After initially balking at topical steroids, I started using topical coal tar.. MG217 extra strength I know I know people say it stinks.. but call me crazy, I got to the point where I liked the smell of it. Let’s say, I certainly preferred it to Psorion, lol, which smells like a 1970s MeeMaw.. lol. Hard to believe men use that. But in the end it appears our brain can accept and learn to love the smell of whatever is helping us.

Coal Tar ointments are undoubtedly historically the longest used Pso topical treatment and likely wouldn’t still be sold if they were ineffective. Although it wasn’t fast ( took almost 2 months to get going if I remember) it did clear up a large amount of my skin. That was when I was changing how I ate, then I found Vtama. I’ve shared all of this in my profile Story, hoping it helps others. I know Coal Tar isn’t available in Canada.. there are other brands now too, Cosalic has coal tar and salicylic acid.. but above all, my aim was to avoid topical steroids ;)

Epiderm is the best one I've tried, just a really thick, white cream. It is the one the hospital told me to use when the topical steroid creams stopped working. I'm on biologics now but I still use Episderm each day to stop the silver scales