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Hi Sarah81. I used oilatum shampoo on mild scalp p and found it worked well. For guttache, I've used a combination of betnovate in the mornings and dovabet in the evenings.... plenty of sunshine too... maybe able to keep it under control until June. M.

The easy answer is wear the shorts and t shirt and stuff the lot of them! I know, way easier said than done. It's so hard but however you're feeling, what message are you sending your own children? What are they learning about other children they might come across, or adults when they're older, who may not look like them? That they should cover up and hide themselves? Wouldn't it be better if mum, however hard it is, put on the tshirt and shorts when it's sunny and joined in with their fun. That fun is more important. Some people will stare, of course they will, we're all human. Some will make ridiculous comments, of course they will. So be it, that's their ignorance talking. It's so hard but showing your children, by example, how to deal with ignorance and bullies is one of the greatest things you can do. As for treatments, as the psoriasis returned within 3 months, it sounds as if the next stage would be systemic drugs such as methotrexate. This works well for many people but as with all serious drugs there are side effects. I'm going to state the obvious. There are no easy answers. There are no cures. To manage such serious symptoms you are probably looking at drugs. You are caught between a rock and a hard place. If you possibly, possibly can, please try to love you skin a bit more. May sound mad but after decades I started to look on it as a dear friend that needed looking after and nurturing. I wouldn't be embarrassed being seen out with a friend who others might think looked different. The sun's out, I'm in a sleeveless dress, my arms are covered in plaque and guttate psoriasis. I'm going clothes shopping. I'll be looked at. Someone might ask about it because they have it too, it's not always unkind ignorance that makes people stare. My husband loves me and has only ever known me this way. I don't need the world to love me, just him. Sorry for the length of this post. You are loved. You can do it.

My best advice to people with psoriasis is to try to keep a good diet drink water mainly and the best thing i have tried is actually dinyarrack sheep cream. Stay with natural products is my recommendation.