Vitamin D

I have taken Vit-D supplements, but for ME they did not appear to make any difference to my psoriasis. I did however use a vitamin-E "night-cream" intense moisturiser (from Body Shop) on my elbows where I have plaque psoriasis. It cleared those psoriasis patches/plaques completely. An emollient helped keep the elbows from flaking, but did not actually clear anything. I have used calcipotriol ointment (Dovonex) whcih is a vitamin D derived analogue. It helped but not as effectively as when fomulated together with a steroid (Dovobet).

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I’ve been supplementing vitamin D for around 2 years now after discovering I had a vit d deficiency below 12, which is considered severe. I supplemented with different doses. I tried 2000iu a day, all the way to 30,000 iu a day. I’m still waiting to get my levels rechecked, and I believe I hit a limit as I started showing symptoms of hypercalcemia, which is too much calcium in the blood, and can be caused by too much vitamin D. I believe 10,000 a day suited me well, and I should have stuck to that. In terms of my skin, I noticed an improvement when using it along side Enstilar foam, I was 99% clear at one point, then it came back with a vengeance, but it hasn’t reformed in the same way, before I had large patches of my body covered, now it’s spots all over my body. But I would advise to get your levels checked as I’ve noticed many other Benefits since getting my vit d levels up. My teeth feel better and stronger and my acid reflux has basically disappeared. And I’m hardly ever ill now, when before, I used to be sick all the time. But unfortunately no significant improves to my skin.

Would more or less amplify what others say. When I had my vit D levels measured they were the lowest my doctor had seen; I am on oral tablets for 500% RDA in summer and 1000% in winter, which seems to leave me with typical levels in my blood. I can't say it's obviously helped my psoriasis though, and have supplemented it with calcipotriol solution (discontinued) and calcitriol ointment, which are basically vitamin D delivered where it's needed.