Seborrheic dermatitis - Page 2

Psychobabas

2531 Posts

June 12 2011 09:33 GMT

#21

what on earth are people saying that this is a "lifelong disease". that's so not true.

Like I said, I was diagnosed with it 5 years ago and it got cured after about 6 months. It is essentially an inflamation of the skin due to bacteria. Like most of you I had it around my nose, going to my cheeks. Symptoms were redness and small spots.

1. Hydrocortisone cream for a couple of weeks, a couple of times per day. If you abuse the steroid cream it most certainly will not cause a "burst of acne" or anything like that. It will thin out the skin and/or cause discolouration but that would take many tubes of the cream to have such an effect. Remember that hydricortisone is an anti-inflammatory.

2. Lukewarm showers only.

3. Moisturiser once per day after showering.

4. A bit of sun-exposure will help.

5. Do NOT mess with it with other creams, just let the hydrocortisone do it;s job.

FFGenerations

7088 Posts

June 12 2011 10:10 GMT

#22

what was the shit she gave you quirinus, dont tell me it is lost in the sands of time!! probably cortisone.

ive always used what people would consider a lukewarm shower coz heat hurts my skinny frame. roommate has the shower turned way up by comparison. maybe i will try a bit colder idk.

i suffer from grass allergy but i dont think it is linked

i have not tried a non-dairy diet but again i doubt it is linked

anatem

Romania1369 Posts

June 12 2011 10:28 GMT

#23

if you've had the condition since you were little, then it's most likely

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoriasis

not this form of dermatitis.

the thing here being that they look exactly the same, and the way only you can tell is if you get a biopsy of a piece of afflicted skin. check that out.

psoriasis is incurable btw, i got that on my scalp and it hasn't extended to any other place fortunately, despite me not treating the symptoms at all.

quirinus

Croatia2489 Posts

June 12 2011 14:33 GMT

#24

On June 12 2011 19:10 FFGenerations wrote:
what was the shit she gave you quirinus, dont tell me it is lost in the sands of time!! probably cortisone.

ive always used what people would consider a lukewarm shower coz heat hurts my skinny frame. roommate has the shower turned way up by comparison. maybe i will try a bit colder idk.

i suffer from grass allergy but i dont think it is linked

i have not tried a non-dairy diet but again i doubt it is linked

Well, I might have over-exaggerated it a bit, but it did help very fast. After several days it was gone and as long as I followed the prescription and took care of it it wasn't there. Then after like 1-2 weeks my skin started to be in better condition iirc.

For the dandruff stuff (also seborrhea):

Eucerin PH 5 shampoo.
Efadermin salbe, (salbe = oinment in german) 2x per day, 4 weeks.*

For the face:

Diprosalic lotion. This one is great *
Advantan ointment 1x per day, 8 days. - I've noticed this one helps the inflammation, and helps in general.
Salicyl ointment 1x per day, and after 8 days 2x per day. This they mixed in the pharmacy.
Biotin pills to help the skin from the inside.

might have mixed up the places of the two with the *, but I think this is the most likely. You can google+translate to see what each product is, as I don't have them at hand to check. You probably won't have these products in your country, but you probably have some that fill the same role, with different name.

Also, what I've noticed, sweating helps. Especially if the face is sweating.

Edit, here are the ingredients of the things:
Advantan ointment
Diprosalic lotion
Efadermin ointment
Eucerin ph5 shampoo (click Sastojci for ingredients)