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If you're one of the millions of people with
psoriasis, you already know your skin is dry, itchy, and sore. You can reduce
psoriasis flare-ups, remove scale, promote healing, and soothe that itchy,
irritated skin with a few simple psoriasis skin care tips.
Psoriasis Skin Care: Moisturize
Moisturize, moisturize, moisturize -- this is one
of the simplest and most effective things you can do for your skin when you
have psoriasis. Keeping skin moist helps reduce dryness, itching, redness,
soreness, and scaling. Moisture can also help your skin heal.
Which moisturizer you use depends on how dry your
skin is. Ointments are thick, heavy, and good at locking moisture in, while
lotions are thinner and smooth on easily. Creams fall somewhere in-between.
Fortunately, you don't have to use high-priced moisturizers for your psoriasis
skin care. Some people use petroleum jelly as an economical substitute.
Whichever moisturizer you use, pat it on gently
after bathing, and reapply during the day as needed, especially if it's cold or
dry out.
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Psoriasis Skin Care: Daily Baths
Baths are another easy way to help care for your
skin when you have psoriasis. A daily warm bath using a mild soap can help
soothe itchy spots and make it easier to remove dry skin.
Add oil, colloidal oatmeal, Epsom salt, or Dead Sea
salt to the water and soak for 15 minutes for even more relief. Steer clear of
hot water or harsh soaps while you bathe. They may irritate and dry
already-stressed skin. After your bath or shower, gently pat your skin dry instead
of rubbing. Rubbing your skin not only irritates existing lesions, it can also
cause new ones. After you pat your skin dry, smooth on your moisturizer of
choice.
Find your psoriasis particularly itchy or
irritating but don't have time for a bath or shower? Try placing a wet towel or
cold compress on the itchy spot.
Psoriasis Skin Care: Sunlight
A little ultraviolet (UV) light can go a long way
in helping to sooth, improve, even heal psoriasis lesions, though why is still
a mystery.
You can use artificial light for UV therapy during
the fall and winter months. The sun's rays are probably the easiest way to
expose your skin to UV light's healing effects in spring and summer. But be
careful: Too much sun (or sunburn) raises your risk of skin cancer and may make
psoriasis outbreaks worse.
Try moderate doses of UV exposure two or three
times a week. Be sure to use sunscreen on the parts of your body that don't
have psoriasis outbreaks. Talk to your dermatologist or doctor before adding UV
therapy to your psoriasis skin care regimen, and then schedule regular skin
checkups to be sure you're staying safe.
Psoriasis
Skin Care: Reduce Stress
Studies show that stress can inflame
psoriasis and increase itching. Some people even trace their first outbreak of
psoriasis to a particularly stressful event.
Of course, reducing stress is easier to
say than do, yet lowering stress may not only help reduce symptoms, it can give
you a real sense of control, too.
To reduce the stress in your life,
develop a personal support system, think positively, and take the time to
identify what's important to you. Then practice stress management techniques
like exercise, yoga, meditation, guided imagery, deep breathing, or
biofeedback.
Eating right, staying hydrated, and
getting plenty of exercise can also help keep stress at bay -- and help you
fight off the infections that may trigger flares.
Psoriasis Skin Care: Avoid Anything
Harsh Against Your Skin
You already know that skin with psoriasis
is super sensitive. Good psoriasis skin care means avoiding harsh products that
can irritate it even more, such as lotions containing alcohol, deodorant soaps,
and even some laundry soaps.
Scratchy, rough clothes can also
aggravate your skin, so try switching to softer, less irritating cotton-based
clothing.
Psoriasis Skin Care: Quit Smoking and
Drinking
Smoking can trigger psoriasis flares,
so quitting may improve your psoriasis, though it doesn't help everyone. Talk
to your dermatologist if you're considering using a nicotine patch to help you
quit -- skin patches can aggravate psoriasis for some.
Heavy drinking can also trigger
psoriasis and make treatment less effective. Drinking can also lead to
dangerous side effects when combined with certain psoriasis medications.
Psoriasis Skin Care: Stop Scratching
and Picking
There's no doubt about it -- itchy skin
begs to be scratched. Yet scratching can tear open the skin, making way for
infection-causing bacteria.
To make the situation worse, scratching
may cause lesions to appear where they weren't before. Picking your skin
creates the same hot bed for infection.
Remember, psoriasis may not be curable, but there's a
lot you can do on your own to soothe your skin.
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