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My life has been blighted by psoriasis since that first scalp patch at 15. Fifty years on, it’s still there, flaring, itching, never gone. Psoriatic arthritis hit at 20, but doctors dismissed it for a decade: “You’re too young for arthritis.” I stopped explaining, hid my skin, and just got on with it.
Now nearing retirement, my skin’s as bad as ever. I treat flares to clear it temporarily, but it always returns. The arthritis? Same old pain and stiffness. Now they say, “What do you expect? Everybody has arthritis at your age.”
I’ve wondered what life without psoriasis might’ve been, but that times passed. I’ll face old age’s other blows, with psoriasis likely taking a back seat.
Submitted on 26th Jan 2026 by a 65-year-old male from Scotland.