Am I Doing This Right?

[Caroline]

Hi Nym,

Nice name you chose

Welcome to Psoriasisclub, great that you found us.

So you are new to Psoriasis. That means that it will take some time for you to get used to the idea. I do have the impression that you are relatively young.

Well anyway, we hope to get well acquainted to you. You will find us a nice bunch of guys and girls and we have gathered a lot of information here on the forum.

Cheers,
Caroline.

Haha, thank you. 

Yes, I’m quite new to psoriasis but I have a family friend who has psoriasis too so I’m not completely in the dark, which is quite nice. I’ve had what I thought was dandruff for about 6 years now. I’m hoping knowing exactly what’s going on will help to finally get it under control!
Yes, I’m relatively young. Late 20’s. Supposedly old enough to know better, does it anyway cliché. 
This has been a lovely welcome. Thank you.

yess.... I sensed it... finally someone younger than me, although only a few years
You have the right view, getting it under control is the way to go.
But that may be a difficult road to go, as there is still no real diagnose - recipe - controlled approach as everyone is different and has a different Psoriasis, it is all trying and testing up to now, but we can advise and help, and even under us you will experience some discussion.

There is light on the horizon, but that may take a number of years. Recently a European program has started called BIOMAP. It aims at finding all the markers there for Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. They will combine the information of 50.000 patients.
The purpose is to define all types of disease with all types of patients (genotypes) and fit that with the treatments that work for each combination.
The ultimate goal is to measure type of Psoriasis/person during diagnose and have the mapped data predict the immediate correct treatment, thus short circuiting all the fuss with just trying.