What's it like having psoriasis?

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I hate it when my face flakes because people keep suggesting I use moisturiser like I've never thought of that myself. Moisturisers just give me greasy flakes instead of dry ones, it doesn't actually stop the flaking..

When I got quite bad I told the derm I thought I was allergic to moisturiser because some of it it stings and burns so much when you put it on. They did a patch test and concluded that though I'm allergic to some metals, I'm not allergic to moisturisers so I was basically told I could use it and I'd be ok.. Some nights I'd delay using it for ages because I knew how much it was going to burn. I'd spend the next quarter of an hour squirming in pain and sometimes I'd run in the bathroom and wash it off. There were some boo hoos going on then when no-one was looking..

Now I know which creams are soothing rather than painful - none of them come from the doctor.
I don't use them much any more, they make your clothes feel clammy.

When I had the erythrodermic thing it felt like flu.

The only time I got really self conscious was when it was on my face and neck, people's eyes flick to it subconsciously, they don't mean to look but you notice them doing it.