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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Seborrheic dermatitis significantly improved by E. coli Nissle probiotic
In a previous post we have discussed probiotics (bacteria living in our gut) as a promising treatment for seborrheic dermatitis. That post mainly focused on the l. paracasei bacterium and its positive effects. In this post I want to briefly discuss a recent study1 that shows that oral ingestion of another probiotic, known as Escherichia coli Nissle, is very effective for treating seborrheic dermatitis. Facial dermatoses, including seborrheic dermatitis, are often associated with gastrointestinal diseases2. The mechanism by which intestinal diseases induce skin issues is not known. It is known however that intestinal-borne dermatoses are accompanied by a shift of gut bacteria population towards more aggressive types. Due to their…
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Probiotics promise a cure for seborrheic dermatitis!
Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is often seen as a condition that should be treated locally, directly at the surface. On this blog we have discussed a number of such treatments: sea salt, selenium sulfide (in Selsun), zinc oxide and zinc sulfate (in Avene Cicalfate), zinc pyrithione (in DHS Zinc Shampoo), and piroctone olamine (in Sebclair/PromiSeb). These products can definitely be very efficient and many people have reported great results. However, products applied topically (on the surface of the skin) only affect the top layers of the skin. And, as we know, those layers are shedding away constantly. To achieve positive and permanent improvements, the skin needs to be affected from the…
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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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Success story: oregano oil
Reproduced from curezone.org: I have the same story as everyone. Seen every doctor, they all tell us to use Ketazole, which stops working quick, if it ever does. Steroids work a bit but we all know they have a bunch of repercussions. I tried tea tree oil for a while but even that stopped working. I had bad Seborrheic Dermatitis. My face was covered in dandruff and if I scratched it, it would sometimes bleed underneath the flakes. I had it in my brows, between them, on my forehead, and on and around the nose, and my neck. We’re talking a very VERY intense case. I was doing research about…
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Success story: sea salt
Reproduced from curezone.org: Okay, let me begin by saying that I’ve had Seborrheic Dermatitis for over 18 years. So I know what you are going through, and I DO have a cure (or CURES I should say) for you. I have tried everything you can possibly imagine over the years, done thousands of hours of research, tested natural sources (oils, etc.), diet, allergens, and even made my own concoctions. There is not a doctor or person out there that is going to tell me about this condition. While I have seen some people providing information that is on the right track, a HUGE percentage is seriously misguided or incomplete. Before…
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Success story: raw honey and coconut oil
Reproduced from reddit.com: Hello everyone ! I first developed Seb Derm when I was 8 years old. I didn’t have it on my scalp but all over my face and neck. Imagine scaly bright red skin – looked a bit like some disease all over my face and neck during school. Booooo! Dermatologists gave me hydrocortisone which of course made it go for a little while and then brought it back with a vengeance. Anything on my face flared it up – couldn’t go swimming, no make up, crying about it literally made it worse haha. When I was 17 I took a year out to try different remedies. I…
