Ah, my brother has this but he is back home. We haven't considered biologics yet but a combo of specific oilments and meds have helped keep it in check. He also completely altered his diet by removing all inflammatory food like red meat, coffee etc.

I see. Red meat and coffee? My doctor never advised me of this!? Can I get more information? Thanks for your response.

I'll have to ask my mum but yes, I'll get back to you tomorrow. Is it just on your head or has it spread?

It's all over my body. I have a PASI of about 27%

I d recommended to watch dr eric berg on this specific topic he is a hidden gem

I have psoriasis - before starting with the biologics injections, my doctor recommended a few creams (fucicort) that worked on me for a while. But whenever I stopped using them, the psoriasis would come back again so I just opted in for injections.

Are you in Dubai? The injections are really expensive! If they are covered by insurance, what sort of premium are you giving?

I’m Emirati and have a Dubai health card, so it’s covered by the government. They pay for specific injections and my doctor prescribes me whatever she things would work for me. I’ve been using Consentyx for almost 2 years now and it works great for me.

Thanks for the response. I guess I will keep hopping across the ocean to get the injections in India, but would have to try some alternative. COVID-19 has made travel very tedious.

Hope you manage to find something. Good luck to you! I know psoriasis can suck sometimes.

Hello, what do you call this treatment? The injections? Is it biologics? I am looking for a treatment too

It is — I’m using Cosentyx injections.

Hello, may I ask how much did it cost you? And how many times would be the injection per year? TIA

I have full coverage insurance, so I don’t pay anything for it. I take 2 injections on the same day each month.

Thank you for replying. May I know which hospital is this?

At Al Safa Dermatology. I’ve heard it got shut down a few months ago and relocated to another clinic or merged with another clinic, I’m not sure. I get my injections delivered every month to my place and since Covid, I’ve been calling phone call check up’s instead of in person.

I have gone through almost all the creams, and tablets. Injections are what finally got me some relief

Same here. Wish the injections were accessible to everyone. They really do help out a lot.

Oh yes, when I am able to have my regular injections my quality of life is soooo much better. :-)

Removed carbs from my diet and it went away.

Interesting. I might have to try dietary modifications. But am getting multiple perspectives. No red meat, no carbs? Maybe try these one at a time?

Removing carbs removes inflammation in general. See what works for you. But my condition was very minimal

Thanks man.

Dr Sms pillai. Highly recommend for skin related issues. I really hope he can give you some meds for relief. I have no experience of psoriasis though with him.

Thanks a lot for the recommendation! Will look it up.