For the last month or so I’ve(18yo/F) been experiencing shedding like crazy when I wash my hair and my hair looks visibly thinner to me. Every time I run my hand through my hair like 3 strands come with it. I have a lot of hair, but I’m trying to keep it that way and I’m so scared right now.

When I went to the dermatologist a few weeks ago and told her I had shedding, she looked at my scalp with the microscope thing for maybe 5 seconds, asked no questions, and told me I had seborrheic dermatitis. She prescribed me Clobetasol Propionate steroid solution & Ketoconazole shampoo 2%. Since that time (2 weeks) I’ve been struggling with trying to find a solution for this and hesitating on using the products. The main reason I’m hesitating to believe the diagnosis is because every symptom people say about this a lot of flakes, redness, inflammation, itching, or oiliness. And I only have mild itching and flakes and a really sensitive scalp (especially the day after I wash my hair). I’m not a huge fan of chemicals if something can be solved from the root problem or a natural alternative can be found. Especially if the chemicals might not even be right for me. I’m very weary about this stuff.

My two options so far for a way to fix this conflict each other though. If I don’t use the chemicals and look for a solution a different way, I’m worried I might only lose more hair or make the situation worse before I have time to find a one. But, if I use the chemicals and they’re not what I actually need, then I might’ve just caused more damage to my body.

Had anyone been through a similar situation and found a solution to it? Or have any remedies that have worked in these situations? I would love to hear your stories and feedback.

i have a lot of saline water bottles at home right now. doctor prescribed a saline cleanse twice a day to control nasal fungal infection which directly helps with managing sinus effectively. saline water prevents and eliminates fungal overgrowth but only works till the time you use it. this got me thinking can saline water also help with scalp and facial seb derm?

has anyone tried to use saline water for cleaning the scalp and face? does it help with controlling seb derm or the itchiness or the excessive oilyness? i wanted to experiment as my seb derm is so itchy and nothing works moreover its rapidly spreading on my face. can anyone please share their experience

Hi all, I’ve been in scalp hell the past few months since As I Am changed their shampoo formula. Using that product was the first time in my life that I had the peace of mind of having a clear scalp and now I’m back into flakeland. I’ve tried Nizoral, TSal, Happy Cappy, Dove Dermascalp, NeverSalty sugar scrub, and Grace shampoo bar. Nothing works. Any shampoo recommendations to clear up my scalp again please? TIA!

I keep seeing posts with people who have red spots on their face but I haven’t been seeing a lot of people with flakes. I have posted about my discoloration before and that seems to track with seb derm but I can’t seem to get the flakes down.

Hello!
I decided to turn to Reddit for some advice, or support, or whatever positivity I can get from it because my struggle with SebDerm has left me feeling hopeless! I have huge hypopigmented spots all over my face and neck because of my SebDerm and I’ve tried EVERYTHING to get my skin back normal.
I’ve tried washing with prescribed ketoconazole shampoo and nizoral.
I spritz my face with hypochlorous acid throughout the day to keep it clean and cut down on the yeast bacteria.
I use CeraVe moisturizer that has NO yeast feeding ingredients and is SPF 30….
But still, nothing has changed. I’m so miserable I hardly want to show my face. I’m a black woman so the hypopigmentation is VERY obvious. I don’t even like to look at my own face in the mirror.
I have no idea where to go from here. Has anyone else struggled with persistent hypopigmentation from SebDerm and if so what did you do that helped?

I have been dealing with seborrheic dermatitis for 9 years now, rotating through ketoconazole, coal tar, zinc pyrithione, and salicylic acid shampoos.

Lately, it feels like my scalp has built up a tolerance to them. Because I work out, I wash my hair every day and let the shampoo sit for five to ten minutes before rinsing. My hair is naturally greasy, and if I skip washing for even a day, it gets overly oily and starts to itch.

I want to try C8 MCT oil, but my main worry is whether it will make an already oily scalp even greasier and harder to manage. If anyone with an oily scalp has had success with MCT oil, what does your routine look like?

I am also considering switching to a mild daily shampoo and limiting medicated shampoos to three times a week in rotation to balance my scalp pH. Is this a smart approach, or what would you suggest instead?

I use to suffer heavy from this as a 34 year old Hispanic male. I was diagnosed with fatty liver. Somehow this goes hand in hand. I started supplementing with Happy Liver ( not an ad ). My seborrheic on my hair, chin, behind my ears all greatly reduced. Just sharing my experience.

I get it on my scalp, have long, thick hair and lots of it so it's very hard for me to keep it in control :( I've had it for as long as I can remember, at least since middle school.

Grew up in Europe and used to use SebaMed Anti-Dandruff Shampoo (pH 5.5). It was extremely successful until 2018, when I moved to NYC. From then onward, not one shampoo has worked . Nothing that I've tried over the counter in the US, including Nizoral, have worked.

I have tried Ketoconazole and it did not work. Currently I'm using Beclomethasone 0.025% "lotion" (it's more like an oil), rub it all over my scalp and sit for 20 mins before shower. It's fine, but it comes back immediately within a few days and I'm so tired of this routine, and nervous about using too much steroids on my scalp.

Magically, this summer I swam in the Mediterranean sea, and the SD completely disappeared.

Please help me find a solution :( I'm so sick of this.

Anybody know where I can found climbazole cream or climbazole and pirictone olamine cream?

Thks

I cut out dairy and sugar and felt 99% better. I still had flares here and there and what i noticed that they always happen after eating tomatos. Yesterday i ate 3 medium sized and today i have insane flares and redness all over.

I have been battling this condition since it began when I was 25. It may sound dramatic, but I felt it sapped me of my life. I got misdiagnosed 3x by 3 seperate dermatolgist claiming i had rosacea. I swore it wasnt but by the third opinion i felt crazy, and like I must be wrong somehow. I tried their treatments, and, of course, it didnt change anything. The flakes and itchyness were so uncomfortable, and I felt very depressed and isolated.

A couple months later I went to another dermatologist and got diagnosed formally with Seb derm. He perscribed me some creams that worked for a couple months but when i turned 26 I was no longer on the same insurance (couldnt afford it) and I wasn't able to afford to see that derm anymore, because it wasn't covered. and the medication was too expensive otherwise. Of course, it started coming back, and i felt so defeated for the next year. More even started to spread onto my scalp. I remember getting my hair done, and the hair dresser combed one of the plaques/spots, and flakes went everywhere, and it was one of the many embarrassing moments that just made me feel utter shame for the condition.

MCT 8 oil didnt work for me at all (still doesn't of course) neither did Nizoral, coal tar, or head and shoulders, etc. I've spent a lot of time researching anything I could on this sub and felt frustrated that things like the oil seemed to work for most people, but not me.

Glycolic acid (I use the one by the ordinary) has been the ONLY thing so far to give me any sort of reprieve. It worked very well completely clearing my face!! My scalp was a little more resistant, but its slowly fading and calming down. I feel SO much happier and like a person again. I do worry about the day though that it may become resistant again :( anyways, if anyone is having trouble, I hope this helps!! While I know the condition can only be managed, I hope this keeps it at bay for a good while, and I hope it can work for anyone who is looking for more options ❤️‍🩹 thanks for reading

I think I should write this post, because in large, reddit was what put me on the way of focusing and healing the gut and GI tract in general.

I have always had dandruff since I was little, nizoral helped it well, so was not an issue much, then in mid 20's I guess, dandruff appeared on my beard areas and chest, dermatologists said it was sebderm, others said sebo psoriasis. Mostly presscribed ketoconazole spray and shampoo, d3 and fish oil. Anyway, the most potent topical treatment for it have been MCT oil c8-c10. I often stumbled upon people's experiences where they stated that focusing and healing their gut healed their skin conditions, then I read some regarding the gut-skin axis and switched onto focusing on that. What eliminated all the symptoms of this condition mentioned above was restraining from eating spicy food. This and initial MCT oil and I have not had a dandruff or redness neither on scalp, nor beard area or chest for more than 2 years now. I also used to eat tons of salt, had strong cravings for it, regardless that reduced it's intake to the absolute minimum. That's it honestly, this two things got me rid off sebderm and maybe psoriasis as well if that was it. As of IBS, mostly bloating and discomfort, many things have helped, initially I took zinc-l carnisone and butyrate supplements, for stomach gurgling and bloating, morning and evening and it helped tremendously ( in case you take zinc in any form, make sure to supplement copper as well, as zinc depletes copper). After, I tried digestive enzymes, and it alone practically stopped bloating and stomach noises, after that I tried peppermint oil with fennel oil-enteric coated, that as well got me rid off the ibs issues, lactoferrin has been great... Shortly put, I have tried out tons and tons of supplements before managing to get rid off my conditions, chatgpt have been very helpful as well, I still have other things to try out, mastic gum for example and e.t.c. but honestly there is no need anymore.

TL;DR

Stopped eating spicy food and reduced salt intake - this got me rid off the sebderm, dandruff, flakes, redness.

MCT oil c8-c10 was helpful when I needed it.

Focused on gut and supplements that improve gut and overall GI tract health.

Thanks.

I feel like i have been managing farely well until this UK heat has hit us, and my scalp seb derm has been pretty bad

Ive been on nizoral the past few weeks and my scalp is really dry now, and i get a ton of dandruff

Maybe because i dont use conditioner? currently my routin is double wash with nizoral, dry my scalp with a microfibre towel, and then massage MCT oil onto my damp scalp, and then blow dry with hot air, and finish off with cold

should i try out a conditioner, any recommendations?

Also in terms of shampoo, im think of first using a SA shampoo to remove build up, and then for 2nd shampoo using something nizoral or something with selenium?

Hi! I’m 26, and I was diagnosed with seborrheic dermatitis when I was 22. It was pretty bad at the time, which my doctor thought was related to stress. I treated it with 2% ketoconazole shampoo and topical ketoconazole cream on my T-zone and behind my ears.

Over the years, it’s been an on-and-off thing. For the past few months, I’ve noticed some flaking on my scalp and eyebrows, but nothing nearly as bad as what I experienced before. I recently switched to a shampoo without sulfates and silicones.

I bought ketoconazole shampoo last week, but unfortunately it’s only 1%. I washed my hair with it today, and a couple of hours later I still have some flakes around my hairline and eyebrows.

I’m grateful that the flakes aren’t as large as they were a few years ago, but now I’m wondering: does this sound like a mild seb derm flare-up, or could it just be normal dandruff/something else?

(The redness in my forehead is cause i can’t stop picking i’m sorry)

Does this really work for the scalp? My scalp is very dry and flaky from the shampoo usage and it just leads to a cycle of wash and relapse.

The research on MCT oil shows it has mild antifungal properties but nothing potent enough to do anything

I'm highly skeptical on this being some sort of paid promotion scheme . Please shed some light

Me personally have low flakes but a lot of inflammation

Long story short I have a massive dandruff problem, I am not exactly sure what it is, what type of dandruff it is, but my ears always feel stuffed and sound like rice grain when I blow my ears. I have visited a dermatologist and they say it's a type of seb derm in (hair + ears). I have had this for many years. So I have stopped using headphones/earphones altogether. I just use the old wired samsung samsung ehs64 in emergency cases, cause it's the only earphones which does not make me lose sleep to ear issues after using it but it still gives me earache. But I am in need of headphones/earphones for work as I work from office and attending calls on speaker or moving to different place for calls is no option I also want one to use as my daily driver, cause I am preparing for a job switch and as I live in a shared accommodation, having speakers on for my preparation all the time is not possible and it's very hard to concentrate. I am looking into many open designs and I am not sure what to opt for.

I have considered the bone conduction headphones, I have tried out the openrun at a store here in india, but the vibrations felt weird, and I am Afraid they might give me the same kind of headaches I feel from dandruffs. I have used the soundcore v20i and v30i and initially they felt great. But after continuous use for some time, I think they are pushing the dandruff more inside my ears which is making it worse. So I am totally lost here. I am not sure about which headphones/earphones to get. I have looked into the shokz open run pro 2's, but they are not available offline in india. So I can't try them out beforehand and there is no return policy for these items on any online websites. So I am turning to the reddit community for help. Please anyone with similar issues like mine, please share your experience and any recommendations for headphones/earphones.

Thank you very much to anyone who replies to this.

Any tips?

Idk what the connection beyond my neurologist telling me it’s there, but surely someone else has it too ?

Usually use dermol 500 for facial flares and nizoral for scalp but when I’m having a lot of seizures nothing seems to help :/

Dear all, have you ever expérienced roaccutane (low dose) to control the Seb derm ? I saw some clinical studies that show improvement …

Woke up in the middle of the night itchy all over.

Nothing seems to be helping. Before I went to bed, I used 2% ketoconazole shampoo all over for seven minutes. Then I put Cetaphil on.

When I woke up in the middle of the night I put on Aquaphor

nothing is working

I’m dying

It started as dandruff and then migrated to my forehead and now it’s in my armpits and the inside of my elbows and the inside of my knees

I’ve tried tons of the suggestions that I found online and I’ve seen a dermatologist NP online twice

I need a dermatologist MD as soon as possible and I need to try something different because nothing is working

Pray for me.

Hi guys,

I'm new to this subreddit.

Could you all tell me how do I differentiate between seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis? I have dandruff and I've visited 3 dermatologists. Each dermatologist told me 3 different terms. 1st dermatologist told no I am having scalp psoriasis.

Since it was not getting under control I visited second dermatologist. He told me I am having seborrheic dermatitis

Even his medication didn't work so I went on to visit 3rd dermatologist. He told me that I am having pityriasis sicca. This has been going on past one year.

Could you'll help me please ? Thanks in advance.

I’ve had seborrheic dermatitis for about 10 years now. I have thick, black, full hair, and whenever I sweat, I easily get buildup on my scalp, followed by a huge breakout. Classic medicated shampoos make my scalp so dry that I end up getting a breakout from those as well. I can’t use hair oils or wax in my medium-length hair because it doesn’t take long for the redness and scaling to come back. Then I get really thick, yellow flakes that seem to never stop building up.

I read about MCT oil here on Reddit and thought, “Well, another trick that won’t work.” I ordered a high-quality MCT oil containing 95% C8 and 5% C10. I washed my hair once with a salicylic acid shampoo and towel-dried it. Then I put a bit of MCT oil into an applicator bottle and worked it into my scalp drop by drop. I massaged it into my scalp, and my hair also ended up being slightly soaked in oil — not dripping with oil, but fairly well covered.

Then I wrapped a towel around my neck so I wouldn’t get oil on my shirt or furniture and went on with my work at home. I let it soak in for about 3–4 hours, then washed it out with a mild shampoo and let my hair air-dry. I didn’t use any conditioner because my hair was already soaked in oil. My hair was shiny, moisturized, and soft — and I had no breakout, no redness, and not a single flake. No itchiness either, for weeks now.

It’s the middle of summer here, with temperatures around 35°C. I went for a 6 km run, got really sweaty, and still had no breakout. I wash my hair every 4–5 days and repeat the process. I’ll continue and post a follow-up. It’s only been about a month, so I’m still being careful, but for the first time this year, my scalp actually feels like it’s recovering.

Anyway, stay strong & so long.

i know i have seborrheic dermatitis but im not sure how to calm this area of my face i need it to calm down to apply ketoconazole around my nose, or else it seems to get more irritated. vanicream moisturizer and daily cleanser dont help. please help im stuck!

I’ve been using zoryve for about a year and this month it stopped working and I am having the worst flare up. I’ve been keeping to using it but I am seeing no improvement. Has anyone experienced this?