Young adult
Mike
This Psoriasis Awareness Week, Mike shares how psoriasis affected his confidence. With support from his girlfriend, he is learning to embrace his skin, wearing shorts in public for the first time and raising awareness to help others feel less alone.
Chamudi
This Psoriasis Awareness Week, 23-year-old Chamudi shares her experience of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis since childhood. Now a fourth-year medical student, she hopes to become a dermatologist and use her experience to help others.
Chloe F
Chloe was 16 when psoriasis returned and began affecting her life, later leading to a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis. Now, at 18, she is rebuilding her confidence, celebrating small victories and learning to see Chloe in the mirror again.
Ryan
After a sudden onset of severe pain changed the course of Ryan’s life and led to a diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis, he spent years struggling. Now, he is determined to rebuild his life and show that an invisible illness doesn’t mean an invisible life.
Josh
Josh developed psoriasis at 18 following a severe throat infection. In his story, he reflects on the impact it had on his confidence and why he’s taking on eight races in nine months to raise awareness of psoriasis and support Psoriasis UK.