Types of Psoriasis Treatments Currently Available
If you’ve been to the family doctor or dermatologist about your psoriasis, they have probably prescribed an ointment or a cream to apply two or three times a day, to the affected area. These prescription drugs commonly contain steroids and may or may not clear your skin. They are usually used for a couple of weeks and then treatment is stopped. They do provide some cosmetic relief but as they target the symptom, rather than the cause of the problem, their long-term success rate is nil.
When stopping use of these products it is common for the psoriasis to return and often become worse. They may clear your psoriasis if you just have a small area such as the elbow or knee. If you have psoriasis all over your body, more drastic measures must be taken. Your doctor has a number of options available to treat psoriasis based on the severity of your case. Severity is based on % of skin affected by psoriasis, where 1% coverage is approximately the size of your palm. At my worst point I had 20% coverage 
Not fun, but I’m smiling now! It is important to understand that your doctor is going to “treat your symptoms”. He is not going to provide a cure as presently there is no known medical cure.
Most doctors are not interested in what is causing the problem; they are educated to prescribe drugs that “treat” a condition with the goal of making life bearable, while selling you a lot of expensive drugs that may cause more harm than good! For more serious cases with broader coverage light therapy will likely be recommended using either narrow band UVB or the PUVA treatment which combines the drug psoralen with UVA light treatment. For extreme psoriasis cases there are systemics, or the new biologic drugs like the heavily promoted Enbrel™.
The other option is to try a more “natural” approach that does not involve the use of drugs with risky side effects. The idea here is rather than treating the symptoms; you target the “cause” and basically make your body heal itself by doing certain things that generate the “normal” process of your skin growth. Like your car, you need to change the oil and get a tune-up to keep it in top running order. Sometimes your body needs the same.
With psoriasis, your immune system is not functioning properly and it is sending out the erroneous signals. The trick is to get your immune system to stop responding in that manner! The human body is amazing and amazingly complex. It does respond predictably with certain inputs and exposures. There is a method that I found a few years ago now that cleared 99 per cent of my psoriasis. To find out what the method is clear the books below.
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