Psoriasis or something else?
Posted: Sat Apr 01, 2023 12:29 am
New member and first post here....
I am 47 year old male.
I have for a few years now, suffered from a variety of skin conditions and these started around 2014 I think.
It started with the onset of dandruff, accompanied by yellowish, greasy clumps in my hair. It was so bad at point, I stopped wearing dark clothes altogether as I looked like I was in a snow globe. It also itched badly though not constantly. The last time I had dandruff was when I was about 15 for a few weeks. Never since.
I then noticed that the inside of my ears was flaking slightly - again this was minimal but something I had never seen before.
I then noticed I was itching in my buttocks a lot and noticed that an oval-shaped patch of red, itchy as hell, and hard skin had developed between the top of my buttocks. This itches so badly at times it bleeds as I have to scratch it raw. Also if I don't keep it washed and moisturised it goes as hard as sandpaper.
I have also developed on one elbow a few patches of hard white skin - doesn't itch but I am very conscious of it, and also a large two-centimetre patch of again very hard white/yellow skin on the inside of my thigh. I also developed fungal nail in the thumb of my left hand - I have never had this before in my life. Save for the head and buttocks, all other skin issues are on my left-hand side. They increasingly getting me down - nothing I have tried works and the dermatologist I saw from my GP never does anything except prescribe more creams and lotions which have little to no effect.
I don't know if it's all the same thing - psoriasis? I have never suffered from any skin problems like this before in my life and I am very down at the thought I will never get rid of them. I feel ugly and that others will think I am disgusting - but at the minute I haven't even got a clue what they are. Are we allowed to post pictures here? Maybe someone else has the same thing I have and can shed some light on what I am suffering with?
I am 47 year old male.
I have for a few years now, suffered from a variety of skin conditions and these started around 2014 I think.
It started with the onset of dandruff, accompanied by yellowish, greasy clumps in my hair. It was so bad at point, I stopped wearing dark clothes altogether as I looked like I was in a snow globe. It also itched badly though not constantly. The last time I had dandruff was when I was about 15 for a few weeks. Never since.
I then noticed that the inside of my ears was flaking slightly - again this was minimal but something I had never seen before.
I then noticed I was itching in my buttocks a lot and noticed that an oval-shaped patch of red, itchy as hell, and hard skin had developed between the top of my buttocks. This itches so badly at times it bleeds as I have to scratch it raw. Also if I don't keep it washed and moisturised it goes as hard as sandpaper.
I have also developed on one elbow a few patches of hard white skin - doesn't itch but I am very conscious of it, and also a large two-centimetre patch of again very hard white/yellow skin on the inside of my thigh. I also developed fungal nail in the thumb of my left hand - I have never had this before in my life. Save for the head and buttocks, all other skin issues are on my left-hand side. They increasingly getting me down - nothing I have tried works and the dermatologist I saw from my GP never does anything except prescribe more creams and lotions which have little to no effect.
I don't know if it's all the same thing - psoriasis? I have never suffered from any skin problems like this before in my life and I am very down at the thought I will never get rid of them. I feel ugly and that others will think I am disgusting - but at the minute I haven't even got a clue what they are. Are we allowed to post pictures here? Maybe someone else has the same thing I have and can shed some light on what I am suffering with?