Hello,
My name is Elena and I have had scalp psoriasis now for a very long time. I tried many things: traditional medicine, diets, homeopath treatments. When it seemed to start improving (with :othe homeopathic products and loads of Bikram yoga) I had a raod accident, which I suppose brought out a lot of feelings and emotions. So, now it is actually getting a bir badly again, spreading on to my body, and I would reallyl ike to find once and for a all a great dermatologist, who can help me finding the right treatment. Possibly, without taking too many aggressive medicines, but something personalised and focused on my very problem.
Could anyone reccomend a doctor like that? I would relaly appreciate any help.
thank you very much
Elena
Hello
I think it is highly unlikely a GP would refer you to a consult derm for scalp psoriasis alone. This is not to say that it isn't bad, rather a GP would be expected to treat this without the need of a derm, seeing as said GP would be able to prescribe anything a derm could for the scalp.
By 'aggressive', I guess you mean steroid topical application. This is about as 'aggressive' as it gets for scalp P!
May I suggest this:
http://www.psoriasis-help.org.uk/forum/index.php/topic,17064.0.html ?
A derm would offer this...and it is now frequently used in both in and out-patient derm depts. It may well help...
SJ
