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The itch or the redness?

I was wondering what members hated more with thier SD, tHE CONSTANT
ITCHING OR THE REDNESS/FLAKING? I know that eevrything about SD is
bad, but I was curious. For me personally it’s the itching.

Mike.

All good things come to those who wait………………

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2 Responses to “The itch or the redness?”

  1. romona10 Says:
    August 13th, 2006 at 3:04 am
     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
  2. Dion Freeman Says:
    August 13th, 2006 at 6:58 pm
    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


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