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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V. filiformis probiotic on the skin improves seborrheic dermatitis
Probiotics – the good bacteria living in our guts – have a strong impact on the health of our skin. We have previously discussed two specific bacterial strains that have been scientifically shown to be efficient in treating seborrheic dermatitis (see the articles on lactobacillus paracasei and E. coli Nissle). In both cases the treatment consisted of orally ingesting the bacteria as a dietary supplement. However, starting around 2005, scientists have been investigating the effects of applying probiotics directly to the skin (instead of ingesting). Their results show that such an approach can treat various skin conditions, such as acne, rosacea, yeast and bacterial infections, psoriasis, and dermatitis1. Clinical study…
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Success story: Selsun on face
Dandruff is recognised by the medical community as a light form of seborrheic dermatitis (SD). Both conditions are known to be caused by the malassezia yeast that lives on the skin. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that shampoos with active ingredients that are effective against dandruff will also be effective against SD. The most well-known anti-dandruff shampoo is Head&Shoulders (active ingredient: Zinc Pyrithione 1%) and was discussed in a previous post. Another popular and very effective anti-dandruff, that we are going to discuss today, is Selsun (or Selsun Blue). This shampoo contains Selenium Sulfide 1% as active ingredient. Testimonials Countless users with SD across the world swear by the…
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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: Head&Shoulders on face
Reproduced from reddit.com: Disclaimer: I am not a Doctor. If you are allergic the product I listed, please don’t use it (common sense). This is also not a cure, it is just something that worked for me and might work for you. Consult with your Doctor if you have any concerns using my method before you try it. A little about me. I’m 26 and since high school I would get dry red skin around the inside of my eye brow every winter. Gradually my whole face was getting red and it wasn’t only the winter this time. When I mean my whole face I mean my chin, nose and…
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Success story: Avene Cicalfate
Reproduced from reddit.com: I’ve been meaning to write this for a while. I actually read about the product that completely alleviated all my symptoms of SD here on reddit a while ago. Let me begin with who I am and how it affected me. I am 24 year old guy, quite active and sporty so I always found myself sweating a lot while exercising and thought that the excess oil produced by my skin was the cause to SD – which it may be, I don’t know, but I don’t think it is since SD always appears whether or not I’m exercising. I tried absolutely everything listed as I’m sure…
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Success story: PromiSeb (Sebclair)
PromiSeb (as it is known in the US) or Sebclair (brand used in Europe) is a novel steroid-free cream containing multiple active ingredients. It has been gaining popularity in treating SD as evidenced by the two stories below. The first story comes from rosacea-support.org: About 10 years ago my Family Doctor/Internist gave prescribed Hydro cortisone.My face was bleeding at times.What Crap….I fired him.Then a dermatologist prescribed Traimcinolone acetonide cream. This worked better….But when I washed my face in the shower with soap…….afterwards my face felt like I had a sunburn.I has already gotten accustomed to having “dandruff” all over my shirt from my faceRecently he turned me on to Promiseb.…
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Success story: Zinc shampoo
Reproduced from pluscompare.com: I’ve been battling sebborehic dermatitis for at least three years now, and after seeing a dermatologist he explained that the condition was merely an overgrowth of yeast on the scalp and by treating it with a shampoo that contained 2% pyrithion zinc, I had a good chance of clearing it up, as yeast can’t survive in a zinc filled environment. He also told me that you have to leave any dandruff shampoo in your hair for five full minutes in order to give the medicine in them a chance to work. This is a terrific product that has greatly helped subdue the condition. Some other helpful information…
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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…
