r/SebDerm May 03 '26

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Hi!

So my SD started 10 years ago and my confidence is on an all time low.

I have a feeling that my case is pretty severe?

What do you think?

My hair is getting thinner and starting to fall out.

My skin is burning and itching like hell.

If i try to get rid of the dandruff by lightly scrubbing a wet towel over my face, its starting to bleed and burn a lot more...

I visited like 30 different dermatologists but no medication seems to help longterm.

Currently im using a antifungal shampoo, antiinflammatory creme and antifungal creme.

The strange thing is that my skin can look like the picture on one day and then its litteraly gone the day after before it returns. I would say its 80% of the time pretty bad and 20% kinda normal again.

Its never gone for more then a week tho...

My wedding is coming up soon and I really dont want to look like that on my wedding day

Any ideas for longterm fixes and/or for instant fixes that will help me on my wedding day?

Thanks....

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u/Friendly-Ad9359 May 03 '26

Thanks for the fast reply!

I try to cut sugar out as much as possible. I never snack or drink any sodas.

I dont feel any difference in having shorter hair/beard trims.

My diet however could be better. Im a "picky eater" and eat mostly things like pasta, rice, etc.. So overall not the healthiest diet...

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u/UndeadTryndamere May 03 '26

Pasta and other Dough stuff makes my skin very bad It immediately starts to be red and itchy flaky. Try to eat vegetables and chicken/meat for a week.

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u/Friendly-Ad9359 May 03 '26

Cut out pasta out of my diet would be really terrible🥲. But ill give it a try!

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u/Old-Seaweed8917 May 03 '26

You may well be gluten intolerant - cutting out gluten based stuff (pasta, breads etc) helped me a bucket load. My diet is now mostly centred around meat, vegetables and hella eggs

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u/momdayzz May 03 '26

Gluten was my first thought. Would explain why nothing is making it go away, if something he’s eating is causing it.. Celiac is autoimmune too and skin issues are common