Alisha B

2020 has felt like a 20-year stint of prison. Back in March, when the pandemic first began, my job quickly decided that we would be working from home indefinitely. In...

"What does fashion have to do with psoriasis?" This was a question I overheard while attending an event on World Psoriasis Day back in October 2016. I would consider myself...

When living with a chronic visible condition like psoriasis, it can be easy to feel discouraged, isolated, and depressed. I've lived with psoriasis for almost three decades, and for most...

You've heard of a rollercoaster of emotions, right? Well for me, prior to 7 years ago, there was no such thing as a rollercoaster. Having psoriasis was more like a...

Thus far, I have experienced psoriasis in every stage of life from adolescence to adulthood. I would say the hardest time to date was my years of being a teenager...

When you live with a visible disease like psoriasis there are times you will run into some interesting scenarios, some you can manage and other’s that catch you off guard...

Let’s face it, having psoriasis can put a serious damper on your personal style. For men and women alike trying to find fashionable clothes that you are comfortable in can...

For me, psoriasis was an uninvited guest that has stayed with me way longer than expected. When psoriasis first came knocking at my door, in my mind I’m thinking, ok...

“There is a kind of beauty in imperfection.” -Conrad Hall My full lips (aka soup coolers growing up), long lanky body, and my height have always made me feel like...

My psoriasis is abrasive, loud, and typically hogs the attention of anyone close by. If my psoriasis could talk it would probably make statements which were annoying, uncomfortable, and embarrassing...

"Psoriasis has disrupted my life since the age of 7. I hate it. Sometimes I think it has completely ruined my life. I just don’t have it here and there...

Living with psoriasis can sometimes be a hassle, the struggle never seems to disappear completely however, the longer you live with the condition you learn how to cope and manage...

As a child living with a visible disease like psoriasis, everyone could see what was going on with me on the outside, but the battle I combated internally remained unseen. I...

At one point in my life, if psoriasis was a person, it could be described as a manipulative, controlling, emotionally draining, entity that refused to let me live.  Here are 3 lies...

"Have you ever been trapped? Lost in your own body, lost in your own mind, lost in time? So desperate to escape, to just get out." - Susannah Cahalan, From the...

I often ask myself, if I could go back in the past what would I tell my 12-year-old self? Well, the opportunity to speak to my past-self has in some ways...

Research states African Americans and other people of color are less likely to have psoriasis, but I often wonder is it true? Are we less likely to have the condition...

Psoriatic disease is two-faced. There is one side of it that is very visible - the flaking, cracking, dry plaques of the skin or the red, inflamed, and swollen fingers and...

In another article, I highlighted the reasons why having psoriasis was most difficult for me in the summer. Since talking to others with psoriasis I've learned I was not alone...

No, my dry flaky itchy skin is not eczema.... It's not bug bites... and it's not ringworm. I found myself saying this often to people who were not familiar with...