Hi Teri, My condition is pretty decent now so I am not using any medications. I checked with my physician for you and per him, oral Vitamin D will help reduce the skin conditions. But you need to take it with moderation. My physician never says something will help unless he surely is confident about the treatment.
So, I would concur with you that Vitamin D would help but under the guidance of your physician.
Have a blessed day dear !!!

Thank you!
I'm taking 3000 mg / day right now. Been almost a week and nothing's changed. Having this really sux the big rock.

A week? A whole week? Just kidding. If you are going to see any results, it will probably take several weeks...maybe months.

I did read on another web site that d3 is not effective unless you take k2 also. I am currently taking 5,000 d3 and 100 mcg of k2. My psoriasis is getting much better, but I am also using a steroid cream and calcipotriene. So, I really can't say which is working.

You can get k2 from amazon or any nutrition shop. I could not find it in pharmacies. It is cheap, except at GNC. They must think theirs is better.

You can read more about the k2 connection at Inspire.com. Another support group.

Good luck,

Duck

Thanks DryDuck.
HA!

I've never had any health issues until I hit my late 50's. I'd had this skin issue all summer. Pretty tired of the pain and embarrassment. But! I'm still motivated to try anything and everything. I've ordered about 3 months worth of K2 from Amazon today and will supplement it with the D3. I had read the two need to go together, so I appreciate the reminder.

I've started another round of probiotics, with plans on taking L-Lysine and Biotin for about 6 months. This is my internal program and I'm hoping it helps with the creams and soaps I'm using.

Will keep this page posted as to how it all works.

PS: I just found 'inspire' this week. Thanks

I have not been officially diagnosed yet, but I know I have it and in my research I have read that applying D3 topically helps. My career was a Pharmacy Technician so I am thinking about crushing a weeks supply (seven tabs) and adding them to the stuff I have already been putting on my outbreak (coconut oil (make sure to warm it first), a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and olive oil, which I have not added to the concoction yet but need to, as the coconut oil dries fast and does not give enough moisture. I have not gone to the pharmacy or the Dr yet; just hoping that my homeopathic remedy will work. I have also been doing a sea salt and epson salt and oatmeal bath after washing area and rinsing with coal tar soap (carbollic, not the real deal, but what I have on hand). Apple cider vinegar locally on the wound as well as internally three times a day in cold or warm water, with two to three cloves of garlic and lots of ginger. From what I have already learned, it is equally important to treat from the inside as well as the outside.