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My Boyfriend has Psoriasis – How Can I Help?

What do you do if your boyfriend has psoriasis? It's a sensitive topic, especially when it comes to macho guys unwilling to look like psoriasis affects them, but there are ways you can help him!

Light Therapy for Psoriasis: The Power of UVB Lamps

Sunlight is great for psoriasis, but what about the times when there's no sun? Well, say hello to light therapy and psoriasis!

Psoriasis on the Lips: How To Turn Chapped Lips into Kissable Lips

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Sex and Psoriasis: Is Your Sex Life Up to Scratch?

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Killing Psoriasis: The Dead Sea Isn’t So Dead After All

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Psoriasis Free For Life™ Review

10 Years of Psoriasis Hey there, Paul Plucker here. I’m an average, 26-year-old guy who has had psoriasis for the last ten years. In this article, I want to share my Psoriasis Free For Life review and tell you about how the eBook has helped me in a decade-long fight [...]

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DermaSOLVE® Review – The Dream Psoriasis Cream Or Not?

If you haven’t heard of DermaSolve yet, you probably haven’t been listening! This cream has been making waves in the psoriasis community, and has appeared in over 300 popular media outlets such as US Weekly, OK! Magazine, Rolling Stone, Life & Style and SPIN! We’re here with our DermaSolve review [...]

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Top 3 Soaps For Psoriasis: Scrubbing Away Your Psoriasis

When you have psoriasis, the world of toiletries becomes a dangerous minefield. Buy the wrong soap and you might spark off a flare-up that will leave you scratching for weeks! Don’t laugh, we’re being dead serious. Daily bathing is a part of many peoples routine, and the type of soap you [...]

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CARD14: The Latest Gene Blamed For Psoriasis

According to two separate research papers published in the May 4 issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, rate mutations in a gene called CARD14 can lead to plaque psoriasis. Bowcock and her colleagues used DNA sequencing and uncovered the rare CARD14 mutations in two families — one of [...]

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Psoriasis at Work: Dealing with Flaky Skin in the Workplace

What comes to mind when you think of a businessman or a businesswoman? Crisp Versace suits, important letter-headed papers and nice golden skin… right? Not suits loaded with hundreds of skin flakes, papers stained with greasy ointments, and skin peeling-off all around the desk. Having psoriasis is hard to bear [...]

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Turmeric and Psoriasis: The Yellow Spice That Heals Psoriasis

If you love cooking or eating, you’ve probably used turmeric at some point in your life. For over 2,500 years, it has been ground down into a deep orange-yellow powder that gives an earthy, slightly peppery taste to dishes. You can find it in the middle of the spice rack [...]

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Vegetarianism and Psoriasis: Can Going Meat-Free Cure Psoriasis?

If you have psoriasis and are a fully-fledged carnivore, you should consider putting those sharp canines away and adopting a diet fit for a cow. Whilst a juicy medium-rare steak is hard to beat, there is evidence that turning into a leaf-muncher and going vegetarian can help psoriasis – both [...]

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Choosing A Biologic For Psoriasis: Weighing Up the Positives and Negatives

If you haven’t heard about the use of biologics for psoriasis yet, you really need to invest in a hearing aid. These cutting-edge drugs are on the front-lines of psoriasis research and are healing thousands of flaking bodies left, right and center. Currently, there are 5 biologics on the market [...]

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Biologics and Psoriasis: How Do Biologics Work?

If you’re looking for the latest generation of psoriasis-fighting drugs – look no further than badass biologics! Unlike older, systemic immunosuppressants, they only turn off the specific parts of the immune system that are causing psoriasis. Think of them as saboteurs – they sneak inside, turn off the systems targeting [...]

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4 Vitamin D Treatments for Psoriasis: I Use Them Because They Work!

As discussed in our previous articles, vitamin D helps psoriasis because it regulates skin cell proliferation. Essentially, it holds up a big STOP sign, forcing our skin to slow down the rate at which it reproduces. This means that dead skin cells stop piling up into crusty flakes. You might [...]

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Vitamin D and Psoriasis: Which Foods Contain Vitamin D?

As we discussed in our earlier article, vitamin D helps psoriasis by preventing build-ups of psoriatic lesions. It’s an unquestionable fact! Many treatments for psoriasis rely on this – such as Narrow Band UVB light therapy (which increases vitamin D levels in the skin) and dozens of vitamin D creams [...]

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Vitamin D for Psoriasis: Let the Sun Shine In!

Everyone knows about vitamin A, B and C… but have you heard about the benefits of vitamin D for psoriasis? At PlaquePlucker, we feel that vitamin D is the neglected one in the pack, so we’re here to tell you all about it. It’s routinely used in many different treatments [...]

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Cotton Gloves for Psoriasis Reviewed: These 2 Are The Best

If you’ve read our article on the benefits of wearing cotton gloves for psoriasis, you no-doubt want to experience the positive effects first-hand (get it?). To help you out, we’ve reviewed two of the best ones on the market. Slip your digits into either one and you’ll be surprised at [...]

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