MG217 Multi Symptom Relief 2% Coal Tar Medicated Psoriasis Ointment oz Jar, 4 Oz

It's rare I bother leaving a review, but I feel that it's important that I do. Within the past year, I developed psoriasis. And I tried so many creams, balms, lotions, supplements to no avail. So much money wasted with little to no results. Even when I did get some results, I'd flare up. And sometimes new spots came up with the flare up. But then I saw a mention on another review about this item. I was hesitant but at that point what did I have to lose. The only real downfall of this item is the smell. It smells exactly like it sounds. I really only apply it at home because of the smell. But in reality, I suppose you get used to it. By far though, this product has done wonders in the past 3 weeks. I am down to my initial spot which is the back of my neck now. All other spots have healed. No redness. No scaling. Just a bit of discoloration where the spots were, which I will take dealing with it for the past months. I used to wake up every morning with dead skin flakes all over my bed. Now my sheets are clear. The back of my neck is healing, but on a slower scale. But the redness is gone, just the discoloration. The skin does get dry and sometimes itchy, but that's after my day is done, which is a drastic improvement of having to apply cream or lotion every hour or two. Plus, the stuff is a great value. I apply it 1-2 times a day depending, and I still have 2/3 of the container left. I'm hoping people read this and use this. My psoriasis really made me self conscious. Now that I'm really healing, I feel like my old self again.

Anyone reading this: I've had plaque psoriasis since I was 10, and it's been getting progressively worse to the point where it was covering (dermatologist estimate) 25% of my body. I had been on biologic medicine earlier in life, but they caused chronic sinus infections. I'd used topical steroid medications (every one of the month) for years, before I gave up in that department, because they would help briefly, and then stop working. During a major flareup two months ago, I was at the sauna/hot tub trying to get some relief, and the gym manager had to ask me to only return when I had a doctor's note, because the other members thought I had an infectious disease. Needless to say, that one hurt. Combined with the pain of sitting on tons of cracking skin while trying to take care of a newborn, I decided to do a deep dive for any other possible solutions.In the past, the only time the psoriasis cleared partially was during the summer with regular sunlight. But in the NYC winter, it wasn't going to happen, so I read that tanning beds could offer some relief, but the UVA rays don't helps as much as actual sunlight... Except when paired with coal tar. Well, just then the Corona quarantine hit, so no-go on the tanning bed, but I'd just received the coal tar in the mail, so I decided to give it a try, solo.I used it 2x day after showering and within 5 days (the other review was very accurate on that), all of the plaque was gone, and the red spots remained, though considerably lighter. Within 1.5 weeks, almost every cracked, scaley spot has been reduced to a white spot with some minor red spots remaining. And, as a pleasant side-effect, the psoriasis in my armpits (which I avoided applying the coal tar to because the thin was so thin) has also cleared considerably--perhaps because the inflammation cycle elsewhere got interrupted.As is the way with psoriasis medication, I've been waiting for it to flare up again, while I keep putting it on once/day. But 1.5 months into it, it's still looking incredible. I've seen my elbows for the first time in my adult life. Absolutely miraculous.All I can figure for why this isn't more popular is that there isn't money in it for the pharmaceutical companies, and because it smells a bit like a car repair shop. But honestly, could you get over the smell (which isn't really all that bad) if it made it so you could bend your joints without feeling your skin crack open? Just put it on at night, and you're good to go. No pain, visually much, much better. I'm floored. I couldn't recommend this highly enough. And at $7.50, what do you have to lose?Who knows if it works this well for everyone, but for someone who's tried everything until this, I'm extremely grateful.

This stuff comes in a small jar and the cream itself is a sort've light yellow-ish gel or cream that stinks a bit. The odor isn't terribly strong, so you won't clear a room, but has a distinct chemical smell to it.Goes on thin and looks like vaseline when its rubbed on.Takes at least a few days for it to start to work but it will get the skin on your hands healing after a while. Doesn't seem to be that great at stopping flare ups or swelling though. At least not on my skin.But everyone's skill reacts a little different to this stuff. Personally I use CeraVe Psoriasis cream to deal with swelling or flare ups and then rub this stuff on to get the skin healing.I've tried lots of other creams and this is the 1st one to do a decent job on actually healing the skin instead of just making the swelling and redness go down.

Before this, I had exclusively used Gold Bond's Psoriasis Lotion. I was using Gold Bond 1-2 times a day for almost 3 years and it helped, but it didn't do any long-term healing. Each morning I'd wake up and my psoriasis was just as bad as the previous morning, and it'd stay bad until I put the Gold Bond on it.I switched to the MG217, just to try something new, about a month ago and it is frankly amazing. I use it 1-4 times a day, depending on severity of the flakes. The difference is I see things HEALING. Where I used to wake up every morning with terrible psoriasis in and around my ears and at the base of my scalp, now it is mostly only redness and a little bit of flaking and even that is healing. I don't flake nearly as much as I used to. I will honestly never go back to Gold Bond. The MG217 is amazing and has alleviated a lot of my discomfort about wearing my hair up. It doesn't smell good, as people mentioned, but it doesn't reek. I wouldn't worry about the smell, especially if you're using T-Gel shampoo also, it's no worse than that. And, in my experience, if you want to get something for psoriasis that actually works, it's probably gonna smell like tar.The cons: It is ointment, so it's greasy, which sucks when most of your psoriasis is under/around your hair. It also doesn't do as much for the itch as the Gold Bond Psoriasis Cream did, in my experience.TldrIf you have psoriasis get this. It actually starts to heal the redness and flaking long-term.