Reddit reviews An Atlas of Psoriasis, Second Edition (Encyclopedia of Visual Medicine Series)
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Sorry, but while I genuinely appreciate that it worked for you, I advise people to please do not buy this book and please stop advertising it in this sub. It's pseudoscientific nonsense from beginning to end.
The author, John Pagano, was not a doctor, and certainly not a dermatologist. Very little of the science attempted in the book is real. For example, Pagano claims psoriasis is caused by a "leaky gut" (not a real thing) and toxins (not a real thing either in the sense he's talking about it) migrating from the gut to the skin; all of these ideas have long been debunked, and this sub should not encourage bullshit, magical thinking like this.
The mechanisms behind psoriasis are much better understood than Pagano claims, and the causes are not what he thinks they are. He thinks the spine is involved, and devotes an entire chapter on it. Why? Because he's a chiropractic. Psoriasis is an autoimmune disease. It's not related to the spine.
The diet suggestions in the book are not new or specific to the book, and are arguably the only sensible area he touches on. Psoriasis sufferers are better reading other, more thorough sources, such as the autoimmune protocol.
The other remedies mentioned in the book are a waste of money and time. Steroids, coal tar, vitamin D, UVB phototherapy, weight reduction, exercise, meditation, abstaining from alcohol and cigarettes — these are remedies that are known, scientifically, to work. Not correcting your damn spine.
If you want a great book on psoriasis, get An Atlas of Psoriasis by Professor Lionel Fry, a dermatologist. You can get used copies for as little as $18.