It has been almost eight months since I have used my typical DermaSmoothe steroid oil and a generic corticosteroid cream on my entire forehead to the eyebrows, lining of my scalp, ears, nose and eyes. I used a combo of the oil and cream to keep the symptoms of my scalp and face Psoriasis at bay for about seven years.
Since I started my alkaline approach to healing my Psoriasis, I made a vow to stop using these to make sure results I would experience weren’t tainted.
You can imagine what happened next. I always knew that using these topicals caused worse outbreaks when I would ever stop using them. This time around was no different. P rashed out over the forehead, eyes, nose, ears and scalp again. I would say it’s on at least 50% of my face.
With my new lifestyle shift in the way I eat and approach each day, I definitely notice constant improvement of my face and scalp.
In fact, at this point, I would say my scalp Psoriasis (which after first using the suggested DermaSmoothe treatment in 2006 was 100% covered) is about 80% healed! I have barely any caked skin or even dandruff on my scalp! This is where Psoriasis started for me in 2004, so it’s a special feeling to have progress here.
My face is slowly clearing along with the rest of my body. I can feel that this is mainly a filtration process. A liquid purification of my blood, which takes a lot of time. I do notice an awesome spectrum of healing setting in.
So guess what?!?
IN YOUR FACE PSORIASIS!
Every day I run a comb through my hair now, it’s not a minefield of skin, rather smooth and healthy and that is real Progress.
So, as you transition your diet and add more and more effective natural remedies for Psoriasis, understand that your face will be an exhaust point during healing.
The areas around the eyes, nostrils, ears are all normal exit orifices for toxins. The release of a huge excess of toxins is what the body is going through. Swelling, puffiness and discomfort here are just signs that your healing Psoriasis naturally!
I stick with basic lotion, along with Cuticura ointment occasionally, nothing crazy. I don’t like rubbing a lot of creams into my face. I use Aveeno soap and shaving cream, which is soft on the skin. I also get some sunlight on my face everyday, controlled exposure to Real sunlight is soothing and therapeutic for the face skin cells as they absorb the vitamin D and exfoliate in overdrive.
This is part of the growing pains of healing Psoriasis, so keep up the good fight! Remember, how long have you had Psoriasis? It takes a while of conviction to reverse it.
Leave a comment, ask me a question, tell me how you’ve been “facing” your healing journey…
It is really great to be able to see “inside” all that is going on in your battle with psoriasis. Thanks for letting us all have an inside view.
Your battle speaks well to what one man can do when he puts his whole, heart and soul and strength into it.
You are a wonderful example to everyone!
Please keep up the good work. You are a good looking man and soon you will have to beat off all the good looking ladies with a stick š haha.
Haha, Thanks Denise, you are sweet. I want others to join in the battle for themselves and keep on keeping on! That inspires me as well to make more progress. I realized putting it all out there is helping me with social anxieties I felt before. I went from “oh man, they are looking at me” to “hey look at me, look what I’m doing!” ;). Flippin’ the script!
Mine is on my face, but has been in remission for about 4 months. I’ve seen some of your pics on Inspire, and believe it or not, at one point mine was worse than any I’ve ever seen. I literally looked like a leper. Couldn’t go out in public for weeks (without people quickly moving away). Not really sure what made it kick into overdrive, but it looked like someone sprayed my face with glue and dumped a box of instant mashed potatoes on it. Anyways, you’re looking much clearer and your attitude seems great! I try and joke around on Inspire to make people laugh, but they don’t like that so much. Best of luck to you!
Hi Kenny!
Thanks for stopping by. Mashed potatoes and gravy! Yes, the hardest part for me, was stopping the topicals on my face and scalp when I started. I was downright scared of what was about to happen, and boy did it ever. My face was like a dormant volcano that suddenly awoke and erupted, oozing out of every hinge, in every nook and cranny, those skin splits were the most painful.
My scalp was just a disaster area before, even with topicals. Now it is smooth, no chunks, and really no dandruff. My hair is very long now (My warrior mane), which is usually a no-no. I can see real skin down the lining of my hair, and the excessive cakes of skin all over my face are very minimal.
The looks in public have been a challenge, the “oh my god that’s a horrible sunburn” and “did you fall in a patch of poison ivy?” comments are abound.
“Um, yea, i tripped while having my hands tied behind my back and just plummeted face-first into a nasty batch of ivy” LOL!
I’m going to write a lot on the social anxiety of the Psoriatic in days to come. I want to focus on the healing process and practice for now.
Please continue to come by and leave me your thoughts Kenny, and lets keep trying hard to cheer up our Inspire family, so many on there need it!
We need purpose! We are not patients, but we are patient and persistent.
Congratulations for hanging in there, Warrior. Your attitude is something you don’t see everyday in psoriasis sufferers. I’m truly glad for you. I just wanted to let you know that. That and that Ms. Ravary is right you know…:) Been surfing on psoriasis sites for a while now, your site is one I will certainly come back to. Thank you for being…something else!
Thank you for the kind words, being something else is being ourselves
What an informative website you have. I am sure It takes a ton of work and dedication to do all the documenting on the website. I am a Nurse by trade and half of my days work is documenting signs and symptoms of patient’s diseases and progression thru their treatments. I was a smoker for 10+ years and it took all my will power to quit that terrible addiction but, changing my entire lifestyle and diet for eternity is the most difficult challenge that God has given me yet! You are fortunate in that you live in a part of North America where you can get some Vitamin D from the sun daily! I live in Ohio and I am lucky to get 5 good months of the sun helping me battle P! Winter is approaching fast so I have to take extra care of my skin and moisturize 4x daily to try and combat the Mohave Desert that my home is turning into with the wood burner and furnace running! Keep up the good work, I am convinced healing comes from within our own body’s and If I can eliminate all the outward signs and symptom’s of P, that close enough to a cure for me!
Hi Todd!
Yes, the work it takes to create this archive has been the basis for my conviction to stick with it. Doing something for myself is not enough it seems, once I see that I have others interested and following me, my strength and momentum builds quickly.
I think that to quit smoking is much more challenging than this. I don’t look at it as a full change in diet and lifestyle. I look at it as a baby-step transition via adding natural things that help my body heal. The vitality, practice and wealth of knowledge and peace I have gained, is the new lifestyle. I do yoga, qi-gong, I’m at peace, my anger has dissipated, I am calm, I roll with the punches and now that my Psoriasis is almost completely healed I am empowered to heal myself, what a blessing!
I am fortunate to be here, part of the reason I came back to Tulum was to heal my P. I knew the fresh veggies, sun and Caribbean sea would help me a lot. On a daily basis, I really don’t get as much sun as I should.
That’s right. We are our best cure. The mind is made most powerful through practice. Thank you for your comment Todd, keep in touch please ask me anything you want, I am here to lend support to others which makes me whole. -Matt
Hi Matt,
Just come across your blog and love the design and content so far.
When I weaned myself off the steroid creams, it was my stomach and chest area that was last to go. I reckon all the steroid creams I applied to that area changed my guttate psoriasis into plaque psoriasis. This in turn made it worse and forced me to put more steroid creams on it! A never ending cycle!
Anyways once I got my diet in order which also involved non intrusive detox, took supplements to rectify deficiencies common to many psoriasis sufferers and reduced stress, i was able to get my psoriasis under control. I finally ditched the creams for my chest and stomach and replaced it with extra virgin coconut oil, 3 times a day. after a week or two you will see the healthy pink skin and within 4 to 6 weeks, skin starts to fade back to your normal color! Oh what a feeling! However diet and lifestyle need to be in good shape for your psoriasis to heal naturally in my opinion.
Best of luck with your healing. Looks like you have the discipline to see it out!
John Redfern
Hey John!
I appreciate all of your support and the add to your best sites for 2013. I plan on being a reigning champion for your 2014 list!
I am working on my guide now. I want to consolidate and organize a battle plan that anyone can use to realize the results you and I have.
Its so empowering once you realize you are in control and can take an active role in the solution! We can heal ourselves! Don’t strip your power by giving away your health to consultants. Follow their advice, but take action yourself!
Our bodies need us!. We are on our way John!
Hey Matt,
So I just finished reading all your journal entries and what you’re going through sounds incredibly hard but truly amazing. I’m happy for you that you took matters into your own hands and are curing yourself.
I want to travel soon, which with scalp psoriasis is hard to even think about. How can I go on a road trip when I need to apply creams and have proper showers to control this thing?
Iāve never been big on āalternativeā medicine. Why try so hard when all you need to do is pop a pill and feel better? But after reading a lot on the subject (your journal being part of it) and seeing that modern medicine does squat, Iām gonna try healing myself the natural way.
You have another reader so please keep writing!
Hey Yarden,
That is the sad truth, modern medicine does nothing but make us more sick and reliant.
The body has everything it needs naturally to heal any sickness. The trick is revitalizing the immune system and strengthen its resolve by strengthening your own.
The Earth provides every type of medicine we need. Prescription drugs destroy our livers, kidneys and colons which are the very organs we need to heal first to balance the immune system’s activities.
No extremes, slow and steady wins the race because you transition to a practice that becomes 1st nature. Craft a lifestyle of being Psoriasis-free!
Have you started your travels? To start slowing your scalp Psoriasis, get up to 3-4 liters of water per day with cell power drops and liquid chlorophyll. I have links to those on my Psoriasis remedies page
Best of luck and stay in touch with me to learn more in my Facebook group!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/650872794954784/
hi Matt, its nice reading your blog . i have p on my face too and its cover same like you.
i have start juicing diet 2 weeks ago, and p break out all over my face. how long do you notice it will disappear from the face? sorry for my english, i hope you understand.
thankyou.
You are fine Iin, your English is good enough for me! I think you and I are already having a conversation in my Facebook group here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/HealingPsoriasisWarriors/