WHY I CREATED THIS SITE
This website was created to bring increased visual
awareness to psoriasis, and to focus on the part of the
disease that the doctors don't tell you about in the five
minute appointment. I've had psoriasis, and later
psoriatic arthritis for nearly twenty years now, and as
the severity increased, (as well as the stares) the more I
would cover up and hide away from the world. After
trying nearly every FDA approved treatment available,
with unsuccessful results, I have finally come to a point
of acceptance and will no longer hide from this disease.
I find it amazing how many people believe psoriasis is
contagious and that somehow they might catch it if they
associate with people with the disease. Unlike other
websites, I do not intend to tell you about psoriasis, I
intend to show you. As briefly explained in the
introduction, digital photographs and videos will be used
to document exactly what is involved in the daily
management of this disease. Many of the photos and
videos are extremely graphic and will show in vivid detail
how dead psoriasis scales are removed, which is
necessary to do each day to help prevent what I call,
"psoriasis trails", which is simply a trail of dead skin
that falls off as you walk, or a pile of skin that is left on
the floor after you've gotten up from your seat. For
people with extensive psoriasis lesions, it is not unheard
of to spend two or three hours a day just removing skin.
This becomes a routine, like taking a shower everyday,
although two or three showers are frequently
necessary. By all accounts, both the pictures and videos
may be considered quite disgusting and very difficult to
watch for many people, particularly those without the
disease, but that is the whole point. It is NOT my
intention to gross people out, but I have found over the
years that so many people are just unaware of the more
severe forms of psoriasis, and the pictures and videos
are simply documenting what some people need to do in
their everyday lives to manage their disease. It is my
hope that this website will help to provide some visual
insight into the reality of severe psoriasis, and what daily
life is like for those with the disease. Psoriasis has
historically been a disease that has been somewhat
overlooked by the medical community for many years,
but this is beginning to change. I have come to a point
psychologically, that this disease no longer controls me.
And, if other people are uncomfortable with it, or if they
have a problem with my psoriasis, then it is simply their
problem, not mine. It no longer serves me to cover up
from the world, and I have every intention of doing
anything possible to bring increased awareness to
psoriasis. Check out the Psoriasis Treatments, Gallery,
and Video links so you can get a better understanding of
what this website entails.
awareness to psoriasis, and to focus on the part of the
disease that the doctors don't tell you about in the five
minute appointment. I've had psoriasis, and later
psoriatic arthritis for nearly twenty years now, and as
the severity increased, (as well as the stares) the more I
would cover up and hide away from the world. After
trying nearly every FDA approved treatment available,
with unsuccessful results, I have finally come to a point
of acceptance and will no longer hide from this disease.
I find it amazing how many people believe psoriasis is
contagious and that somehow they might catch it if they
associate with people with the disease. Unlike other
websites, I do not intend to tell you about psoriasis, I
intend to show you. As briefly explained in the
introduction, digital photographs and videos will be used
to document exactly what is involved in the daily
management of this disease. Many of the photos and
videos are extremely graphic and will show in vivid detail
how dead psoriasis scales are removed, which is
necessary to do each day to help prevent what I call,
"psoriasis trails", which is simply a trail of dead skin
that falls off as you walk, or a pile of skin that is left on
the floor after you've gotten up from your seat. For
people with extensive psoriasis lesions, it is not unheard
of to spend two or three hours a day just removing skin.
This becomes a routine, like taking a shower everyday,
although two or three showers are frequently
necessary. By all accounts, both the pictures and videos
may be considered quite disgusting and very difficult to
watch for many people, particularly those without the
disease, but that is the whole point. It is NOT my
intention to gross people out, but I have found over the
years that so many people are just unaware of the more
severe forms of psoriasis, and the pictures and videos
are simply documenting what some people need to do in
their everyday lives to manage their disease. It is my
hope that this website will help to provide some visual
insight into the reality of severe psoriasis, and what daily
life is like for those with the disease. Psoriasis has
historically been a disease that has been somewhat
overlooked by the medical community for many years,
but this is beginning to change. I have come to a point
psychologically, that this disease no longer controls me.
And, if other people are uncomfortable with it, or if they
have a problem with my psoriasis, then it is simply their
problem, not mine. It no longer serves me to cover up
from the world, and I have every intention of doing
anything possible to bring increased awareness to
psoriasis. Check out the Psoriasis Treatments, Gallery,
and Video links so you can get a better understanding of
what this website entails.
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