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[AnotherBotDown]

Hi, this is my first experience using this forum, I have yet to read the user posts but I thought I should introduce myself first.


To get started, I haven't seen a doctor for psoriasis for almost 7 years now. I was prescribed Tenovate-M back then as a cream to apply to the affected area which did help me early on. I have been using this cream for about 7 years now(Yes, since it helped me get rid of the flaking, although temporarily). I was in India back then, have moved to the US now for about 4 years but haven't seen a physician yet. That one spot of flaking has now turned into 50 all over the body. This happened recently during a very stressful phase of life, the psoriasis and stress mode each other worse over time. Now that I am stress-free I feel I should fight psoriasis as well. Till now my flaking was random, mostly flaring up once every year, gradually spreading over the body. The cream I mentioned above helped me through these years(atleast I like to think it that way).

Currently, I am not able to get the same cream here in the US so I am trying things like MG217 and its products(doesn't seem to work) which I got from Amazon. 
I am finally going to see a doctor soon but I am happy I can also discuss this with you all here.

I do have a lot of questions to ask but I think I should be reading stuff here which is a lot of content.

[Fred]

Hello and to Psoriasis Club.

I would suggest you get an appointment to see a dermatologist, they are better suited to help.

Yes there are a lot of threads to read, but if you have any specific questions you could try the Search or just shout out and someone will soon help or point you in the right direction.

Regards.

Fred.

[jiml]

Hi and a Big   to the club .....I hope you enjoy yourself  this is a friendly forum devoted to exchanging experiences  of treatments and supporting members when the psoriasis gets them down

You are doing the right thing browsing the treatments here, as you will get honest opinions and read how others are dealing with the disease

You have found out that the creams and potions you can buy over the counter  do nothing but line the pockets of the sellers, that's another good reason for being here ....nobody will try to sell you a cure, you will never see an advertisement and if you spot any spam ( which I doubt) report it and it will be dealt with promptly  

I hope you get to see a dermatologist soon and can get your skin under control ....there is usually someone here if you get lost on the site .....just shout

Good luck
Jim

A great way to stay in touch with the latest posts and treatments is to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter which if you want to you can by clicking Groups and clicking on join group

[D Foster]

Hi and welcome to the club, I agree with whats been said, get a good dermatologist because things have come a long way in the last 7 years but 99% of the stuff sold over the counter and online is just a way of giving your money away. Fred does not let anyone try to sell on this site and all the questions asked will be answered by people who have got the same problem so will be truthful and based on experience of the problem. The inmates are friendly if a bit nutty so just have a good look around because I do not know of anywhere else that has such a large amount of information on P and PsA.
Dave

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