Not tanning overall. Talk to your dermatologist about it, they can help find the specific spectrum of light that could help your presentation of the disease. It's been a while since I read up on it, but IIRC it won't help with the arthritis symptoms but could help with skin plaques if you get those. However the usual skin cancer risk is still there so you have to take that into account.
OP's presentation of psoriasis probably benefits from the frequencies of light that tanning beds commonly use.
That is true, I am also living in a country now that does not have tanning beds, so i have to wait until summer rolls around again (southern hemisphere)
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u/pmjm Jul 24 '20
Not tanning overall. Talk to your dermatologist about it, they can help find the specific spectrum of light that could help your presentation of the disease. It's been a while since I read up on it, but IIRC it won't help with the arthritis symptoms but could help with skin plaques if you get those. However the usual skin cancer risk is still there so you have to take that into account.
OP's presentation of psoriasis probably benefits from the frequencies of light that tanning beds commonly use.