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Tue 01 Jan 2011Getting under your skin
A lack of knowledge about the condition means many people with psoriasis suffer unneccessarily, writes MICHELLE McDONAGH
OVER THE years, Denise McGowan has tried almost everything to cure her psoriasis from messy coal tar baths, pungent seaweed treatments and faith healers to all kinds of lotions and potions. Her parents even bought her a sunbed for her 18th birthday (in the days before the associated risks were fully understood) in an effort to clear her skin.
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