People wading in the Dead Sea (courtesy of Flickr)

According to a recent news article released by Yahoo, the Dead Sea is evaporating fast enough to disappear altogether in about 40 years.  This isn’t news exactly since people have known for a while now that industry and general man-made interventions are preventing water from flowing into the Dead Seah.

The dead Sea is salty because water doesn’t drain out of it (as is the case for most lakes), instead it only evaporates out.   The Jordan river runs into it and the water steadily vaporizes, thus leaving all the minerals that the river carries behind.

If you have psoriasis, this should matter to you since the Dead Sea (both the general climate and the water itself) has helped thousands of people recover from psoriasis.

The sunlight at such a low level is extremely well filtered by the sun because of all the layers of atmosphere the UV rays must pass through.  This makes it possible for people with psoriasis to lay outside for longer periods of time, soaking up sun rays with minimal negative effects (no burning).  Sunlight by itself can be a very effective psoriasis treatment.

The water, which is hyper-saturated with salt and other minerals, has also been proven to promote skin health, which in turn helps in the psoriasis recovery process.

I have read many accounts of people claiming almost miraculous improvements in their (plaque) psoriasis as a result of being around and in the Dead Sea for a few weeks.   Google “Dead Sea Psoriasis Treatment” it in case you’d like to find out for yourself.

What does this mean for you?  It means you’d better plan a trip sometime in the near future, maybe within the next few years.  I’ve heard the Dead Sea is also a fabulous vacation spot in addition to all the relief you can get for that pesky psoriasis.