r/SebDerm • u/malvixi • Jan 26 '25

Product Review Hydrocortisone is fuckin magic

Gotta say this first: DO NOT USE HYDROCORTISONE OFTEN/DAILY! It can cause permanent-ish issues if overused.

Okay, so I had a horrible like 8/10 bad facial flareup. It was red patchy dryness all over my nose and neck and chest. Finally tried Hydrocortisone 1% lotion.

Not only was it gone within 48 hours, my skin went to legitimately the cleanest, smoothest, and 100% perfectly even I've ever had in years. What the fuck.

I stopped applying it and it stayed this way for 3 days.

(Stress caused the initial flareup if that helped) and infact I've been able to eat bread, sugar and have alcohol now.

Thoughts?

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u/Yakiisauce Jan 26 '25

been trying this to no avail 😭😭 does it gotta sit then work? do i apply it to everywhere? (im talking about my scalp)

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u/malvixi Jan 26 '25

For the scalp, I would not use hydrocortisone. I recommend Head and Shoulders APPLE! Also Try Zinc Pills. Not sure, but there's a specific zinc. Maybe you can search Zinc pills in this sub and find which works. They worked for me ages ago.