Why Short Hair Is Great for My Scalp PsoriasisBack in 2012 I shaved my head and it was the first (and only) time since my diagnosis in elementary school that I was free of scalp psoriasis! Eventually, I...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Psoriasis and Vacation: How Best to PrepareGoing on holiday with psoriasis can throw up many unknowns. To start, you need to consider whether going on a vacation is actually the best thing for you and your...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How to Find Psoriasis Research Information OnlineKeeping up to date is one of the best things you can do in terms of managing your psoriasis. The treatment routes we follow tend to be very prescriptive, but...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Advocate of CircumstanceWe all know the saying of being a victim of circumstance, this is someone who suffers bad consequences due to situations or factors that are out of their control. I used...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Introducing our New Accessibility FeatureYou may have noticed that we added a new accessibility feature to our websites. This feature will allow community members to change the size, color, or contrast of the text...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Is It Nail Fungus or Nail Psoriasis?If you have psoriasis on your hands or feet, you may have noticed that the appearance of your fingernails and toenails has changed. Psoriasis can affect your nails as well...Reactions0reactionsComments8 comments
Loaning My Body to Science Part 1: The Comorbidities StudyI was given the amazing opportunity to participate in the Psoriasis, Atherosclerosis and Cardiometabolic disease Initiative (PACI) study at the NIH in Bethesda Maryland. PACI is a 4-year observational study...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Psoriasis Makeup RoutineFacial psoriasis has always been one of the worst for me. It’s the hardest to hide when you do not feel like facing the world with your skin on show...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Emotions Matter. Painful Lessons from This Year That You Need to Learn.“Depression is often anger turned inwards.” These were the words my sparkly new (and first ever) psychotherapist said to me in our first appointment, and these were the words that...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Step Therapy ReformHave you heard of Step Therapy? Do you know what it means? If you have experience with psoriasis for a long enough time you will come to know it if...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How Gratitude Helped Me Grow from DepressionHave you read "You Are A Badass" by Jen Sincero? You should, it’s an uplifting book if you are not feeling 100% pumped about yourself (unless you hate swearing in...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Letter to the Newly DiagnosedI recently heard that you have been diagnosed with a form of psoriasis, I am so sorry that you have become one of us who suffer with this condition. I'm...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Empathy for My Husband as He Battles MigrainesMost of us would probably agree that there isn’t a lot about psoriasis we like. However, when pressed to find something positive, many of us will answer to the effect...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
How to Manage Being a Teen with PsoriasisThus far, I have experienced psoriasis in every stage of life from adolescence to adulthood. I would say the hardest time to date was my years of being a teenager...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
I’m Living My Best LifeWhat does that really mean to me? Does this mean I have arrived because I have a little money saved, or that I own more than one house or that...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Psoriasis and Your Eye SightI was talking to a lady the other day about psoriasis. She was newly diagnosed with psoriasis so she had been doing a lot of research online. We were talking...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Fine Print of Alternative IdeasFine print, those rows and rows of words at the bottom of most pamphlets, promotions, contracts, sales and the like, the things we end up not reading, as we think...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Do You Feel Loved? How a Full Love Tank Can Help with Healing.Have you heard of the love tank? Does it make you want to stop reading? You shouldn’t. I learned this concept from Dr. Campbell, the author of the five love...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Psoriasis And The pH ScaleThe famous and sometimes infamous PH scale. What it has to do with what, I am still trying to figure out properly and in true form-finding what is effective for me...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How the Film "Free Solo" Reminds Me of PsoriasisI know a small group of people who attempt to watch all the Oscar-nominated movies before the February Academy Awards air. Well, at least from the big categories! This year...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments