I would advise you take heed of the sensible one and go see your GP and get yourself referred to a specialist Dermatologist. If it is Psoriasis you have and not some other shorter term skin condition then the sooner treatment commences the better it should be for you. You don't want to allow it to keep growing.
As for treatment : Porridge oats is a new one for me! I'm going to have to look that one up!
One that helps for me - that I found out about on here is Raw Coconut oil! Brilliant stuff. Not too smelly either and doesn't permanently stain.
Rub it on affected areas rather than cook in it
Cheers for now