Psoriasis in ears

[shazzabell]

Do any of you suffer from this? If so, what medication do you use? I've been prescribed Dovonex cream, but it doesn't seem to be helping.

[Quizmonster]

Psoriasis is - officially - "incurable". However, despite having been prescribed Dovonex, UV light treatment and every steroid cream known to man, mine only improved - indeed, disappeared for years - when I started using Alphosyll. You can buy it over the counter at pharmacies. Give it a go at least. (I have to say that my version of the disease just affected certain of my fingertips.) Good luck!

[Miss Zippy]

Is Dovonex a steriod? Just asking as I occasionally suffer with dermatitis in my right ear canal (bizarre place to get dermatitis especially as I don't get it anywhere else.)  I'm prescribed a steriod ear drop called Locorten Vioform.  It's fantastic stuff and clears up a bout within one or two days. Like psoriasis, the dermatitis can't be cured as such but I've learned what triggers it off  (e.g. swimming in the sea and poking a cotton wool bud in my ear) so I'm usually able to avoid it flaring up.

[Quizmonster]

Dovonex is not, I understand, a steroid, but basically a form of Vitamin D. (Do a Google search to find actual details.) However, Dermovate and similar products - also frequently prescribed for psoriasis - are. These are the ointments I was referring to in my earlier response. Alphosyll knocked the lot of them into a male-birded hat for effectiveness! (I say 'male-birded', as the system does not allow one to use the word that means 'male bird'!)

[papia]

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