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Yes we agree.
My psoriasis has gone from looking like my joints/hands were covered in dried stucco to being baby smooth.
If I eat wheat (barley flour seems to be the worst for me actually) the psoriasis will return almost immediately.
I saw my Dermatologist who delightfully concluded the IR treatments were working. I had to break her heart and tell her its was the gluten all along. She was crestfallen and sputtered some crappy self-soothing remark like "oh I guess everyone's different". My non-verbalized thought was "you call yourself a dermatologist and you're apparently unaware that diet can influence autoimmune disorders".
As much as I have spent way too much of my life becoming educated in this area, I'm not actually sure everybody has a definable trigger. After all, it is an autoimmune disorder. I guess I just found out that I'm one of the lucky ones that has figured out what provokes mine.
For anybody that has suffered, also be aware that a universal trigger for psoriasis sufferers is anything with blue/purple dye. They are safe for external use, but psoriasis is broken skin which makes it introduce directly into the bloodstream, and the number one side effect of those dyes is eczema, psoriasis, and dry skin.
E: I have come to believe without evidence to back it up that dyes are actually a major contributor to the general belief that lip balms are "addictive".
Actual doctors do continuing medical education all the time.
https://edhub.ama-assn.org/pages/keep-current