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Hi Joe and a big 
to the club . I'm glad you have been reading the posts on here from the members, you will notice we are a small but friendly bunch of sufferers, but we do like to exchange views on the treatments that work and sometimes don't for us.
There is no outside pressure on this site it is totally independent and unbiased and the views are those of the members
Regarding your problem I think and it's just an opinion that you should get yourself to a good dermatologist as these days there is no need to suffer so badly ( you are right there is no cure) but for most there is a treatment to control it to an extent. We all know the mental effect of the disease on us and the reluctance to show skin
It sounds to me as if creams and potions have stopped working for you and you need to be moved on to the next step which could be tablets of acetretin or methotrexate both of which might give you a clear skin ... Or you might be lucky and your dermatologist may prescribe a biological drug
There are many possibilities and one of them will suit you .....at the moment there are lots of new drugs coming to market . But you do need to see a dermatologist to get any of them prescribed
Good luck Jim
to the club . I'm glad you have been reading the posts on here from the members, you will notice we are a small but friendly bunch of sufferers, but we do like to exchange views on the treatments that work and sometimes don't for us. There is no outside pressure on this site it is totally independent and unbiased and the views are those of the members
Regarding your problem I think and it's just an opinion that you should get yourself to a good dermatologist as these days there is no need to suffer so badly ( you are right there is no cure) but for most there is a treatment to control it to an extent. We all know the mental effect of the disease on us and the reluctance to show skin
It sounds to me as if creams and potions have stopped working for you and you need to be moved on to the next step which could be tablets of acetretin or methotrexate both of which might give you a clear skin ... Or you might be lucky and your dermatologist may prescribe a biological drug
There are many possibilities and one of them will suit you .....at the moment there are lots of new drugs coming to market . But you do need to see a dermatologist to get any of them prescribed
Good luck Jim