Seborrheic Dermatitis

Hi All!

In as brief as possible…I had been told by a dermatologist about 15
years ago (when I was 17) that I have seborrheic dermatitis and I
will have it for the rest of my life (it seems that I have also
passed this on to my 2 daughters since they have small signs of what
I had as a child). I get it so severe on my scalp that it reddens and
is inflamed, it gets infected resulting in large areas oozing and
itchy and sticky, my lymph nodes at the base of my skull in the back
of my neck swell to almost golf ball size, and I lose lots of hair
when it is bad (right now I have lost a lot of hair and have some
spots I have to try to cover up with other hair). I HATE IT!!! The
only thing I have figured out with mine is it gets real bad when I am
under a lot of stress. When it first showed it’s real nasty side I
was 17 and getting married and was under tremendous stress with my

then husband. I had it for 2 years, took pills after pills after
steroids after oils after special shampoos and NOTHING worked. When I
finally made the decision to divorce and he moved out, it completely
disappeared in 2 weeks. Stress or what??!!

I don’t know what to do anymore. In 15 years, I have only gotten it
real bad about 5 times (I always have at least a dime size spot
somewhere on my scalp but is only dry). I am now 32 and completely
fed up. The only thing that controls it for me somewhat is putting
mineral oil on at night and sleeping with it to keep the scabbing off
(is what the dermatologist told me to do 15 years ago). I have been
reading some of the posts and lately I have tried taking acidophilus,
omega oil, tried to stop drinking any alcohol, tried eating better,
etc. NOTHING WORKS!!! I don’t know how to curb my
stress…..AAARRGGHHH. hehe

At times in recent years, I also get very red and itchy spots all
over my arms that dry up after a little while (I use Calamine lotion
on it) then goes away. I get crust, red, and oozing in my belly
button also.

PLEASE OH PLEASE if there is anyone out there with suggestions or
with it as bad as me, please write. This is one of my last hopes.

Thank you!!
Stacee

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