Melody, the Cetaphil will also help if he keeps using it even when the skin is clear of psoriasis. I use it more so at the beginning of summer (that's when mine is worse) and it hasn't come back for the past 2 years. I put it on twice a day. I really think it stops the skin from shedding too early. I'm glad it helped to dissolve the scales. That right there shows how it can help.

I think once the skin is clear he should keep using it because I'm sure it will prevent the scales from coming back, because that's exactly what it did for me.

Rosie:

This is exactly what happened earlier today. I was sleeping on the living room couch when I heard what sounded like someone shoveling snow. I sat up and said "who the hell shovels snow when it's not snowing?" Then I listened and realized it was coming from the bedroom. And the shoveling sound continued.

Alan walks into the living room, sits down at the computer and takes a credit card and immediately starts to (I don't know what the word is) but he was using the credit card to take the scales off AND THEY WERE COMING OFF like crazy. I said "What was that sound in the bedroom?" He said "Are you kidding, I'm shedding like a (put your own word here). I said WHAT??

He said "This cetaphil stuff is the best, but so much of my skin came off I had to use the Carpet Sweeper or you would have killed me". I said "that much came off?" I then went to empty the carpet sweeper in the trash. Yes THAT MUCH came off.

I then looked at what he was doing. He was doing his legs (he did his arms in the bedroom). I have NEVER seen such a clean up as this credit card as it just took all the white scales off. It all went on my carpet and then I got the carpet sweeper and took it all over. Thank god for carpet sweepers and vacuums.

And the look of one of the BIGGEST LESIONS on his thigh was absolutely amazing. It was, how can I put this, as if two layers of skin was taken off. It was getting much smoother.

So whatever is in cetaphil, well, believe me, Alan is a believer. I shall now tell him to use this twice a day.

Will update AND THANKS SO MUCH.

Melody

You are sooooo very welcome Melody. Tell Alan I am so happy for him. Wishing you both a very happy and healthy 2015.

Some people have really bad reactions to the sodium lauryl sulfate (sodium lauryl ether sulfate (SLES) ) in some Cetaphil products.

It may not be in cream because cream doesn't need to foam and bubble, but I know it's in the wash because I have some in the bathroom. I'm no dermatologist, but I wouldn't use that all the time.

There is a site warning of two ingredients in the cream that
may pose problems for some people.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/22...urizing-cream/

This link is from LiveStrong... and I don't like them very much, but I would think other sites may have similar comments.

Another:
http://www.ehow.com/about_6659170_da...ing-cream.html

The problems I see are applying to large areas of the body.
If this product works and continues to work after a while, it might be prudent to do one arm at a time, stop when things look okay and move onto the other arm.

I don't think there are many things that are really safe to apply all over the body all the time these days.

Thank you all for your replies.

Mrs. D. This man looks like a reptile (his words, not mine). This is the first shot he has had (since the laser that used to work and it cleared it all up) but then it came back HORRIBLE.

Nothing worked. Not cocoa butter, not shea butter, not this toe juice stuff, nothing. I could not believe it.

But I will tell him to be careful about using it on his whole body. But Mrs. D. That's where the psoriasis is. ON HIS WHOLE BODY.

His arms, his legs, his buttocks, his calves, his hands. On the top of his head, behind his ears. ALL OVER

I think if this clears up this will change this man's life forever.

Let's hope that there are no side effects and he at least can wear a short sleeve shirt in front of people.

Love ya, Melody
P.S. He's allergic to sulfites and celebrex (which landed him in the hospital). Also he's allergic to bird urine. I have no idea but he once had a wrist band on in the hospital that indicated this. I gather that this is urea right?

When I say he uses the cetaphil as a wash, I had found a Cetaphil bar of soap (in the original package) and he just started using this in the shower. I don't have the packaging any more. But it was a bar of soap. Is this different from the body wash they also offer?

Thanks much

Melody

That I don't know, Mel. Another thing is that some of our ingredients here are different from ingredients where you live. I think most of our soaps and cleansers on the shelves have triclosan in them as well.

That said, if I was Alan and it was helping my skin better than anything else then I'd use it for now too.

It would be a shocking condition to have to deal with and I'm hoping that he can get some relief for a long time.

I think another member mentioned it but I have a friend with this condition and the only thing she ever found that gave her relief was swimming in the ocean. That said, it's a pretty warm ocean here where I live, and it'd be impossible for Alan to do that in the middle of winter up and over where you are.

take care there.

EDITED to add. Just looked at the link Marlene posted. Thanks.

The info on the cleansing bar indicates it's not a Soap. I take it that means it wouldn't have foaming agents in it.
I'll have a good look later when I get time, because we use this brand of product and my daughter has some skin problems so I don't want to keep buying something that might not be good for her skin.

You can look up all their products here. I can understand using it to get things under control and then maybe play around with it to see what kind of maintenance protocol works. I cannot imagine what he's been having to deal with for such a long time now. Good luck.


http://www.cetaphil.com/body-cleansers

to all

thanks very much. will check it out.

melody