After discussing the effects of sunlight on SD as well as a “cheat” of bringing the sunlight into our homes during the winter, let us focus today on the related topic of vitamin D deficiency and supplementation. Time and again, vitamin D deficiency is brought up both in the scientific community (paper1, paper2) and anecdotal accounts by those with SD. Let us bring forward some of those accounts: I myself have been diagnosed with Vitamin D deficiency so like others with Seb Derm, I’m “proof” that Vitamin D deficiency and Seb Derm go hand in hand and I was still deficient despite taking supplements for around 2 months. Also, I…
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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,…
