One woman's story
"I became aware of psoriasis only after visiting my
doctor who diagnosed the unsightly flaking skin on my elbows as indeed
being psoriasis around about 9 years ago.
Up until this time I had blithely travelled through life
with hardly a second thought about health. It was always someone else that
one heard of that was suffering from some sort of ailment. Although I had
noticed I was getting more than my fair share of colds and flu's and my
joints were starting to ache, I just put that down to my stressful job and
the long hours I was working.
The doctor gave me a steroid cream which seemed to work
wonderfully on the psoriasis patches on my elbows and it cleared up within
a month. However after stopping the treatment it gradually came back again
and I would have to start with the steroid cream again. After a couple of
years of this, the problem started to spread and I had patches appearing
on my legs and elsewhere. I was starting to become embarrassed about how I
looked and sought more medical advice. I was given a prescription which involved bathing in a
coal tar solution. I was horrified when I keyed "coal tar" into the google
search engine and found that this product was implicated with cancer and
indeed was a proven carcinogen. I think I used it once and threw the rest
of the unused product in the rubbish. My work as a bar manager exposed me
to enough carcinogens from smokers without deliberately putting them on my
body.
I now had psoriasis on my scalp and was becoming very
concerned about it continuing to spread. A special shampoo I was using
prescribed by the doctor and very expensive was not helping and the
problem was worsening.
I had read about people who had visited the Dead Sea and
after several weeks of bathing in the sea and having mudpacks applied to
them they would return home and be free of psoriasis for years it seemed.
However everything I read seemed to indicate it would come back again and
another treatment would be needed. Well unfortunately I was not in a
financial position to travel to the Dead Sea for treatment every year or
two so I continued to try and find what was actually causing the condition
in the first place.
I couldn't get over how many people out there are just
waiting to rip you off selling all sorts of miracle cures and treatments
with so called guaranteed results. After months of painstaking research I
started to realise that chemicals may be implicated along with mineral
deficiencies in the body.
It seemed logical to me that if the Dead Sea treatment
was so effective then just maybe it was the absorption of minerals through
the skin that was actually giving the relief rather than any other factor.
I also read that the Dead Sea is the most heavily mineralised body of
water in the world. I also became aware around this time of how a lot of
the land being farmed for our vegetable crops is becoming demineralised
and is lacking in many of the essential trace elements. The pieces of the
puzzle were slowly fitting together for me but there had to be something
else too. There was definitely more to this than just a nutritional cause
in my opinion.
It was then I had a CD come through the post "Called
House of Horrors" and being curious I played it thinking it was some sort
of gimmick. I listened in complete bewilderment as I heard the narrator
speak about toxic chemicals in toiletries and how they are implicated in
all sorts of health problems and metabolic diseases such as cancer.
Although she didn't mention psoriasis I could see there was probably a
link to all auto-immune dysfunction diseases and exposure to chemicals.
The first product I checked for toxic chemicals was the
expensive shampoo prescribed for me by the doctor and there in pride of
place was sodium lauryl sulphate
the exact toxic chemical mentioned on the CD as being a known irritant and
potentially dangerous chemical... especially for people who are chemically
sensitised. I was horrified to see it was the major ingredient in the
prescription shampoo! I stopped using it immediately and threw it
away because it hadn't helped my condition at all! In fact the problem had
continued to get steadily worse.
After reading through an e-book on natural health all
the pieces of the puzzle suddenly became completely clear to me. It was
now obvious to me the 'Dead Sea Treatment' worked because it
re-mineralised the body and replaced lacking elements in the diet. Surely
if I could find some sort of broad spectrum bio-available mineral/antioxidant formula
combined with phytonutrients it would be a good start.
My next task was to source safe non-toxic products that
would not contribute to any allergic reaction and make the psoriasis
worse. This took a lot of effort before I found suitable products. At
first I thought they were expensive but I use so little and the results
have been amazing. I also found that the same company that supplied the
low allergen products also supplied a wonderful trace element formula and
phytonutrient ant-oxidant combination.
The first thing I noticed within a week was a huge
increase in my energy levels but no noticeable difference in the
psoriasis. Although I had been warned not to expect any noticeable
improvement with the psoriasis for at least 2 months.
My friend's friend who had recommended the direct sales
company's products to me knew someone who also had psoriasis and was at
that stage gradually improving after 3 months. I guess if it takes a
lifetime for your body to break down and stop coping then a few months for
it to start coming right is nothing. So I was prepared to be patient and
follow the advice I was being given and stick to it for at least 12
months. After all none of the medical treatments had slowed up the
progression of the psoriasis over the preceding 8 years so I had nothing
to lose.
If the way I felt was any indication of how much good
the formula was doing for me then I would have continued to take it for
the increased energy levels indefinitely anyway!
I also started rubbing pure aloe vera juice direct from
the split leaf of a growing plant another friend kindly gave me, direct
onto the psoriasis on my scalp and elbows. It was very soothing and to my
overwhelming joy I could start to see significant improvement after just
two months. It was like being born again and having a new start on life
without being blighted.
It was around this time I took a short break away for a
week at a holiday resort in the Mediterranean and like an idiot I forgot
to take the mineral formula and the non-toxic shampoo. Although I was
worried, I thought a week would not set me back that much and when I
looked at the small bottle of shampoo supplied in the hotel room there
were no ingredients listed on it. I tried to tell myself perhaps it didn't
have SLS in it. I used it twice! I should have known better. The psoriasis
which had been responding so well on my scalp suddenly returned with an
angry red colour and became itchy and sore.
Well if I wasn't convinced about the role that
toxic
chemicals were playing in my psoriasis before... I was now. I couldn't
wait to get home and use my safe shampoo again.
That was about 12 months ago now and I have
continued to take my mineral formula and ant-oxidants with religious
fervour. I had to ease up on the aloe vera for a while as it ran out of
leaves until I was able to propagate some more young plants. I avoid
contact with any skin cream or shampoo that contains propylene glycol, SLS
and synthetic chemicals any kind and never use unnatural soap soap or product that has sodium hydroxide in it and that
includes toothpaste!
The results are just so heartening for me. My scalp is
clear of psoriasis and so are my legs with just one persistent area left
on my right elbow which is getting smaller and fainter every month!
Thank you so much for all you help and advice!
Pam K. Midlands UK
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