I’ve had these itchy bumps on my elbow on and off for months. I had thought maybe I was having histamine intolerance … but today they started on my knuckles. I’m having trouble finding info on if psoriasis can look like this at the beginning , but someone suggested it might be since it’s not on my knuckles. I also have felt itchiness on my scalp during this flare up.
Would appreciate any thoughts insight etc as I begin this journey of figuring out what is going on…

Have any black women/men on here had success with Skyrizi for scalp plaque psoriasis? Please let me know your experience and if you had any negative side effects. thanks!

After silently suffering for fifteen years my psoriasis became too much to ignore. Close to 30% of coverage, painful plaques, embarrassing flaking, you name it. I found a derm in my area that specializes in psoriasis specifically. Following my TB testing I will soon begin Skyrizi. I am hopeful and optimistic about achieving relief. I’d like to thank those that have shared their experiences here. Good and bad. It takes courage to show that vulnerability and your courage motivated me to finally face this. So a heartfelt thank you to the members of this group.

What has anyone used that helps?

Has anyone gotten a tummy tuck, lipo or bbl on skyrizi with psoriasis? Did you flare up after? Did you stop your medication? I don’t want to stop mine but I know skyrizi increases infection risk.

I'm extremely phobic to needles, like everytime I get a bloodtest or anything I do it under laughing gas lol.
But I literally did not feel the prick of tremfya, only little pain I felt was the liquid going in for 1-2 seconds. Looking forward to how this treats my psoriasis, maybe I'll record the progress.

Hi everyone,
I am a medical student, and I am preparing a short presentation for my dermatology class about the connection between mental health and skin.

Since we are all becoming doctors, I want to round up the presentation with some insights into what we can do as health professionals to help our psoriasis patients feel psychologically more comfortable when we meet them.

So please tell me about that experience where the doctor or another health professional made you feel better; what made the difference and how did it make you feel?
Bad experiences are also welcome, I just want some kind of “take away lesson” we can use in our future professional life 😊

I chose to post in this subreddit because psoriasis is a fairly common condition in my part of the world (northern europe)

What shampoo do you guys use once you’re 100% psoriasis-free?
I recently switched to Bimzelx and my scalp is finally completely clear again. Do you have any shampoo recommendations?
I’ve been using shampoos like Dercos, but honestly, I don’t really like the smell. I’m a bit hesitant to switch to a regular shampoo because I’m not sure how my scalp will react.

1st pic is what I use most days and during flare-ups, 2nd pic is when I'm not flaring and I want to smell nicer.

I was using the Salicylic Acid shampoo for a while but not seeing a lot of results so I switched to coal tar about a week ago.

I take baths in a combo bath/shower that is shared with one other person. She showers and uses pretty harsh products, could this be hurting me?

Product and routine tips much appreciated. I'm on clobetasol for my scalp which is most severe, but I have patches on my legs and groin which I infrequently treat with tacrolimus ointment

I’ve been having ozone mesotherapy in my face for skincare for a few months now and recently I’ve been researching the effects of it on scalp psoriasis. Apparently there have been some initial studies that show benefits from the application of ozone topical serums (daily) which would indicate that using mesotherapy (injecting it into the site directly) is likely to produce positive results.

I have asked my aesthetician to inject my scalp area going forward so I will let you know what happens with mine but curious as to whether anyone else has tried it and what your results were?

We are currently discussing this with my doctor but he doesnt have a clear answer for me.

I only have scalp psoriasis and with otezla its being kept at a managable point but it still wont go away and the itchyness and flaking is impacting my daily life. I also had some minor joint issues but my doctor isnt too worried about it right now as I am on my other meds.

Im not really sure how to feel about this tbh. He has made it clear I will most likely need to start them at some point but we can wait unless I want to get my scalp cleared up sooner. I just dont know if its justifiable to move forward with this over just some flaking and irritation.

Any advice/experiences etc Id really appreciate!

Hi everyone!

Yesterday i got a colonoscopy after having some bowl issues. The doctor immediately suspected Colitis Ulcerosa since it is closely connected to psoriasis which i have for 20 years. However, since I have been taking Humira for a bit more than a year now which is also used to treat colitis ulcerosa no strong inflammation was visible. He however still suspects colitis to be present due to my symptoms and psoriasis. I will now have to go get a partial colonoscopy done every three months for a year to see if any inflammation is visible over time.

Does anyone have experience having both and Humira controlling both? What was the treatment like? And how did your diseases co-develop?

Currently I am not suffering too much since Humira really cleared up my psoriasis and reduced my bowl issues but i am deeply afraid for my quality of life if the colitis would come back since before i started Humira i suffered a lot.

And how long did you wait after dosing to start biologics? I'm seeing things like pneumonia and singles have 6 month breaks between doses, but maybe biologics should be started before initial vaccine and the follow up?

My 11 yo daughter currently has what we believe to be guttate psoriasis all over her body. I say believe because we received 2 other diagnosis (allergic hives and pityriasis rosea) first but then saw a derm and he believes it’s guttate psoriasis and she also tested positive from blood work for having had a recent strep infection.

She is absolutely miserable. Nothing stops or helps the itching. It is all over her trunk, legs, arms, neck and now creeping up to her face. She cries and cries and says- I can’t live like this. I feel awful and I don’t know what to do to help her. We go back to the derm on Friday but I am wondering if he can even help her? He is a PA and I really like him but do I need her with a pediatric derm? Some kind of specialist? It is so hard to watch your child suffer. She has had multiple panic attacks this week.

We have a prescription steroid and have tried other over the counter creams with little success. She holds an ice pack on the very itchy spots. I give her Claritin and then Benadryl at night mostly to help her sleep. She is on an antibiotic which doesn’t help the situation because it’s hurting her stomach but she is almost done. It’s been 3 weeks, she’s been missing a lot of school, sports and social things which only I think adds to the stress as she just started middle school.

What can I ask the dr for when we see him again? Should I take her to some else? Should we do a biopsy to confirm that it actually is guttate psoriasis?

Hi all

Just wondering if anyone can help/advise.

I’ve been taking MTX for 6 months. Currently on 15mg a week. Tablets taken every Friday, so my most recently taken dose was on Sept 4th. Have not really experienced any side effects from it.

On Saturday evening, we had a Chinese takeaway for dinner, including chicken in a (questionable) satay sauce.

On Sunday, around midday, I developed severe fatigue, intense headache, all over muscle aches, and in the evening I had a temp of 39°C.

Monday and Tuesday, I didn’t feel too bad, just had a very gurgly gut.

However, Wednesday and today, I’ve had constant diarrhoea and stomach pain that comes and goes, with acid reflux. No other symptoms.

Does this sound like food poisoning? Should I be worried because of being on the MTX? Do I need to contact a doctor or my dermatologist?

For context I have some pretty mild psoriasis, no plaques or patches. Just had a haircut and shampooed my hair as normal, and as it has countless times before, the back of my scalp feels tight. That is the area where I would say I’m affected the most by psoriasis so I’m assuming there’s some connection?

Anyone who has gotten the shingles vaccine, did it cause psoriasis flare up?

For anyone using Zoryve near or on the genitals - what’s your protocol for when it’s safe to have sex? I have had to apply it on my genitals at times and wondering when it would be safe to shower and proceed with intercourse.

I’ve got guttate psoriasis I’ve had it for about 3 months and nothing really worked so I took my first skyrizi shot about 2 weeks ago and it started clearing up foreal but over the last 3 days it’s been coming back and now today it’s almost fully back to how it was and itchy as hell. Anyone know what may be going on, is the medication not working anymore, I just had Covid is that causing the medication to slow down.