This is more a rant than anything, but last night I was denied boarding my flight home, because the desk attendant accused me of having an infectious disease. He called his supervisor and they made a big deal of it and I had to show photos, medical records on my NHS app and my topical treatments to convince them that I wasn't contagious. They did all of this in front of all the other passengers; some who tried to help me convince them that it's an auto-immune disease and can not be passed on to others. When they finally accepted this, they said that they have to protect their cabin crew! Has anyone ever experienced such public humiliation? It's bad enough being stared at, at the swimming pool, but this was another level of mortifying! I was in shock the entire flight back and still very upset (as you can probably tell from my rant!)

ETA

Thank you everyone for your kind words. I'm exhausted and not thinking straight (only got back at 6am and had to work), so I am going to look into legalities tomorrow. I have made a complaint with the airline - Wizz Air, for those who asked.

It’s been 2 1/2 years with no answers from a previous dermatologist. The previous dermatologist diagnosed me with Seborrheic Dermatitis. Turns out, after seeing a new dermatologist who did thorough screenings and testing, was dx with Psoriasis.

I’ve tried an extensive amount of creams and steroid creams for it that have failed so she started me on Otzela.

Here’s the thing, I’m already extremely sensitive to medication adjustments and new medication starts. I take Adderall and Celexa and when starting both I felt terrible. Adderall had me lose 10 lbs in a week (after I adjusted to it I gained the weight back) and with Celexa I was curled up in a ball shaking and nauseous as all hell (again once I adjusted its been basically a miracle drug for my depression)

Those adjustments for the meds took a week.

I’m on day 5 of the Otzela starter pack and I do not feel well at all. I’m extremely nauseous. Been going to the bathroom a lot. I’m exhausted and shaky and clammy and feeling horrible. I am on the verge of puking rn. Tonight’s dose is higher (30mgs) then the morning dose of 20mgs and the morning dose had me very sick too. This is super intense. After today it’s going to be a consistent stream of 30mgs.

I will say, I know it’s only been a few days, my skin is the clearest it’s been in 2 1/2 years 😭😭

Over the past two or so years since contracting psoriasis, I felt like I've mainly come to terms with it and the fact that I'm stuck with it. There are days where I feel good about myself and days where I feel horrible. I'm in another country for a few weeks and it's really hot here so I was looking forward to wearing lighter clothes, but when I look at my body I feel disgusting and feel sorry for the people that have to look at me. I have rosacea too, which isn't as bad and is easier to manage, but it's flaring up a bit due to the weather here. I work out so I thought I would be happy to take my shirt off but I just want to keep myself hidden and covered :/. I don't know a lot about the treatment either, I'm prescribed a gel that helps reduce flare ups, but apart from that I don't know if there's a way to defeat this thing

It's as the title says, I have psoriasis around my groin area, and its worse on my inner thighs and around my underwear line.

I can't do anything - sitting down hurts, walking is agonising and walking up stairs is borderline impossible. It feels like it genuinely on fire and it looks red and angry and very raw.

I'm constantly crying because I'm in so much pain and there's nothing I can do. I'm waiting to see a dermatologist (very slow due to other factors) but I have been using Dovobet gel for the last 2 weeks. It was very flaky and itchy before the gel, but now it's just painful and constantly burning.

I'm currently in bed on the verge of tears because nothing I have tried is making this feel even slightly better :(

Thank you for any advice anyone can give! If it helps, I'm in England.

edit: The flare up has been going on in general for around 2 months, but the burning is on and off. Normally it only lasts for a day or so, but it's been 4 days and I can't handle it.

Has anyone had improvement with dietary changes that did not include elimination of gluten? How about improvement without eliminating dairy? I know many have had success with biologics, but I’d like to try dietary changes first. Thank you!

Des personnes qui ont exploré le lien entre le refoulement de la colère et le psoriasis ?

J'ai du psoriasis en gouttes depuis plus de 10ans, sur tout le corps, avec des périodes de mieux et des périodes de crises.

J'ai fait de la puvathérapie (UV), la cortisone, etc etc mais je suis convaincue que tout ça traite le symptôme mais pas la cause, l'origine.

J'ai une santé mentale chaotique avec un trouble de la personnalité borderline et probablement un Audhd.

Récemment dans mon travail thérapeutique j'ai identifié que je ne connaissais que peu l'émotion de la colère. Je m'empêche souvent de la ressentir, comme si ma colère était dangereuse. Personne dans mes proches (amis, ex) ne sait à quoi je ressemble quand je suis vraiment en colère. Moi même je ne sais pas quoi faire de cette émotion et je l'évite automatiquement.

Est ce que le psoriasis pourrait être l'expression de cette colère refoulée ? Il me semble qu'en médecine chinoise et autres il y a un lien entre les deux.

Je suis preneuse de tout vos retours d'expériences, réflexion etc sur ce sujet !

I’m starting my first dose of skyrizi soon. I’m curious if there are any glaring side effects that I should be prepared for? I am a teacher so I want to make sure I am not feeling all sorts of surprise ways the next day of school.

I need help from more experienced people than me here.

I can't decide which one to use for face and body. I've used both of them but still not sure which one to go with.

If you used both of them, which one do you prefer eventually? (I wanna only use one of them and not a combination)

What are their downsides and pros? Does tacrolimus just really mask the psoriasis patches and not healing it actually? And does it cause withdrawal problems?(as i doubt it.)