1.Apparently our sebaceous gland produce a rich form of sebum.
Certain yeasts that live naturally on our bodies, thrive on this form
of sebum and their population explodes. Their acid secretions
irritate the skin, which causes inflamation and increases cell
turnover - voila SD! Most shampoos, etc, control SD by zapping the
yeasts, but they keep coming back.

Can we, through diet, or otherwise, "sour" the sebum? In
other words, can we make our sebum less attractive to the specific
yeasts that cause SD? No explosion in yeast population – no SD!

2. People with Seb Derm, according to various reports, have
overactive sebaceous glands. Any ideas as to why this might be?

If we could control this – without using harmful medication - we
could wipe out our Seb Derm at source.

Any thoughts?
Thanks
TW

The dandruff is good and can be copied in part over to the seb derm article.

If you think you can help or have any other questions please send a
quick email reply.

Warren

Steve Johnson wrote:

There is no doubt that the HPA endocrine system is
linked to the nervous system via sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous responses and there is no
doubt that stress(and this goes way beyong mental
stress to any non-genetically compatible
intereference, including diet) affects the immune
system . Selye in the early part of last century spent
his entire working life proving this. Since then it
has been refined. It just gets lost in the noise from
the drug pushers who want people to believe that there
is no cause of disease only drugs to control it(but
never cure it).
Some refs :

But you raise an interesting point. Seb Derm normally affects people
after puberty. Children and adolescents rarely get it. Yes, young
babies get Seb Derm (cradle cap) but this is probably the result of
residual hormones being passed on from the mother to the baby.
(Cradle cap is a temporary condition and usually disappears within
the first 12 months.)Why do children and adolescents not get SD?
In addition the fact that it occurs more often in males than females
suggests that androgen hormones have a role. Two further points:

Immune System. While Seb Derm occurs in about 3 to 5% of the
population, the incidence in people with AIDs, (acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome), may be as high as 85%. This would
indicates that the immune system has a major role. However Kevin
stated that new scientific studies indicated the SD in HIV +
individuals is totally different then those without HIV. (Kevin, is
life still good?? - I mean SD free.)

Stress. It is generally accepted that while stress does not cause Seb
Derm, it can have a major impact. There is little doubt that physical
and emotional stress caused Seb Derm to worsen - possibly by
affecting the body’s ability to control the yeasts that compound the
problem and/or by lowering the body’s immune system.

Steve, or anyone, any ideas on how these factors fit together? These
factors,I think, impinge on the real causes of Seb Derm.

Steve, I’d be very interested to hear how your treatment works out
and indeed about any further thoughts you might have on imbalanced
immune system.

T.

Tony the Baloney the One and Only