Living

Are you newly diagnosed with psoriasis? One of the biggest problems with identifying the severity of your psoriasis is that doctor’s offices do not tend to have pamphlets that explain...

There are a lot of things about having psoriasis that irritate and frustrate me. Imagine you’re walking down the street and its a sunny, hot day. You decide in the...

One of the things I think we all deal with when it comes to psoriasis, is the mental toll it can take on us. It is not something readily talked...

Living with psoriasis is hard, especially when you’re having a bad flare. I have been diagnosed with psoriasis for over six decades. During that time, I have tried many things...

When you’re first diagnosed with psoriasis, you’re likely to have a lot of questions about the condition; what exactly it is, why you’ve got it and if it can be...

I was diagnosed with psoriasis for the first time when I was five years old. That was in 1963. Unfortunately, I was the only one in my family who had...

Psoriasis has been a part of my life for many years and I am very passionate about the advocacy for psoriasis. I love educating, working in, and creating safe spaces...

Psoriasis can be a cruel condition to have. There’s the itch that won’t stop, the bleeding that comes when you do finally itch, and the lesions that grow larger and...

I really believe we need to be our own advocate when it comes to our healthcare. It is through personal research, learning, and having an open conversations with your doctor...

Being a woman is a complicated business on a good day. Our bodies are just made different, and it's something I am very proud of. Even when things are hard...

I have been on this journey for a long time. It has been sixty-one years to be exact. There were days I was highly traumatized. Just knowing what living with psoriasis would...

I remember being diagnosed with psoriasis when I was 11 years old. I had patches on my scalp so my mother took me to the doctors and I was given...

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In my twenty years of living with psoriasis I can say that I have had proper medical care for maybe six years of this journey. It is so frustrating. Most...

My husband and I have been remodeling our home for a while now. Our current project is remodeling our bedroom. There is one big window in our room and a...

Being diagnosed with psoriasis may come as a shock. You may have questions: will my psoriasis ever get better? Can I treat it? Can it be cured? While there is...

Hydration and psoriasis can be a tricky situation, particularly when traveling. Recently, I traveled to Washington D.C. to advocate on Capitol Hill. In order to be ready, I tried hard...

For years I was a private housekeeper. When I first started working as a housekeeper, I would clean individual houses for people. The last eight years of being a private...

When living with a visible chronic condition like psoriasis, it can be easy to feel discouraged and frustrated. It doesn't matter whether you are newly diagnosed or have lived with...

It is so amazing what we can remember as children. I am 66 now and I can remember my first day of school, probably because I was removed from people...