Girl - I have psoriasis too! I had it really bad though when I was in high school, so much so I was told to go to the tanning salon (now I am a tanning addict LOL), but once I turned 18 I was put on biologics First Enbrel, then Raptiva (which worked great, but was pulled from the market because two people died from some sort of neurological disturbance - yikes), back to Enbrel, tried Methotrexate, but that doesn't work if you do/used to drink LOL - your liver better be in perfect condition to handle that stuff, then FINALLY Humira, which I haven't had a single flare in 2 years

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I used to have to be on long-term prednisone, it was 6 years of trial and error, remission and flares. As far as the expense, Humira has a patient assistance program that you qualify for if you are uninsured, underinsured, or just make under a certain amount (the cut off is like if you make under $50,000 you qualify, I asked them once because I have been doing the program for 2 years now), but since it is so expensive (like $1200 for 2 doses) you can qualify even if you aren't at poverty level. Your medication is free and you just have to get the necessary blood work (TB, Hepatitis, CBC) once a year, though my current derm wants me to do a CBC 3 times a year.
You must not have a really bad case of psoriasis, I hope you don't, because it is the worst! I also don't have the common plaque psoriasis, I have guttate psoriasis, which doctors think may be somehow linked to my reoccurring strep as a kid, the virus is still in my system (ewwww) and my body is producing weird inflammatory responses to it. Guttate sucks though, because there are lots of little spots, so you can't use a steroid cream unless you want to drench your whole body and be greasy for the next 4 hours.
Psoriasis is actually an autoimmune disorder, not a skin disease. Your T cells, which originate in your thymus release cytotoxic T-cells too often and that causes your skin to shed at an abnormally high rate, the resulting plaques are dead skin that can't slough off as fast as it is regenerating new epidermal cells. Gross, I know. But, when you have one autoimmune disorder, you have to be careful, because your risk of acquiring another greatly increases (there are over 500 autoimmune disorders).
Back to the OP and eczema - that's no fun either, but it sounds like you may also have alopecia, which is an autoimmune disorder, as well! Your hair falls out because once again your T-cells attack your hair follicles due to some misguided immune response and the lymphocyte buildup causes inflammation and subsequent hair loss. Steroid cream would help both eczema, psoriasis, and any inflammatory illness (which is pretty much every acute illness).
Olux foam is great for the scalp, you can use it for a week and see a lot of improvement. It's a bit pricey though, I don't think there is a generic out yet.
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