Psoriasis, Socializing

[leopardwolf]

Saw a dermatologist today. It was confirmed, I do have psoriasis. Being an autoimmune skin disease, there is a good chance other stuff might be going on, even if it's not showing in the bloodwork. He wrote several prescriptions for different prescription creams and one for an oral antibiotic to try, but I have to wait because together the damned

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[tacet]

I have been told I have psoriasis on my face and in my scalp, mostly visible across the nose and right between the eyes. It's minor but when I'm stressed I'll bleed from the comers of my nose and between the eyes (which can look like for a moment Bloody tears)

Did your doctor say anything about fungus (one theory is its a fungal infection that the body attacks the skin over, not the fungus)?

I use tea tree oil and tar extract, maybe I have a minor enough case to stick with OTCs. Be careful of Nizoral 2%, that stuff basically burned holes in my skin before it treated me!

[leopardwolf]

Heya Tacet! Thanks for the feedback. My doctor did actually ask about fungal stuff when he first took a look at my feet. As I explained to him, I have tried anti-fungal stuff literally for years, thinking it was a bad fungus ( my uncle and grandmother have similar issues ), even prescription strength when I was younger and it did nothing. When I told him that he took a closer look there and my knees and elbows ( which is where mine presents more currently ) and confirmed it was psoriasis