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Sat-14-10-2017, 13:46 PM
I have recently had a bad flare-up on my shins and had got to the stage where it felt like someone had peeled my skin off and rubbed salt over it. I was also subconsciously scratching my legs to hell in my sleep, walking had also become difficult as every movement was splitting the skin on my shins so something had to be done and quick.
So I grabbed the bottle of Calamine Lotion that was lurking at the back of the medicine cabinet and dabbed a little on one small patch that was itching the worst. It was so nice and cool and I could feel it soothing almost instantly so I decided to leave it a few hours to see what would happen and I'm pleased to say nothing went wrong and it felt sooooooooooooooooooo nice.
Then I tried one leg and there was a huge difference. No more burning, no more itching and no more bleeding. I thought although this isn't going to get rid of the flare-up it looks like it is going to calm it down so I slapped it on both legs and got a great nights sleep.
The next morning I found it wasn't easy to wash off, but as I started gently washing it away and got ready for the sting to return from the water. It didn't sting however anywhere as much as it had been even though a few flakes came off. So I re-covered the psoriasis in Calamine Lotion and again it was soothing and stopped the itching which got me through the day and another comfortable nights sleep.
Today I repeated the process and it is definitely calming the flare-up. I'm going to continue doing it over the weekend and will see how it is on Monday.
I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment but I just thought I would share this if anyone ever wants a quick relief from the dreaded flare-up.
*I would recommend if you do try it to do a test first on a small piece just to make sure it's for you. And I don't know how long you can continue using it, but I seem to remember using it for over a week when I had chickenpox in my 20s.
EDIT:
Someone just posted in answer to this thread on Twitter that Calamine is not a cure for psoriasis. I never said it was and I did state "I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment" in my post.
*There is NO cure for psoriasis
So I grabbed the bottle of Calamine Lotion that was lurking at the back of the medicine cabinet and dabbed a little on one small patch that was itching the worst. It was so nice and cool and I could feel it soothing almost instantly so I decided to leave it a few hours to see what would happen and I'm pleased to say nothing went wrong and it felt sooooooooooooooooooo nice.
Then I tried one leg and there was a huge difference. No more burning, no more itching and no more bleeding. I thought although this isn't going to get rid of the flare-up it looks like it is going to calm it down so I slapped it on both legs and got a great nights sleep.
The next morning I found it wasn't easy to wash off, but as I started gently washing it away and got ready for the sting to return from the water. It didn't sting however anywhere as much as it had been even though a few flakes came off. So I re-covered the psoriasis in Calamine Lotion and again it was soothing and stopped the itching which got me through the day and another comfortable nights sleep.
Today I repeated the process and it is definitely calming the flare-up. I'm going to continue doing it over the weekend and will see how it is on Monday.
I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment but I just thought I would share this if anyone ever wants a quick relief from the dreaded flare-up.
*I would recommend if you do try it to do a test first on a small piece just to make sure it's for you. And I don't know how long you can continue using it, but I seem to remember using it for over a week when I had chickenpox in my 20s.
EDIT:
Someone just posted in answer to this thread on Twitter that Calamine is not a cure for psoriasis. I never said it was and I did state "I doubt it will help the psoriasis much as a long term treatment" in my post.
*There is NO cure for psoriasis