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Fri-28-10-2016, 19:09 PM
Hi and welcome. 
UV treatment in my experience does help to clear psoriasis but only for a short period of time. I can certainly empathise with going on holiday and wanting to be clear, however you might find the sun actually helps, if you can face uncovering.
So I have taken Acitretin. This initially for me was a fantastic drug and cleared the psoriasis really quickly.
I suppose the thing to remember is that all drugs have side effects, even paracetamol! We all react differently to the same medications so it's difficult to know which ones you may experience or may not.
For me I had to come off Acitretin because I experienced migraines and a couple of others, however I still have a full head of hair!
I am now on a very new drug (Apremilast), I can honestly say that even though this drug has potentially serious side effects, so far I have only experienced a couple of the more common ones and these were manageable and as time has gone on barely bother me now.
I guess what I'm trying to say is only you can make the decision to give it a go, I personally (which everyone on this forum will tell you) took years to decide to give the drugs a go. I am so very glad I did as I sit here today with now over 90% clearance.
There are threads on Acitretin so you might want to have a read of those and discuss with others who have more knowledge than I have.
Good luck
Sandra
UV treatment in my experience does help to clear psoriasis but only for a short period of time. I can certainly empathise with going on holiday and wanting to be clear, however you might find the sun actually helps, if you can face uncovering.
So I have taken Acitretin. This initially for me was a fantastic drug and cleared the psoriasis really quickly.
I suppose the thing to remember is that all drugs have side effects, even paracetamol! We all react differently to the same medications so it's difficult to know which ones you may experience or may not.
For me I had to come off Acitretin because I experienced migraines and a couple of others, however I still have a full head of hair!
I am now on a very new drug (Apremilast), I can honestly say that even though this drug has potentially serious side effects, so far I have only experienced a couple of the more common ones and these were manageable and as time has gone on barely bother me now.
I guess what I'm trying to say is only you can make the decision to give it a go, I personally (which everyone on this forum will tell you) took years to decide to give the drugs a go. I am so very glad I did as I sit here today with now over 90% clearance.
There are threads on Acitretin so you might want to have a read of those and discuss with others who have more knowledge than I have.
Good luck
Sandra