Advise on my Scalp Please

[nickystaylor]

I use a steroid solution specifically for treating scalp p that was prescribed by the doctor. It's really easy to use & I usually have good reaults with it. I don't have to use it all the time, just when it flares up & thean after about a week of continued use it seems to clear quite well. I think it's called Calcipotriol Ointment. It's quite oily so you have to put it on if you aren't planning on going out anywhere but I find applying it before I go to bed in the evening & washing my hair the next morning does the trick. I also use head & shoulders to try & combat the flakisness issue during the flare ups.

Hope this helps

[nickystaylor]

I use a steroid solution specifically for treating scalp p that was prescribed by the doctor. It's really easy to use & I usually have good reaults with it. I don't have to use it all the time, just when it flares up & thean after about a week of continued use it seems to clear quite well. I think it's called Calcipotriol Ointment. It's quite oily so you have to put it on if you aren't planning on going out anywhere but I find applying it before I go to bed in the evening & washing my hair the next morning does the trick. I also use head & shoulders to try & combat the flakisness issue during the flare ups.

Hope this helps

Sorry, the name quoted above is the current treatment I use for the p on my arms. The stuff for the scalp is called Betnovate Scalp solution. I have also used Betacap in the past which is actually more effective than my current treatment.

[AlanTyson]

I currently use Xamiol gel, and it's the best treatment I've found after more than 10 years of scalp psoriasis. I have posted in these forums before about it, so you could read those threads if you use the 'search' facility.

I saw a derm consultant recently, who'd cleared me completely using dthranol 5 years ago. When I worried about continued low-level use of Dovobet on both my body and on my scalp (but well within in manufacturer's recommended limits), he suggested I use it every day when necessary. With both body and scalp, I'm careful not to stop suddenly, but to wind down gradually to less frequent use.

It's betamethasone and calcipitriol i.e., Dovobet, in an oily base, instead of an ointment.  I had previously found  Betnovate and Dovonex scalp applications (in an isopropanol base) very drying and irritating. I also had good results with Clarelux foam (very potent steroid), but found that rather irritating and drying as well. The advantage of the oily base is that it softens scales and plaques, and makes any 'scalp muesli' easier to comb and wash out. The disadvantage is that it makes one's hair look greasy, but I'm past being vain.

Note that I find storing the bottle of Xamiol upside down is necessary, to make it easier to squeeze the thick oily gel through its small nozzle. At the end of a bottle I have to cut it open and use a finger to get out a large remaining fraction of the contents, which can't otherwise be used.

[missmaria]

I have tried a few of the things mentioned, and found they work for a short while for me anyway.  The best one i have tried is Aqueous cream and salicylic acid.  I got it from the derm and it comes in different %. One thing to say is it don't  have a long shelf life but it really works for me.  Will be going to derm apt on Wednesday and it will be the first on my list to ask for.  Good luck.