Craziest thing ever said about your psoriasis

Wow, , how did you respond to that?! I'm not sure I would have known what to say as that is so far off the truth of how people get psoriasis ! Crazy how much misinformation and ignorance there is out there.

I haven't had too many completely "out there" things said about my psoriasis. The main one when I was a child was "you have dandruff". Several people just came up to me and said that. The other one I often got (and still get actually) was people asking me if I fell over or "what happened to your elbow?". It looked like I'd grazed my elbows and knees but actually it was the psoriasis. Lastly, I do remember a family member, upon my telling them that I have psoriasis like my grandad did, saying "Eww, yeah I remember him having that, that was gross!". I was just speechless... They knew I had psoriasis as well. The weird thing was that they weren't saying it in a nasty way at all. I think they were trying to let me know that it must be hard to deal with, but calling it gross to my face was extremely bizarre (and for anyone reading this, your psoriasis is not gross!). I truly wonder what some people are thinking sometimes! -Catherine, Community Moderator