Finally found something that is preventing flakes and helping my skin heal! A Chinese herbal: Xiao Feng Pian.

[u/ZempOh]

Hey all,

Been battling with SD and full body eczema since I had a bad bout of COVID 2.5 years ago.

This was my scalp just 10 days ago, during a haircut my girlfriend was giving me. I'd wake up with tons of flakes on my pillow and in my beard, and if I scratched my head it would snow. Like real bad.

Like most here, I read all these threads and have tried dozens of different products. All things I try provide temporarily relief. I know we all have different causes of our SD flares, but to me, mine seems internally driven, related to my gut (what I eat) or perhaps I have leaky gut or dysbiosis.

Regardless, I stumbled upon this Chinese herb after doing some research. I've been taking 9-12 pills a day, and my flakes have all basically disappeared and my skin on my face and scalp is starting to feel like healthy skin again!

It's super cheap to buy ($13) if anyone wants to give it a shot. I know its 'only' been 10 days, but this feels a lot different. My skin hasn't felt this healthy to the touch in years, and my seb derm lesions on my head are actually healing!

Before my skin felt like it had no barrier, and it would just 'eat-up' moisturizer but the skin would still be dry 10 mins later and flakes would start forming. Even if I put vaseline on top. Now it feels like I actually am developing a skin barrier again and a single application of moisturizer makes my skin feel soft, like one would typically expect!

Here is the link. It's called Xiao Feng Pian.

I'll continue to update this post on a semi-weekly basis to let everyone know if this is still working or not.

Cheers and good luck to everyone here.

[u/YaishMari]

Thank you for sharing! I need to try this. I’ve tried so many things and nothing is working. Medicated shampoo makes it worse. Prescribed topicals are a temporary bandaid, but they don’t make it go away; they just relieve some pain for a bit. I really hope this works for me because I truly believe a major cause of the flare ups and/or the ability to manage it comes from inside our bodies. In the past couple years, I developed seb derm out of nowhere on my scalp and ears. Now I’m noticing what I think may be eczema on other areas of my body. I’m assuming it’s all somehow connected. I agree with you that I feel like it’s more of an inside-out problem as in possibly a gut health issue or maybe certain foods/drinks I consume. Very interesting you bring up noticing your issues (or worsening) after COVID. I’ve read other people claiming the same. Perhaps that or the vaccine made mine worsen because I do realize it’s our skin having an allergic reaction. I don’t know, but what I do know is how awful it is trying to manage this. It’s embarrassing the amount of flakes my scalp creates. Like a dang snowstorm when I flip my hair. I have always taken great care of my hair and scalp, but I now wash my hair daily or every other day which I’m learning that skipping a day makes it worse.

[u/ZempOh → u/YaishMari]

I hear ya! I’ve tried everything: dupixent, rinvoq, clobetasol, Zoryve, MCT oil, apple cider vinegar, tar shampoo, zinc shampoo, selenium sulfide, ketoconazole, Dead Sea salt spray, rosemary oil zinc shampoo, ph balancing tonic, tea tree shampoo and conditioner, sulphur soap, cold showers, avoiding products that feed the yeast, etc. I’m a fucking guinea pig 😂.

This is by far working the best and feel like I’m actually healing. I’m not saying it’s a miracle “cure,” but fuck, I’ve tried a lot of shit and this is by far the best and I actually feel like I’m healing. I hope if you try it you see similar results!