I know the frustration of not getting clear-cut answers to most of the psoriasis-related questions I have.  Doctors and other medical people just can’t seem to agree on many psoriasis issues.  I’ll be touching on the (possible?) connection between psoriasis and age today.  Every single case of psoriasis is different.  Some people will have highly visible psoriasis patches on their skin, others will have nearly clear skin their whole life.  Some people will have psoriasis that gets better through the years, some people will notice that their psoriasis is getting worse the older they get.  What I am saying is that psoriasis is unpredictable.  You can’t predict how your psoriasis is going to be five years from now.

I have talked to many people about this subject in the past four years.  For me personally, my psoriasis went from light to moderate, then back to reasonably light, and that’s where it has stayed for the past few years.  The majority of the people I have talked with seem to think their psoriasis has gotten mildly worse as they age.  Sometimes, you will see that your psoriasis has spread to a new area of your body that you have never had it before.  Occasionally, it will go away just as quickly as it came.  But sometimes, it will remain for months and months and nothing you will do will have any effect on it.  I was browsing a psoriasis forum online and saw a poll asking “Has your psoriasis got worse over time?”, and 16 of the 26 participants voted “Yes”.  Not one voter straight-up voted for “No”.  Of course, this is such a small sample size, so who really knows what the results would be if 2000 people had voted.  It is also tricky because many of the people whose psoriasis has gotten better might not be online on a psoriasis forum.  So, does psoriasis get worse with age?  My answer: Maybe.  It definitely could.  But yours could better also!

So I guess you can see there are no “rules” when it comes to psoriasis.  Always strive to maintain the healthiest lifestyle you can.  It helps to keep goals written down.  For example, I currently drink way too much soda and eat fast food about three (or more) times a week.  My written goals for the coming year are to have no more than 12 ounces of soda a day and no more than 2 fast food meals a week.  Just doing little things like this will really pay off in the long run for not only your psoriasis, but your overall health.  You should not be resigned to thinking that your health has to worsen as you get older.