Unfortunately psoriasis cannot be cured. You as the psoriasis sufferer are  confronted with a lifetime battle. You have to decide what is worse: "the treatment, the medications or the disease". As a psoriasis sufferer, you need ask yourself what treatment will be best for me? We know that psoriasis, and some other scaly skin diseases, can only be controlled up to certain individual degrees and not be cured. 

You as a psoriasis sufferer should:

1. Accept the fact that you can maintain a high degree of control over psoriasis but it can not be cured.

2. Decide if you want to do something about it, yes or no. You must choose to improve upon your overall health and decide to exercise discipline: meaning, once you start a treatment plan you must commit to it for the recommended period until you see (or don't see) results. 

3. Remember, not all products work for everyone. You need to be flexible and willing to try more than one product until you find the one that works best for you. 

4. Since you must manage and control your psoriasis for your entire life, you must decide which treatment methods and/or medications, are best for long term use.

5. If you are not prepared to invest time and money in finding a treatment plan that works to control your psoriasis, consider the consequences of non-treatment to your daily life, your family, your friends, your work. 

What are my treatment options?

Option one:

1. Treatment methods or a combinations of methods and medications (such as coal tar, corticosteroids, synthetic Vitamin D3, or antibiotics) that can cause side effects if you uses these long term, or regularly, and are therefore potentially unsafe to healthy parts of your body. 

2. Coal Tar. Many products produced that are used for the treatment of psoriasis and eczema use coal tar or corticosteroids as active ingredients. Coal tar contains poly-aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) as impurities, and also naphthalene that is suspected to cause cancer. Coal tar basically "burns" away excessive scaly layers of skin and lesions that are caused by the rapid skin cell turnover of the psoriatic skin. Coal tar does add to the inflamed condition and irritation of the skin. Many individuals are sensitive to coal tar. If you use coal tar, you must protect the treated areas from sunlight. If not, you may experience excessive skin burn. Coal tar can lead to skin atrophy, thinning of the skin, stretch marks and discoloring of the skin.

3. Corticosteroids. Corticosteroids (hormones) are also commonly used in psoriasis medications. These products also lead to steroid side effects such as skin atrophy, thinning of the skin, stretch marks and inflamed blood vessels. In addition, it has been proven that topical steroid preparations can cause allergic contact dermatitis. Even the application of weaker or "safer" steroids or tar-based products should be limited to less than two weeks. Unfortunately, when these products are reduced in potency their effectiveness is also reduced.
   
   Vitamin D3. The latest (synthetically) produced Vitamin D3 based products contain toxic ingredients and could therefore have negative effects to the long-term user, patients with large affected skin areas and those with psoriasis on sensitive skin areas.
   
   Coal tar, steroids, corticosteroids, synthetically produced Vitamin D3,topicals, Methotrexate, cyclosporines etc. should not be used any longer than 2 weeks. Neither should they be applied at such sensitive areas as the face, groin, armpits and breasts etc. None of them are safe for use on young children.

Option two:

1. Treatment methods and or medications (or combinations of methods and medications) that do not cause you side effects and are therefore safe for long-term use on your body. You can control your psoriasis or eczema without the potential side effects of outdated coal tar or steroid based treatments.

2. Option three: PsoriaLess®  

3. PsoriaLess® natural bioactive products are a safe answer and alternative to the wide use of coal tar and steroid based products. PsoriaLess® topicals contain potent, natural, active ingredients. Our formulas do not cause any side effects, can be used long term, applied on "sensitive areas" of the body and safely used by children.

4. One of the most serious "side effects" associated with psoriasis is the itch caused by the extensive scaling process of the skin. Itch is considered by most patients to feel like serious pain. Undoubtedly it is the worst part of having psoriasis. Why do you itch? The membranes of mast cells produce histamine when activated by tissue damage or infection. Stabilization of these membranes will decrease histamine production and consequently reduce itch.  PsoriaLess® control histamine production, and therefore the itching, associated with psoriasis (or with scaly skins in general), very effectively.

4. What will work best for me?

We believe that the combined approach of choosing a safe, non-toxic topical or oral medication, and improving your overall lifestyle combined with an effective treatment plan will help you win your battle. At any rate you will improve the overall condition of your body because you have taken a "health conscious" approach to treating the psoriasis.

We also believe you will be better off if you do not damage healthy parts of your body while attempting to "cure" those afflicted with a scaly skin disease. If you have a severe scaly skin condition, you should probably combine a treatment method with non-toxic medication and lifestyle changes. Remember, you will get the best results if you adhere to the discipline of treating your disease not just treating flare-ups.

Which one of the above-mentioned medical options should you choose? 

It is clear, you have to select the safest, healthiest combination of treatment method and medication. This combination should be acceptable to you and should not disrupt your lifestyle. 

Question your physician about the available options we mentioned above, then decide what will work best for you.