How Managing Stress May Help Your Psoriasis

Meditation

In a 1998 study at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, psoriasis patients who listened to stress-reducing meditation tapes during phototherapy had their lesions clear up more quickly than patients who didn’t.

There are lots of resources to help you get started, says Leyden, who recommends meditating for 15 to 20 minutes every day. You can find classes at Buddhist centers and some YMCAs and yoga studios; you can also look for audiotapes and DVDs, and even listen to guided meditations online.

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