Comments on: The itch or the redness? http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2006/08/12/the-itch-or-the-redness/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:29:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Dion Freeman http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2006/08/12/the-itch-or-the-redness/#comment-1841 Dion Freeman Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:58:52 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2006/08/12/the-itch-or-the-redness/#comment-1841 <DIV>As a fellow SD sufferer, I can say that I do have it on my face and it is both painful and itchy.  I don't have the scaling.  The treatment which works well for me is a gel called Sulfatol.  It is a precription but is not a steroid and addresses acne as well.  I was put on a steroid cream first which just made everything worse.  I also use ketaconazole shampoo a couple of times a week (scalp & face).  Each night I wash with tea tree oil pads.  I also follow a sugar-free diet which has helped my flare-ups significantly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Susan<BR><BR></DIV><BR><BR><DIV id="RTEContent"> <DIV id="RTEContent"> <DIV id="RTEContent"> <DIV id="RTEContent"> <DIV id="RTEContent"> <DIV id="RTEContent"> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf;" face="verdana" color="#0000bf"><STRONG>Susan</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf;" face="comic sans ms" color="#0000bf"> <DIV><BR><FONT face="Georgia" color="#c00000">It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Georgia" color="#c00000">so that all its shy presences may haunt you and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Georgia" color="#c00000">possess you in a reverie of suspended thought.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Georgia" color="#c00000">~James Douglas, <I>Down Shoe Lane</I><!--LCJ--></FONT><FONT face="Georgia" color="#c00000"><BR></FONT></div></FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffbf;" face="comic sans ms" color="#0000bf"><!--GBF--><BR></font></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> As a fellow SD sufferer, I can say that I do have it on my face and it is both painful and itchy.  I don’t have the scaling.  The treatment which works well for me is a gel called Sulfatol.  It is a precription but is not a steroid and addresses acne as well.  I was put on a steroid cream first which just made everything worse.  I also use ketaconazole shampoo a couple of times a week (scalp & face).  Each night I wash with tea tree oil pads.  I also follow a sugar-free diet which has helped my flare-ups significantly.
 
Susan

Susan
It is good to be alone in a garden at dawn or dark
so that all its shy presences may haunt you and
possess you in a reverie of suspended thought. 
~James Douglas, Down Shoe Lane


]]> By: romona10 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2006/08/12/the-itch-or-the-redness/#comment-1840 romona10 Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:04:24 +0000 http://www.seborrhoeic-dermatitis.ev-by.org/2006/08/12/the-itch-or-the-redness/#comment-1840 <DIV style="font-family: "Verdana";font-size: 10pt;"><DIV> <DIV> I gather that I don't have standard seborrheic dermatitis, as for me it is not on my face</DIV> <DIV>or skin, but just on my scalp. What I hate most about it is the social stigma, in which</DIV> <DIV>I am wrongly assumed to not take care of myself.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At one point, a former employer took me aside and told me that once we were moved into</DIV> <DIV>our new building, we would get more clients: and when one came in, I needed to brush the</DIV> <DIV>dandruff off my clothes, because it gave the appearance of not caring.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In fact, I care very much: however the only real cure that I had found, in which my scalp</DIV> <DIV>was totally normal: was to apply a strong, prescription-only steroid mousse, Olux, twice</DIV> <DIV>a day, and wash with prescription strength Nizoral shampoo ($20 a bottle) every other day. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And the first part of that cure, at the time of my conversation with the boss, was no longer available to me because of my open angle glaucoma: of course I couldn't explain this to her: because </DIV> <DIV>I was new at the job and didn't want her to freak out and mistakenly assume that I had a vision problem,and get scared and get rid of me. So I didn't mention it. But it really rubbed things in.</DIV> <!--more--> <DIV>To be fair to her, she didn't realize the situation. But people should still not make assumptions when they see someone with a skin or scalp problem: assuming that they are "poorly groomed" or "just don't care". They need to realize that (except perhaps for the "miracle of apple cider vinegar") this condition and others like it may be incurable, and the person may be doing the best they can.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Laurie</DIV></DIV></DIV>
 I gather that I don’t have standard seborrheic dermatitis, as for me it is not on my face
or skin, but just on my scalp. What I hate most about it is the social stigma, in which
I am wrongly assumed to not take care of myself.
 
At one point, a former employer took me aside and told me that once we were moved into
our new building, we would get more clients: and when one came in, I needed to brush the
dandruff off my clothes, because it gave the appearance of not caring.
 
In fact, I care very much: however the only real cure that I had found, in which my scalp
was totally normal: was to apply a strong, prescription-only steroid mousse, Olux, twice
a day, and wash with prescription strength Nizoral shampoo ($20 a bottle) every other day.
 
And the first part of that cure, at the time of my conversation with the boss, was no longer available to me because of my open angle glaucoma: of course I couldn’t explain this to her: because
I was new at the job and didn’t want her to freak out and mistakenly assume that I had a vision problem,and get scared and get rid of me. So I didn’t mention it. But it really rubbed things in.

To be fair to her, she didn’t realize the situation. But people should still not make assumptions when they see someone with a skin or scalp problem: assuming that they are “poorly groomed” or “just don’t care”. They need to realize that (except perhaps for the “miracle of apple cider vinegar”) this condition and others like it may be incurable, and the person may be doing the best they can.
 
 
 
Laurie
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