I have been battling psoriasis since I was 4 years old. It comes and it goes. It is a genetic immune system disease that is incurable. I have tried everything over the course of my life, from topical sterioid creams to PUVA light treatments- and, yes, I have tried Vitamin D and it does not do anything for me. I have laid in tanning beds, had corisone shots in the hip, and soaked in Dead Sea salt baths. Psoriasis is a very strange disease- some treatments work for some people and not others. Right now I have a severe flare up of both guttate psoriasis and the usual plaque psoriasis that I am used to dealing with- all in all, it covers about 85% of my body right now, including my scalp. On Monday of this week, (5/17/10) I began ingesting the oil. I made a very high grade oil (made from the best of the best). There are two reasons I think ingesting the oil will work. One, psoriasis is a case of skin cells that go crazy and develop too fast, die and sluff off- kind of like a crazy, mutating cancer cell. Two, and the most convincing, is that my dermatologist wanted me to start taking the new biologic treatments like enbril or humera. These are both systemic drugs that treat RA as well as psoriasis. But here's the kicker: those drugs work on both psoriasis and RA because they block TNF, or Tumor Necrosis Factor. Don't ask me what this is, I just know that it is why these drugs are successful. Well, cannibinoids just so happen to be natural TNF blockers. I will keep you all posted on whether this works for me or not. I will tell you that after only three days and four small doses, my psoriasis looks like it is fading for sure. I am, as my handle states, cautiously hopeful!
