Hi Helen

I'd recommend taking a therapeutic dose of Vitamin D3, of at least 4000iu/day. It will be the Vitamin D3 which your skin produces in the sun which triggers the reduction in psoriasis symptoms. [[url]Vitamin D3 Council UK suggests 5000iu/day for 3 months.[/url]]

Please carefully read [DLMURL="http://www.psoriasis-help.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=29403.0"]this long post on a Psoriasis forum[/DLMURL] which goes into a lot of detail between stress, Vitamin D3, bile salts and psoriasis. Folk with psoriasis have problems with fat metabolism and the above post goes into a lot of detail regarding how to address that. There is plenty that you can do, without resorting to medication.

Good luck!

Ava x

I find whipped Shea butter with a couple of drops of lavender essential oil really good when i have a flare up.

I'm lucky I have psoriasis!

Actually, I only have a very small patch out of sight, and it is a perfect barometer of my vitamin D levels - I know from experience that when it shows up I know I'm deficient, so no more inconvenient blood-tests.

Sunbathing may be partly the answer because there may be other factors. On the other hand, it may be that you are not getting the full benefit of sunbathing:

1) suncream reduces D production - factor 15 is enough to pretty much stop it dead.

2) washing with soap too soon removes the D you have made before it travels deeper into the body. So you could be washing most of it away.

3) avoidance of mid-day sun reduces the amount of UV light, if the sun is below about 45 degrees the spectrum is less than ideal for D production. Much lower and it has no benefit at all.

Sunbathing should be little and often 30-45 minutes in high sunshine, or until you just begin to change colour. And it should be most days. Don't forget to protect your eyes and lips. And perhaps wear a hat so that your face doesn't get overexposed due to already being out for most of the time.

Remember to avoid sunburn. And do not use sun-block as a means to stay out longer. Better to use no cream and limit exposure. Sunblock if needed should be vegetable-based, most of the mainstream products available are made of petrochemicals, and can potentially increase problems such as skin cancer.

I agree with KDVP,
My hubby has severe psoriasis which affects his joints.

It's very bad on his hands but clears up lovely in the summer (for short spells)
Currently it's cracking and bleeding.

I have him on Vit D3, creams hurt him too much.

Helen, enjoy Cuba.

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Champix and psoriasis

My husband has had psoriasis for many years but it's got worse over the last month since giving up smoking using champix. His skin is really sore and sensitive at the moment and I don't know what to recommend for him to put on it to help the dryness. I think he wants a bit of a quick fix. We are heading to Cuba in 3 weeks and the sun always helps it so that should improve things then. Any ideas.....

I have just started taking Champix (less than a week ago), and my psoriasis has got really bad to the extent that I am finding it difficult to stand up, let alone walk. Any suggestions?

I think you should try pure chimp natural super cream which is good for psoriasis treatment. It costs not much and have all natural components.
Just try it.

I suffered from same problem too, but I was cured now. It was bad, and makes me very unhappy. I live in China. Here we use Traditional Chinese Medicine to treat skin problems, I went to many hospitals like this and tried many different treatments, but the effect is not very good until I went to a hospital in the North of China. It works, and now I am a happy person again, I am glad to share this with you, you may not able to go there, but you can talk to their doctors for advice. you can find more information on the website of vitiligotcm.

Hi All,
I developed Psoriasis and after trying numerous over the counter things (and a really quite expensive chinese remedy kit) I stumbled across Forever Living's Aloe Drinking Gel and their Bee Propolis.
Now I know this sounds all salesy but hear me out because this is what helped me recover my skin so I hope it helps others - its why / how I started my business in the first place.
Drinking the "plain" gel twice a day and using the propolis cream (smells amazing) helped from the inside out and the outside in to give my body the nutrients it needed to clear the problem. For me it was about 6 weeks but I appreciate every body is different. Everything we do has a 60 day money back guarantee so you've got nothing to lose but the problem.

I hope this post is of use to you or others reading this. If I can help with any questions please reply or private message me (though I can't tell how to do that on here!)

Thanks,
Luke