Lisa Marie Basile

Patients reporting feeling ignored or invisible when it comes to how their doctors treat them isn't news to the medical industry. Patients are often rushed in and out of the...

When I first started biologic medication to control my rampant inflammation, I was so frightened. If you join any sort of chronic illness community, you’ll hear plenty of good and...

When I first started seeing psoriasis on my body a few years ago, I was deeply immersed in managing my chronic inflammatory disease, ankylosing spondylitis (which is a sort of...

Scalp psoriasis - what a lovely affliction! There are many different types of psoriasis and scalp psoriasis is the one I'm most impacted by. I also experience the occasional patch...

I was perusing the Internet for a certain kind of black miniskirt. I wanted A-line, wool, with gold buttons. When I saw it, I clicked on someone’s blog, and there...

We all know that autoimmune issues - like psoriasis flare-ups - are heavily triggered by genetics, lifestyle choices, and even injuries or illness — but stress is a common culprit...

The other day, I woke up to several light red, dry spots on my thigh and chest. They are about the size of dimes, and they are typically close together...

During the year 2020, when the global COVID-19 pandemic was in full swing, eyelid psoriasis became something I contended with pretty frequently. I live in New York City, which became...

Growing up as a girl in the 90s, I found myself absolutely bombarded with commercials and print magazine advertisements about perfect skin. Beauty was all-important, and falling into one type...

About a decade ago, I started noticing early signs of a disease called ankylosing spondylitis, or AS - a mouthful, I know. AS is a type of inflammatory arthritis that...

I live with ankylosing spondylitis, an immune-mediated disease characterized by spinal arthritis, joint inflammation, and problems with my eyes, gut, some organ, and — yep, my skin. Psoriatic arthritis falls...