Comments on: Sebderm-like conditions http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/12/07/sebderm-like-conditions/ Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:24:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Neva Marjory http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/12/07/sebderm-like-conditions/#comment-1443 Neva Marjory Thu, 08 Dec 2005 16:26:59 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/12/07/sebderm-like-conditions/#comment-1443 I read your post with interest. I have skin symptoms very similar to the ones that you describe, especially the inability to tan on my face and front torso. I have dark brown hair and blue eyes, and up until the age of 18/19 would tan fairly easily with an accentuation of my then moderate freckling. Taking oxytetracline for acne though made me incredibly sensitive to the sun, and since that point my facial skin has retained a pale, dull grey caste. All my freckling has disappeared and although my sensitivity to sunlight has diminished, I never achieve even the slightest hint of a tan on my face, only redness. My seb ecz also first appeared at the time of my antibiotic usage, and I had extremely visible green/grey markings around my eyes which I initially thought to be pigmentation, but later found to be extremely <!--more--> adhesive seb flakes. This ceased with the stopping of the antibiotics. Like you my seb ecz is pretty much consistent - never blatant but always present and slightly flaky with the occasional pimple. I am now 34 and pretty much resigned to having weird skin. I read your post with interest. I have skin symptoms very similar to
the ones that you describe, especially the inability to tan on my face
and front torso.

I have dark brown hair and blue eyes, and up until the age of 18/19
would tan fairly easily with an accentuation of my then moderate
freckling. Taking oxytetracline for acne though made me incredibly
sensitive to the sun, and since that point my facial skin has retained
a pale, dull grey caste. All my freckling has disappeared and although
my sensitivity to sunlight has diminished, I never achieve even the
slightest hint of a tan on my face, only redness.

My seb ecz also first appeared at the time of my antibiotic usage, and
I had extremely visible green/grey markings around my eyes which I
initially thought to be pigmentation, but later found to be extremely

adhesive seb flakes. This ceased with the stopping of the antibiotics.

Like you my seb ecz is pretty much consistent - never blatant but
always present and slightly flaky with the occasional pimple. I am now
34 and pretty much resigned to having weird skin.

]]> By: Neva Marjory http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/12/07/sebderm-like-conditions/#comment-1442 Neva Marjory Thu, 08 Dec 2005 06:18:01 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2005/12/07/sebderm-like-conditions/#comment-1442 If you can't tan and its not Tinea Versicolor ( does it show up under a Woods light? UV lamp, did the derm do a biopsy?) then you have a pigmentation problem. look, u gotta find a good doctor. i dont know what city your in but larger cities have magazine on the Best Doctors. NY magazine has, ive seen it in washington DC Washingtonian, and LA must have one. or there are books on best doctors . forget the Botox cosmetic guys, you need a Derm that treats disease. If you can’t tan and its not Tinea Versicolor ( does it show up
under a Woods light? UV lamp, did the derm do a biopsy?) then you
have a pigmentation problem.

look, u gotta find a good doctor. i dont know what city your in but
larger cities have magazine on the Best Doctors. NY magazine has, ive
seen it in washington DC Washingtonian, and LA must have one. or
there are books on best doctors .
forget the Botox cosmetic guys, you need a Derm that treats disease.

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