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Wed-01-06-2016, 11:10 AM
(This post was last modified: Wed-01-06-2016, 11:16 AM by Kit. Edited 1 time in total.)
Hi
Welcome!
Like me you have found exactly the right place to get some unbiased and experienced advice! I've had plaque psoriasis for 40 odd years - it comes and goes and the treatments I have been using change from time to time. For me one of the most effective treatments was UVA / UVB light - but my genitals were never affected by P and were always covered during treatment. If you have the opportunity to increase expose the affected area to sunlight without getting arrested this may well help to reduce the visible signs. However, in my case anyway, as soon as I get it cleared from one area it eventually reappears somewhere else so, now that you have been diagnosed with P., you'll need to keep an eye out everywhere.
I'm in between treatments myself at the moment. Was on Fumaderm (for the second time) and am about to start a new one for me: Acitretin. Both or these are oral / tablet based treatments. But first I'm off to Cyprus in the Med for a week of sun sea and sand. (I only wish I could get the doctor to prescribe that as a treatment!) I start the Acitretin when I get back from holiday/vacation.
So I'll be off line for a week or two but will return to let everyone know how my experience with Acitretin is progressing. I recommend you spend a bit of time looking around this site. There is a wealth of information about P. on here and everyone you come across here you'll find are pretty much willing to share their P. experiences with you.
Cheers
Kit
Welcome!
Like me you have found exactly the right place to get some unbiased and experienced advice! I've had plaque psoriasis for 40 odd years - it comes and goes and the treatments I have been using change from time to time. For me one of the most effective treatments was UVA / UVB light - but my genitals were never affected by P and were always covered during treatment. If you have the opportunity to increase expose the affected area to sunlight without getting arrested this may well help to reduce the visible signs. However, in my case anyway, as soon as I get it cleared from one area it eventually reappears somewhere else so, now that you have been diagnosed with P., you'll need to keep an eye out everywhere.
I'm in between treatments myself at the moment. Was on Fumaderm (for the second time) and am about to start a new one for me: Acitretin. Both or these are oral / tablet based treatments. But first I'm off to Cyprus in the Med for a week of sun sea and sand. (I only wish I could get the doctor to prescribe that as a treatment!) I start the Acitretin when I get back from holiday/vacation.
So I'll be off line for a week or two but will return to let everyone know how my experience with Acitretin is progressing. I recommend you spend a bit of time looking around this site. There is a wealth of information about P. on here and everyone you come across here you'll find are pretty much willing to share their P. experiences with you.
Cheers
Kit