RED ITCHY SKIN

DIRECTIONS: If the skin is thick and scaly, first apply rubbing alcohol and massage Psoria-Gold® into the wet alcohol. This ensures better absorption. Make sure Psoria-Gold® is massaged thoroughly underneath the thick scales. Treat small areas at any one time in order to ensure that the alcohol is still wet before applying Psoria-Gold®. However, if the alcohol dries out the skin too much, you may skip this step, and apply Psoria-Gold® directly to the skin. 

Since curcumin gel should be used as adjunctive therapy in red, scaly skin, continue your steroid preparations and additional therapy prescribed by your doctor during the day. Since creams/ointments prevent Psoria-Gold® from being absorbed, you should first wash off any creams and ointments before use. Continue using your usual creams/ointments during the day and Psoria-Gold® in the evenings until it is completely resolved. 

Psoria-Gold® does not replace your regular treatment. 
 

To maximize sterility, use a cotton swab to transfer gel onto a clean surface. USE A FRESH COTTON SWAB TIP, AND DO NOT REDIP PREVIOUSLY USED SWAB INTO THE JAR TO AVOID TRANSFERRING BACTERIA FROM THE SKIN TO THE JAR. For the hands, reapply ointments after hand washing if skin is too dry. 
 

You must identify and remove the injury factors that aggravate your red, scaly skin. You should SEE YOUR DOCTOR for this. Aggravating factors include, but are limited to: (1) Bacterial superinfection (Staphylococcus aureus) if skin is red and itchy; (2) Streptococcus infection- ears, throat, groin, perianal; (3) Pityosporum ovale in scalp; (4) Contact allergies - elastic, leather, black dyes, neoprene glues (shoes), nickel; (5) lactose intolerance; (6) zinc deficiency.

CAUTION: Avoid contact with eyes and mucous membranes.For external and cosmetic use only. Keep away from open flame. Not for use on open wounds. Replace cap to avoid drying of gel. Keep out of reach from children.

"Phosphorylase kinase (ph-K) is a unique enzyme released within 5 minutes following skin injury, and serves as a catalyst for the processes that result in the subsequent activation of over 200 genes responsible for inflammation, cell damage and scarring. In the case of Psoriasis, due to a genetic inability to "switch off" phosphorylase kinase activity, the psoriatic patient continues to exhibit continual cell proliferation which results in symptoms such as flaking, plaque development, lesions which do not heal, and a compromised skin barrier.

The usual treatment of immunosuppressants and/or steroids (both oral and topical) does not suppress phosphorylase kinase by itself, and does not kill off the Ki-67+ epidermal cells that cause the skin to grow rapidly, as in the case of psoriasis. The disease often recurs when treatment is stopped. In addition, there may be unwanted side effects. In this website, we detail my standard regimen of treatment as an alternative without the use of immunosuppressants. 

My patients usually are 65-70% improved in 4 weeks, 85% improved in 8 weeks, 95% in 3 months, and almost totally clear in 4-6 months. The palms and soles take longer because they have 200 layers of stratum corneum instead of 10 layers of stratum corneum to replace. It takes 60 days to replace the first layer of stratum corneum. 

As long as the precipitating factors are treated and removed, it is my experience that if patients use the protocol in this website correctly, and are treated until the Ki-67+ cells are normalized, the disease does not recur after the treatment is tapered off. 

These are my suggested methods of treatment based on over 35 years of research and practice. See your doctor before applying any psoriasis treatment methods. Please let me know if I may be of further help."

For questions about my regimen, please view PsoriaInfo.com: 

-Madalene C.Y. Heng MD, FRACP, FACD, FAAD

Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dermatology

David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA