Sebderm caused by yeast/fungus……
I was reading the other day old posts on this message board about one
potential cause of sebderm being fungus related (the fungus patially
digesting lipids thus causing the inflammation).
If a fungus is a factor in sebderm, why not drink a little cider
vineger everyday to restore internal ph. And maybe a water/vineger
astringent used on your sebderm areas a couple of times a day?
I know this vinegar approach may sound simple(ton), but who knows it
may work.
April 19th, 2004 at 9:22 am
Fungus for sure plays a major role in seb derm–everyone has fungus living
on our skin and it is normal to have this
Alot of the research on seb derm supports that it is the waste material left
behind from fungus feeding on our sebum that causes the inflammation. So
why do some people get seb derm inflammation yet most don’t? the reasoning
behind that is that those with seb derm have a t-cell defect and that
becasue of this defect, our skin "overreacts" to stimuli when it really
should not be overreacting.
This theory is further supported by the fact that anti-fungal shampoos and
creams are effective to a degree in treating seb derm–they are not cures
becasue the fungus will always grow back and because the constant seb derm
inflammation destroys the skins protective barrier making us much more
susceptible to secondary bacterial and fungal infections and contact
dermatitis–the vicous cycle.
Topical and systemic anti-inflammatories are also helpful becuase they
counteract our overreactive inflammatory skin cellls–again no cure as we
all know about the dreaded rebound effect of steroids and the possibility of
steroid induced rosacea–however, supposedly, Elidel and Protopic are not
supposed to have these side effects though personally I beleive they are
much less effective at reducing the inflammation than even low grade
steroids like Desowen and hydrocortisone.
RJ