Does anyone else feel like a freak and look like hell, and not want
to leave the house?
Just curious…about to throw in the towel here.
Have tried diets and topicals and am exhausted with this being my
life.
curious
Depressed
I’ve been battling seb derm and maybe Rosacea for about a year now.
The skin on my cheeks is often inflamed and rough, and I only
recently was able to spot the pattern.
Once in a while, I’ll get my skin under control and it will look
close to normal. Then something will make my cheeks turn a bright
smooth red for a day. Over the next few days, the redness will go
away and be replaced by a rough texture and a blotchy redness that
will linger.
It took me a while to realize the second phase is the seb derm, and
the initial redness is something else. As long as I avoid the
triggers that give me the initial redness, my seb derm goes away and
stays away. But if I’m frequently hit by whatever causes the initial
redness, it’s tough or impossible to make the seb derm go away. When
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Well, my nightmare has come true, just in time for Halloween. After
almost a year without a sebderm breakout, it has all came back, and I
cant figure out what it is from. My only conclusion is the colder
fall weather moving into this Michigan climate. Has anyone else
experienced a fall breakout? Im curious since I am new to this
condition. Thanks all…
-Ben
Has anyone had success in controlling and eliminating dandruff with Polytar,
a coal tar shampoo. Just read about it in the catalog from the Vermont
Country Store.
Thanks
A while back someone wrote about a treatment for severe dandruff. He
mentioned that his barber told him what to use. Looked through some
past
messages but can not find the post. Please help. Thanks
Hello to you all.. Well I’ve been told to post a little about myself
and my history:
I’m 32, male and live in Leicester ENGLAND.. Diagnosed with Parmo
plantor pustular Psoriasis Oct 2001. Had a bad case of scalp sbd derm
then which went away with no treatment all (too busy squeezing
blisters on my feet so that I could walk!).. Seb derm on the eyebrow
and a red mark in the corner of the eye (not eye ball, near the nose
bridge) came on this April. The flaking comes and goes but the red
mark always stays. My dermatologist cannot believe the state of my
hands and feet now (fantastic in comparison to a year ago) but the
seb derm is more depressing (I cant put socks on my face or my face
in my pocket!).. Products I’ve used with terrible results (soreness,
burning, more flaking):
As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been going to see a chinese
trained doctor with a phd. I have had 12 sessions of accupuncture
with him so far and he has recommended certain lifestyle changes. I
had normally taked a shower(including washing my hair/scalp) once a
day in the morning. He recommended that I take a hot shower at night
instead of a shower in the morning.
Before I implemented this reccomendation, my scalp itched terribly.
I then started taking a daily shower(hair/scalp wash) at night and
the itching went away.
I then started showering in the morning again and the itching came
back.
A few days later I then started showering in the evening again and
the itching went away.
Hey guys whats up? Just for an update its been a while since i have written
something in here. What seems to work for me so far.
Vitamin B complex 2 a day.
Alternating 2-3 washes, from Head&Shldrs sensative (blue label), Kuene
series shampoos (Henna, Tar)
If i smoke tobacco i flare up 2 days later so I avoid it, and I have avoided
alcohol.
I try to stay away from meet as much as i can, 2 portions a week is just
enough.
For about 4 months now it is somewhere where I can controll it, if my face
was messed up 6 months ago with a flare from 9/10 im about a 1/10 today.
Very tolerable.
hang and bang
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Hi guys,
It is always nice to come in here to be among friends who are in the
same boat…the understanding and suppport is so very important to
me. Even our best friend will not understand what we are going
thru. I dont know about your guys but my entire social life depends
heavily on how my facial skin ‘behaves’ that day. I was supposed to
attend an important function 2 days ago…imagine getting a nice
gown, bag, shoes ready AND the entire face went on a breakout frenzy
complete with redness and unbearable itchiness. I am so depressed
over this. I hv been on protopic for over a month now and it was
generally quite good but I noticed an increase of whiteheads
(supposedly blocked comedones caused by the ointment. I just got a
tube of elidel and will start using it tonight. I must say the
protopic works well on my nose area…the black heads has lessen
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does anyone know if smoking cigs has any role in sebderm?