Living

Across many forums and communities, there is often the question about tattoos and psoriasis. Should people get tattoos, will they flare? What cream should one use when you have an...

So by now you may have heard that stress is highly linked to a psoriasis flare. You may have heard it from your dermatologist before. You may have seen it...

This is one of those questions where it will make sweat pour from your eyebrows. It’s very hard and you have to think about this for a minute. I know...

My name is Janet Geddis, and I have psoriatic arthritis. (Enter that hackneyed AA joke where I expect all of you to say, “Hi, Janet” in unison.) I committed to...

As we all know, most of us anyway, fatigue is part and parcel of having psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis. That means we feel tired or exhausted most of the time...

Healing psoriasis naturally has been my goal for the last 19 years. I have been self-experimenting with various strategies since the age of 17. Some of these strategies were random...

Parenting, oh my goodness a world of possibility, challenges and everyday things you would never have thought of. I am the single parent of a firecracker little toddler who like...

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...

Every month, sometimes twice a month I make my way to my pharmacist. I always have questions written on my notepad. I am taking so many medications that I am...

We all know how daunting it is to tell someone about your psoriasis for the first time. It is scary. I was recently in a situation that was a first...

The struggles of psoriasis may look obvious to friends and family. But they have no idea what is going on. So what should you be aware of if you are...

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...

If you suffer from psoriasis flaking, chances are you’re like me and become hyper-aware of the color black. After all, black is the worst backdrop for a shower of white...

My wife and I have been logging in as many hours as we can to try and get ready for the colder, rainier seasons. There has only been one day...

When we were kids we used to spread a layer of cold wood glue/craft glue onto our hands and wait for it to dry, with the pure intention of pulling...

I am just two years into my third decade of life, but I can already look back and see what a big difference there has been in the way I...

I have been living with psoriasis for 55 years now. There are times I have had personal things going on with my body and dare not ask the doctor any...

Have you ever felt guilty taking time out of your day to read? After being a total bookworm throughout childhood I found the guilt set in during early adulthood. Hal...

"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 am a superhuman anti-scratch machine. What does that mean? It means psoriasis has given me the superhuman ability to avoid scratching in situations where others may find itching unbearable!...