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I had depression. I did not know it then, but I know it's now. During my last flare, I had decided to start a blog. What else would someone do...

World Psoriasis Day. It’s been occurring annually on October 29 for more than a decade to raise awareness for a disease affecting 125 million people worldwide. It’s just one day...

Have you ever sat in the disabled seat on a busy bus or train? I have and it was awful. Do you know what was more awful? Standing up. Of...

I remembered this being the first treatment I ever started in 1963 for my psoriasis. My doctors had a light that sat on a table and I had to put...

Hope springs eternal, this is said when you continue to hope that something  will happen, although it seems unlikely. I think that this distinctly describes my life and what I try to call my outlook on life. I do...

Psoriasis is a chronic condition of the skin that affects about 2% to 2.6% of Americans. It most commonly occurs in the form of plaque psoriasis, which shows up as...

"Psoriasis has disrupted my life since the age of 7. I hate it. Sometimes I think it has completely ruined my life. I just don’t have it here and there...

I was clear for a whole year, and then it came crashing to an end. I’ve been clawing to try and get back to silky smooth skin for almost 9...

I had a secret. It lived at the base of my skull, hidden deep beneath a pile of curls. My secret had a friend, it lived behind my ear. I...

Living with psoriasis can sometimes be a hassle, the struggle never seems to disappear completely however, the longer you live with the condition you learn how to cope and manage...

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...

Dating is stressful enough without psoriasis, but when you add the possibility of a psoriasis flare to your dating life, it can make meeting new people and forming relationships even...

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...

Psoriasis is a chronic skin condition that affects as many as 2% to 2.6% of Americans. The symptoms of psoriasis are different for different people. Plaque psoriasis most often shows...

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...