For many reasons I love December. I love the Winter season. Unfortunately, my face does not love the dry weather.
You see, I have psoriasis on my scalp and face. It can be frustrating and painful at times, especially if I don’t keep it moisturized (well my face anyway). The problem is, there are not many moisturizers out there that don’t make my face hurt even more.
A few years ago, I finally had found a facewash that didn’t hurt my face and I was able to make a difference with my breakouts. Though, it didn’t do much for the psoriasis, it didn’t irritate it either. To me that was a win. It is the Simple Face Wash
To help my psoriasis, I normally would cake on a ton of aquafor at bed time. It would take 2 or 3 nights of doing that to ease the flare up. However, I didn’t really like going out in public with it all over my face. It didn’t do any good for my already low self esteem. I thought there had to be something better, so I started trying different facial moisturizers. At the time, the Simple brand didn’t have any that I could find. For about 6 months I used several different moisturizers, but they all did more harm than good. I really thought I was doomed to deal with it forever.
Then one day we were roaming the aisles of Target and there it was! Simple finally had a facial moisturizer. I didn’t hesitate to buy it. As soon as we got home I put it on and I instantly felt relief from the psoriatic burn. I began using it every single day and eventually you couldn’t really tell that I had psoriasis at all.
Flash forward to this year. Target stopped carrying the lotion! I was so angry! They had a couple different Simple products that I decided to try, but none of them did the same amount of good as the lotion did. So, what is a person to do? Check Amazon of course!
Luckily Amazon does carry the Simple brand products. I ordered it and 2 days later there it was (yay Prime). A couple of weeks ago I ran out of my lotion. I knew I should have ordered more right away, but I kept putting it off. I am slapping myself for doing that because now my face is worse than it has been for a long time. The girls I work with, who weren’t aware I had psoriasis, have been asking me all week if I am okay and what is going on with my face. I explain to them that I have psoriasis and ran out of my lotion. I wound up finally remembering to order my lotion and it should be here tomorrow.
In the meantime, I have been trying to be more gentle with my face by not using make up, which I honestly don’t use much of anymore anyway. I have gotten accustomed to using just mascara and lipstick. Not using foundation is better on my face, plus when I have a flare up using foundation just makes the appearance of psoriasis much worse. During the Winter months, I tend to use my moisturizer multiple times a day. Keeping it hydrated keeps it happy.
I have yet to meet anyone that has psoriasis on the scalp and face like I do. Though I know there are plenty of us out there, maybe even living in silence. I choose not to because even though my skin is frustrating it is a part of who I am. Not only that, but what good does living in silence do? If more people know about it, the more options we can find to help conquer it.
Until tomorrow,
Jenn
Reclaiming My Sanity 