Psoriasis, Vitamin D and Shea Butter

[Raniasophea]

Hello! I wanted to share my recent success with plaque psoriasis.

(Backstory alert - skip to last couple of paragraphs for "point"🙃) - I've had psoriasis for several years now. Started with guttate psoriasis about 7 years ago (though at the time, I thought it was just a rash/an allergic reaction). About a year after that cleared (it disappeared within 2 months), I started having plaque psoriasis on my elbows. I had a bad reaction to medication. In fact, it made the area worse with noticable burn scarring. So, I was put on oat-based lotion which was fine. However, over the following years, I developed plaque psoriasis on my knees and thigh, and random small plotches started appearing elsewhere, as well as scalp psoriasis.

I have tried different body creams and lotions with mixed results. I have also considered diet as a factor.

I didn't put the two and two together at the time, but I was diagnosed with severe vitamin D deficiency about a year before the first rash/sign of psoriasis. At the time, I was also going through heavy grief that would have caused some damage to my nervous system and health in general.

I have been taking vitamin D suppliments on and off for a number of years since diagnosis.

However, only once I started taking 20ng of Vitamin D3 on a daily basis, in addition to a consistant intake of D2 in my diet, coupled with regular use of Shea-based body butters and shampoos, that I started seeing remarkle results!

I am about a year into this ritual and I can safely say that it has made a noticable difference.

I hope this is helpful for someone out there. Sharing the love!

[Batty1]

Congratulations on finding something that has helped your psoriasis …. guttate Psoriasis starts from a virus like strep throat and people with psoriasis’s generally are vitamin D deficient or low because we tend to cover up more when we go outside … Stress does have an impact but definitely not the cause of psoriasis’s and us with psoriasis’ have more reactions to things like meds (at least I do) …. Shea butter is some good stuff …. I hope you can keep yourself free and clear for a long time.

[Raniasophea in reply to Batty1]

Thank you Batty1 😊

[misswobble in reply to Batty1]

I got guttate psoriasis diagnosis out of the blue and it was blamed on having kids with chicken pox staying with me 🙂

It cleared up completely just once, and I thought it had gone. Sadly not ☹️

I take Vit D and K2 in winter but have dropped it off now sunnier days have put in an appearance. My diet is really good but nothing seems to help in terms of the creams and lotions. I’ve had a large plaque on my knee since last July 😑.

I’m got a running race in Sunday and would like to wear shorts but I feel too self conscious. Wearing them the rest or the time though as sunlight seems the best medicine for me