Your Stories - Sun and Psoriasis

Sunny Thailand - Jamie, Ashland, USA

Psoriasis is a troublesome thing and I have had it for numerous years now and fear that it may never completely go away. It however pretty much completely went away while I was sin Thailand = no stress lots of sun and sea. It was glorious! I have tried basically everything to control and have faith that with light therapy and Dovobet ointment I'm going to get rid of it. I use the T-Gel shampoo and don't see much change. I am wearing a t shirt today in public because I'm sick of always having to wear long sleeves! How silly I am :) Life is fun! (January 2008) Contact Jamie

The sun has helped my psoriasis - Stephen, Cardigan, Wales, UK

I woke up one day feeling really itchy, but as it was summer I expected it was merely the heat. A few wakes later, I noticed I was scaly on my scalp, and had really bad dry skin on my forehead. About Two months later I noticed that I started to have red patches on my stomach and back. I went to the Doctors and they told me it was Psoriasis, and prescribed me some weird unhelpful shampoo, that stunk.

I have realised that sunlight helps me alot more than anything else, but I've recently ordered some Exorex, and hopefully that will give me the confidence to go out, in less than a long sleeved T-shirt and a pair of thick jeans. (August 2007) Contact Stephen

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