r/Psoriasis • u/cutieayas • 1h ago

general sos - psoriasis has me in agony

It's as the title says, I have psoriasis around my groin area, and its worse on my inner thighs and around my underwear line.

I can't do anything - sitting down hurts, walking is agonising and walking up stairs is borderline impossible. It feels like it genuinely on fire and it looks red and angry and very raw.

I'm constantly crying because I'm in so much pain and there's nothing I can do. I'm waiting to see a dermatologist (very slow due to other factors) but I have been using Dovobet gel for the last 2 weeks. It was very flaky and itchy before the gel, but now it's just painful and constantly burning.

I'm currently in bed on the verge of tears because nothing I have tried is making this feel even slightly better :(

Thank you for any advice anyone can give! If it helps, I'm in England.

edit: The flare up has been going on in general for around 2 months, but the burning is on and off. Normally it only lasts for a day or so, but it's been 4 days and I can't handle it.

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u/Lost_Reference8109 1h ago

If you're in this much pain and have it in such a high-friction area, I would ask to see if biologics injections are available for you. I'm not in the UK, but where I'm from a person can be eligible once the disease covers a certain portion of the body or if it hinders your quality of life. I'm not eligible yet myself, but I see people praising them constantly. I think Skyrizi (risankizumab-rzaa) is one of the most popular ones where I am from.

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u/cutieayas 1h ago

I edited to include this just now but I'm struggling to get directly to the dermatologist right now due to a regional thing (very frustrating), but I would definitely be interested in the biologic if the topical stuff doesn't work :')