#psoriasis on scalp

[aceofstars0]

[new-austin]

ADHD diagnosis acquired

[sbrown82]

Girrl, Beyoncé said she got scalp psoriasis...just like me. My lil dry headed ass feels so seen!

[creepychippy]

Shout-out to my fellow Peeps with Skin Conditions inside the Tickle Community- ✌️

[c00kietin]

just went to the doctor and turns out I have this:

psoriasis

[luminarai]

I always feel so ashamed when I have an appointment at the hair stylist when my scalp psoriasis is flaring up. Logically, I’m sure they’ve seen much worse and my stylist is always very kind about it (and of course I make sure to not go if it’s really bad or bleeding) but still. I always want to apologise for making them deal with it. 😔

[weirdbrainweirdbody]

Why I hate how dandruff is presented

You've all seen the jokes- old man with dandruff, shaking his head and a cloud of snow falls down, dandruff just being there for a laugh... It's never treated as anything serious, ever. It's just a joke! And just a joke about old men at that.

I'm 17 years old. I've had dandruff since I was at least 11. I've been made fun of all that time for the white flakes that are a constant on my head.

I just saw dandruff as a joke, too.

At most, it was just my scalp being a bit dry, so it needed a moisturising shampoo.

Yeah.... Turns out I have scalp psoriasis. I'm in near constant pain, which gets worse whenever I'm ill or stressed, because psoriasis is an autoimmune disease. My immune system is attacking my own skin. It's gotten to the point where shampoo doesn't help. I'm just in pain, always. I'll have a doctor's appointment where we can discuss options soon hopefully.

It's painful enough that I end up with scabbing all over my scalp from scratching. I pull my hands away and my nails are bloody from repeatedly picking and itching the scabs.

So no, not just a funny joke.

When I mentioned how painful it was to my friend, (only referring to it as dandruff rather than psoriasis) he said "I didn't realise dandruff could be painful!". In fact, several conditions that can cause dandruff have the fact that they're itchy or sore in their their symptoms list- eczema, dermatitis, and of course psoriasis.

And yet people just see dandruff as a joke. Even now, I feel anxious writing this- I feel like someone's gonna read this and think 'why are they getting so serious about dandruff? Lighten up!'

Sure, for some people it's not painful. Just flaky. But even then, they can experience the same social issues I did- I still remember a pair of kids seeing my large white skin flakes on my dark hair and exclaiming that I had nits (lice for Americans), and running away shouting at me. I hate that it's treated as a joke, or stigmatised, and seen as just an old man thing.

It's an actually serious issue for so many people. Why isn't it treated as such?

[anotherdayforchaosfay]

I'm making this poll because some folks think autoimmune disorders are rare. This is entirely untrue. To prove the point, please reblog and answer this poll. No need to include tags. I want more people here aware they are not, in fact, alone.

Fun fact: having one can result in later developing more.

[newhologram]

New fav. I’d been making my own ACV rice water/clarifying oils for years with good results but still had to scrape painful psoriasis off 3-4x a week. Now I barely have build up and my hair is crazy soft. I’ve needed shampoo only a few times since starting this rinse 3 weeks ago.

[shredsandpatches]

Every once in a while I'll be drinking a pop at work and then I'll remember that part of the advice my mother gave me before my job interview was "never, ever drink pop or anything but water in front of your co-workers." Which was really stupid advice that I did not follow, but also a great reminder that my mother really is disgusted by pretty much everything I do, which is always phrased in the form of "well, of course it doesn't bother me, but other people are judging you!" Just a fun thing to think about during lunch.

[creepychippy]

One of the ironic Things Life has done to me is to both give me a Skin Condition and a Hyperfixation towards tickling-

[doctorwormcore]

not me being like 2 days after my period.......and immediately having two hs boils show up on my tit. bOOOOOO

[autisticmiqote]

Took a good look at my scalp MAN that thing is fucked up

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Not to brag but I'm super hot and my hair is green now

[samuel-de-champagne-problems]

my hair is not hairing properly today and i want to go hide in my bedroom