I am happy to announce today that, three years after this website went live, we have a first guest post. Tim, a reader of the website, kindly agreed to share his story with our audience. Tim, the page is yours. Hello. I turned 50 earlier this year which means that I’ve been dealing with seb derm for 26 years, more than half my life. The first year was really tough because I had no idea what I was dealing with and the Internet wasn’t the source for medical information that it is now. My skin was red, raw, cracking, flaking and very oily. It was diagnosed as seb derm right…
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Healthy skin with daily movement
On this website we promote a holistic approach to healthy skin. It is a lifestyle consisting of healthy eating, keeping your gut flora healthy, keeping your skin flora happy, spending time outdoors, taking cold showers, and cold exposure in general. One important habit that we did not discuss yet is regular exercise. It might sound obvious, but daily movement is extremely important for a healthy body. Today we’ll discuss why it is especially important for people who are trying to heal their skin. The lymphatic system The lymphatic system is the system that benefits most directly from daily movement. It consists of narrow tubes called lymphatic vessels, which collect and…
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The Wim Hof method clears up seborrheic dermatitis and eczema
Last time we talked about taking cold showers to heal seborrheic dermatitis. While doing research for that post I came across the Wim Hof method, which is basically a combination of cold exposure and breathing exercises. Let’s directly jump in and start with an amazing story from James Skuggedal. James has successfully used the Wim Hof method to clear up his eczema! Wim Hof is a Dutch extreme athlete known for his ability to withstand freezing temperatures. He has set Guinness world records for swimming under ice and prolonged full-body contact with ice. Wim still holds the record for a barefoot half-marathon on ice and snow. Some decennia ago Wim…
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Take cold showers to heal dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis
Did you ever think that the solution to seborrheic dermatitis could be as simple as replacing your hot showers by cold ones? In this article we’ll discuss this surprising approach. We will bring up a few success stories from real people, discuss the possible underlying mechanisms, and as usual, we’ll have a look at the scientific support for the benefits of cold showers. Success stories Let us start with a few testimonials from across the internet: My dandruff which used to be severe is nonexistent since switching to cold showers. It could be that cold water strips less oils away from the scalp, thus having the same effect on dandruff…
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Whole food plant-based diet for seborrheic dermatitis
On this blog we’ve already had a series of articles touching on dietary remedies for seborrheic dermatitis. They mostly focused on dietary supplements such us vitamin D, l-glutamine, and nystatin. In this post I would like to take a more holistic approach and discuss an entire dietary lifestyle. The whole food plant-based (WFPB) diet has been gaining a lot of popularity lately. And unlike many other diets, it’s success is supported by scientific evidence. The WFPB diet has been conclusively shown to have a beneficial effect on the top killer diseases in the world. These include heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Surely it must have a positive effect…
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A home UV bulb fights seborrheic dermatitis in the winter
Most SD sufferers will confirm: the SD symptoms are at their worst in the colder and darker seasons. In a previous post I have discussed this connection at length and have pointed to several scientific studies that confirm it. It turns out that most medical scientists believe that sunlight, and specifically the ultraviolet (UV) part of it, is responsible for the positive effects. The obvious question then is: armed with this information, what can be done in order to keep seborrheic dermatitis at bay during the cold and dark periods. Of course one can think of traveling to sunnier places, but this is not always possible, or practical. An easy…
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Success story: exposure to daylight
Out of all the success stories collected on this website up to now, this might be the most surprising yet efficient approach to curing seborrheic dermatitis. I will start by reproducing this post: I had quite bad seborrheic dermatitis over the last 2 years (I’m 28, male, white, British). I’ve had it earlier in my life too but it was at its worse. Red rash all over my temples, cheekbones and creeping onto my forehead and near my nose. I seemed to clear up periodically then come back, and I couldn’t isolate the variable that caused this. I suspected many things: hot baths/showers (dehydrate the skin), sweating, fatty foods, shampoo/soap,…
