Calamine lotion for psoriasis

[Fred]

I have recently had a bad flare-up on my shins and had got to the stage where it felt like someone had peeled my skin off and rubbed salt over it. I was also subconsciously scratching my legs to hell in my sleep, walking had also become difficult as every movement was splitting the skin on my shins so something had to be done and quick.

So I grabbed the bottle of Calamine Lotion that was lurking at the back of the medicine cabinet and dabbed a little on one small patch that was itching the worst. It was so nice and cool and I could feel it soothing almost instantly so I decided to leave it a few hours to see what would happen and I'm pleased to say nothing went wrong and it felt sooooooooooooooooooo nice.

Then I tried one leg and there was a huge difference. No more burning, no more itching and no more bleeding. I thought although this isn't going to get rid of the flare-up it looks like it is going to calm it down so I slapped it on both legs and got a great nights sleep.  

The next morning I found it wasn't easy to wash off, but as I started gently washing it away and got ready for the sting to return from the water. It didn't sting however anywhere as much as it had been even though a few flakes came off. So I re-covered the psoriasis in Calamine Lotion and again it was soothing and stopped the itching which got me through the day and another comfortable nights sleep.

Today I repeated the process and it is definitely calming the flare-up. I'm going to continue doing it over the weekend and will see how it is on Monday.

I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment but I just thought I would share this if anyone ever wants a quick relief from the dreaded flare-up.

*I would recommend if you do try it to do a test first on a small piece just to make sure it's for you. And I don't know how long you can continue using it, but I seem to remember using it for over a week when I had chickenpox in my 20s.

---

EDIT:

Someone just posted in answer to this thread on Twitter that Calamine is not a cure for psoriasis. I never said it was and I did state "I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment" in my post.

*There is NO cure for psoriasis

[Turnedlight]

This is why I keep going on about sudocrem, it's choc full of zinc oxide, like calamine. I've not tried calamine itself on psoriasis though, must give it a go!

[Fred]

This is why I keep going on about sudocrem, it's choc full of zinc oxide, like calamine. I've not tried calamine itself on psoriasis though, must give it a go!

I've never tried sudocrem. I don't recall seeing it here either, but me be worth finding out.

[Turnedlight]

The stuff in the tub, not the tube. It's in the baby aisle though

[Fred]

It's in the baby aisle though  

Last time I went down there I got thrown out for sniffing the Rusk Biscuits.

[jiml]

Fred wrote
Someone just posted in answer to this thread on Twitter that Calamine is not a cure for psoriasis. I never said it was and I did state "I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment" in my post.

*There is NO cure for psoriasis

I was going to reply to his tweet but after looking at other things he had retweeted decided I wouldn't

[Fred]

Fred wrote
Someone just posted in answer to this thread on Twitter that Calamine is not a cure for psoriasis. I never said it was and I did state "I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment" in my post.

*There is NO cure for psoriasis

I was going to reply to his tweet but after looking at other things he had retweeted decided I wouldn't  

Yes me too. I decided to leave it in the end and be grateful that some decide to follow us on Twitter and not join the forum.

[JohnB]

Even if it doesn't work for too long, at least if it diminishes the itching, it will give your skin time to recover a bit.
Worth keeping a bottle on ice. 

[Fred]

Even if it doesn't work for too long, at least if it diminishes the itching, it will give your skin time to recover a bit.
Worth keeping a bottle on ice. 

Yep I would recommend anyone with psoriasis keep a bottle in the cabinet. I had never thought of trying it before for a flare-up but it has given me some welcome relief.

[jiml]

Even if it doesn't work for too long, at least if it diminishes the itching, it will give your skin time to recover a bit.
Worth keeping a bottle on ice. 

Yep I would recommend anyone with psoriasis keep a bottle in the cabinet. I had never thought of trying it before for a flare-up but it has given me some welcome relief.

I like TLs idea of Sudacrem as well ....worth remembering