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Essentially, a body scrub is a skincare product that mainly functions to remove dead skin cells through exfoliation. But it has other benefits to your skin as well. Exfoliating soaps...

I am not too sure what it is about some people, that they find the need to degrade or berate other people to make themselves feel better. As I have...

Do you even know there is a World Psoriasis Day? How about the fact that it happens every year on the same day and same month? Can you answer the...

Did you know that a general practitioner can help with psoriasis? Me either. It took me 28 years with psoriasis to realize that my general practitioner (GP) could help me...

Anyone living with psoriasis knows the necessary evils and obligations of going to several doctors. For me, I see both a rheumatologist and a primary care doctor. This is what...

When it comes to living with a complex, visible disease, there are never enough resources. Podcasts are becoming more and more popular because you can listen to them anywhere. In...

Although it may seem counter-intuitive, preparing for a vacation can certainly be stressful, especially when you are traveling with a medical condition. For me, personally, a ton of questions run...

When diagnosing psoriasis, it’s important that differential diagnoses are explored as well. This means making sure that any other skin disease that could be confused with psoriasis is explored, to...

Some of you while reading this title probably scrunched your noses or thought, “Yuck!” Before passing judgment, hear me out. I have extremely curly hair. Curly hair mixed with scalp...

Hurricane Dorian impacted a lot of people. With hurricanes come power outages. The more intense the hurricane, the more damage and widespread the power outages can be. This got me...

For the longest time, I have heard all about sleep. I am sure we all have. Eight hours of sleep is kind of like eight glasses of water, the global...

Psoriasis is an immune-related disease affecting the skin, causing raised and red scaly patches, with plaque psoriasis being the most common kind of psoriasis. That being said, psoriasis has been...

I just got back from a mini-vacation to one of my favorite places, Point Pelee National Park. In late spring the park is a very popular place for bird watchers...

Good quality sleep and enough sleep are essential for overall health, but 85.4 percent of people with a psoriatic condition report sleep troubles. This is especially problematic for people with...

I write a lot about my own experiences with psoriasis. I have had plaque psoriasis for sixteen years. There have been times when I have had small patches at the...

I used to be afraid of failure. I don't look forward to it now but I do know that if I want to move forwards then I need to embrace...

“Splish Splash, I was taking a bath” is always the tune I find myself humming or singing when I think about bath time. In my most humble opinion bath time...

I have had psoriasis for over 50 years. One of the constant things I have done every day of my life is to moisturize. My parents used to put lard...

Upgrades are usually welcomed in life. I not-so-patiently await the announcement of the newest iPhone each year and covet each shiny Playstation that is released. But what about when you...

I stumbled across a scalp massage brush on my most recent crusade to find more natural, healthier alternatives to help my scalp psoriasis. I spent such a long time caring...