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Hair Care Tips for People With Psoriasis Psoriasis is a condition where there is proliferation of skin cells, which leads to a dry, flaky shedding of skin. The skin can be scaly and itchy, as well. To care for your hair and scalp, you should know how things progress with psoriasis of the scalp and […]

Well, I think it would be fair to say that this past year has been a bitch and a half. But me and the mutt (Lucky) are still standing. Some good news on vitamin D. Health Canada, at the beginning of November, upped the maximum pill/capsule/soft gel/drops from 1000 iu to 2500 iu. This makes

Online friendships are crazy, right? We follow each other online and we consider each other friends, but we may never have actually TALKED in person (or on the phone or zoom) before. That’s how I feel about Cheryl! I feel like I KNOW her, but we’d actually never had a conversation outside of social media.

Visiting a Hairdresser or Barber when you have Psoriasis Living with psoriasis can often be embarrassing. Many of those who live with this condition have an impulse to cover up and hide the psoriasis any chance they get. However, there are certain situations where this is quite hard and almost impossible to do, such as

R.I.P. CHARLIE (gone to a better place where there’s no pain) It is with real sadness that I pass on the news that Charlie (my partner in crime on Freedom From Psoriasis) passed away in 2021. I have wonderful memories of our many Friday night Skype talks that sometimes went on for several hours. We

With my first pregnancy, I had to kick Emme out 41 weeks into pregnancy. She was snug as a bug in there and didn’t want to come out! I was having prodromal labor that was exhausting me and I got to the point where I knew I needed to get the show on the road

Helpful Information for Parents of Children With Psoriasis Treatment for children with mild psoriasis often involves sunlight. For moderate psoriasis broad-band and narrow-band UVB phototherapy treatments can be used. We will be getting into a parents guide to psoriasis. Teens can also be exposed to UVB phototherapy, but oral medications are problematic because they may

Sometimes I forget that what I’m doing for my own skin might be helpful to someone else. I guess the new word for a ‘tip’ is a ‘hack’. And this hack can be quite helpful if you suffer from plaque psoriasis. As you know, plaque psoriasis is actually a buildup of layers of skin. I

The following post is an old draft written in 2020 that was never published! It’s hilarious to read this now on my 4th pregnancy. But important information to pass along to the psoriatic arthritis community regarding different pregnancy experiences. ——————————— As I near the end of my second pregnancy, I can’t lie and say I’m

Breaking the Cycle Have you ever stopped your psoriasis meds and experienced a sudden rapid flare-up? This is medically known as the rebound effect (note that when your symptoms occur slowly or gradually after discontinuing the drugs, it is not considered a rebound flare-up). There are a few things you can do to minimize or