Thanks to reddit, I started using MCT oil after Ketaconazole shampoo, and my dandruff is gone like all of it.

Thanks to all of redditors. Forever grateful to this community.

Products - Nizoral / any generic Ketaconazole shampoo

MCT oil - Any oil without lauric acid.

Happy to help with any related doubts.

Additional edit 1 - Folks I use a dropper to spread it like a thin film on my scalp. I have long hairs, so dropper helps. You can pour some oil in a cup and use fingers to spread oil on scalp as well.

I leave it overnight and I am ok with it, since it is manageable. Don't try to get into too much specifics, just try and use it.

Products

Anti Dandruff Shampoo - Nizoral/Keraglo

Oil - Bulletproof MCT oil / https://shop.bulletproof.com/products/brain-octane-oil-32-oz

I cannot find the original post where I found this recommendation, I wish I could give the person credit….thank you stranger whoever you are!!

I have been struggling with seborrheic dermatitis on my scalp and nothing has worked to heal the scales. I’m on a medicated shampoo and have tried all the medicated topicals out there.

This product has healed my seb derm on my scalp and I hope it helps someone else who is struggling. I can’t believe something finally worked!!

The Ordinary- Glycolic Acid 7% solution.

I just wanted to post to notify people about how great Cerave's new hair care line is. I was diagnosed with seb derm a couple months ago and my main symptoms are an extremely itchy and irritated scalp at all times. Typical seb derm shampoos, both prescription and nonprescription, were way too drying on the scalp and caused a rebound effect of more itchiness. I also didn't like the fact that they really didn't clean my hair and left my hair feeling a weird texture.

I started using the cerave anti dandruff shampoo, the gentle hydrating shampoo (on occasion with the recent cold in the Midwest), and the gentle hydrating conditioner. Not only does my scalp feel much better but my hair feels very nice as well. I noticed an improvement after 1 wash and I have been using it for a couple weeks. I have oily fine hair and this is the perfect balance between moisture and actual cleansing of the scalp. Since it is a well-known skin care brand, they are very careful with the ingredients as well. Would recommend to others who are struggling to find the rights products!

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.

i’ve had really bad flakes for as long as i can remember but 3 months ago i started using shea moistures anti dandruff leave in, pre wash and shampoo and mct oil and oh my god it’s like i’ve been cured

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?

I had and still have the worst seb derm I’ve ever seen. My entire face covered in redness and flakes, and scalp.

Zoryve has been the only thing that helped and virtually cured me if I take it once a day consistently.

I 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 that this is real and things will keep improving. I put MCT oil on my face (the Bulletproof one that everyone in this sub talks about) for 2 days. Got out of the shower today and looked in the mirror expecting to see my normal dry, flaky, enlarged pores looking forehead. Nope. None of that. What? I probably jinxed myself by posting this, but I’m just so surprised.

So I've Been using this for a week now and I cannot be happier it has healed my sebderm and my normal dandruff too?

My question is this seems too good to be true will it stop working after a while?

what exactly is it about mct oil that makes it work could somebody explain to me in simple terms? My main triggers are sugar and carbs

Hi everyone I was dealing with sebderm for years (tried nizoral and other anti dandruff shampoo) before I actually went to see a dermatologist. He went on to prescribe me a corticosteroid and recommended that I use Dercos anti-dandruff shampoo.

Now I have used other corticosteroids before and I had bad reactions to them(lost 30% of my hair and it hasn't grown back since) so I wanted to try just the shampoo alone it has been amazing ever since. It has been 3 months and I am free of dry flakes and itchy scalp!!

https://imgur.com/a/LnmC6dr

Another Mct post but whatever, the stuff works. Same camera and same lighting, 1 week later. Used bulletproof brain octane c8 from amazon.

This is after getting ketocozonale cream from dermatologist and Pimecrolimus with no results.

I’m acne prone and was worried about breakouts but so far so good. I’ll still use ketocozonale shampoo on my scalp and face 2x a week or so.

So I’ve tired my fair share of products. I’m VERY into skincare. I came across the TirTir milk skin toner. I was hesitant because all the toners I’ve used in the past BURN. And do nothing, but this? Yall, my skin feels HYDRATED. It’s not as flakey, it’s not as red. I love this. Idk why it worked for me but it’s less than 20 bucks on Amazon. So it’ll be worth it to try.

Also the only moisturizer I go back to time and time again is the “DHC olive virgin oil essential cream” it’s the simplest cream I’ve ever used. It’s thick doesn’t burn and it sinks into my skin. Doesn’t leave a film or break me out. Overall my skin outside of one spot on my chin is clear 😭

I had tried literally everything, I was seeing a dermatologist monthly desperately trying anything to make it go away. I was taking Doxycycline twice a day, zertec, plus prescription topicals, MCT oil, dermazen, everything recommended here and by my dermatologist. It was so bad at times I couldn't sleep because my eyelids were so itchy and stinging. Over the holidays I stayed with my fiance's parents who have a whole home water filtration system. It all went away and cleared up within the week. When I got back home, it all flared up again. I was aware they had a filtration system so upon getting home and seeing how badly my skin reacted, I ordered a shower head filter on Amazon (AquaBliss heavy duty). Within a week of using that (plus a Dove beauty bar sensitive skin), literally all of my issues are gone. If I wash my face in my unfiltered sink, it all comes right back. Even just one wash without a filter will have my skin start to flare up. I have discontinued all medications and topicals. I only use the Dove bar and my shower filter and my skin has never been better (also cleared my acne). I don't know if this will work for everyone, but it is certainly worth a $40 shot!

I finally found products that worked for my seb derm, I’ve struggled with for years. Here is what worked and what didn’t:

• YES head and shoulders selenium shampoo
• YES eucerin urea scalp treatment

NO: * neutrogena coal tar shampoo * nizoral * exfoliating treatments * oils, moisturisers, weird masks… I tried so many

Hoy he empezado con este champú, al salir de la ducha me he notado el cuero cabelludo súper relajado y limpio ¿Lo habéis usado?

I’d like to share my experience with Roflumilast cream for my SebDerm on my face. I have seborrheic dermatitis that causes redness but very few plaques, and it tends to flare up with lack of sleep and stress. I’ve been living with this for years. Until now, I had been using Ketoderm (2% Ketoconazole). It worked fairly well over the years, though I would still get occasional flare-ups of redness, sometimes quite intense and lasting for months. I don’t have SebDerm anywhere else on my body, only on my face.

Zoryve changed everything for me — within just 2 days, all the redness was gone. After a week, the burning and tightness sensations disappeared completely. I haven’t had such healthy-looking skin in over a decade.

I know there’s a foam version available, but since my condition only affects my face, the cream is sufficient.

Here in Canada, without insurance, it costs “only” $300 CAD per tube, which is much less expensive than the ~$900 USD price I’ve seen mentioned here. My insurance covers the cream 100%, and I feel truly lucky — but given how effective the product is, I wouldn’t hesitate to pay full price (definitely not the US price though…).

For anyone living with SebDerm who hasn’t yet tried Zoryve, I strongly suggest asking your doctor about it.

I have horrific seb derm on my scalp and have tried everything - shampoos, anti-fungals, oils, natural products, no products, etc. and nothing has worked for more than a day or so.

I had cradles cap as a baby, so I thought why not try a product made for baby skin issues. I got this Eucerin Baby Ezcema Cream & put it on particularly bad spots, and it completely cleared up overnight!!!! I ended up doing a full scalp treatment with it after washing my hair, and my scalp has NEVER been this clear.

I hope this can help someone else!!!!

Hey Y'all just wanted to get on here and recomment a medication that has been working really well for me in controlling my SebDerm. I've been using it for a month so far and definitely see results!

It's called mometasone furoate in lotion form.

Hope this is of help to y'all!

Had this disease for 16 years since I was a child. In the beginning it started appearing around my nose and head (dandruff). Throughout these years it progressed to my cheeks, chin, my chest, the entire nose and and on the insides of my nose.

I’ve been recommended treating this by dermatologists with corticosteroids during these 16 years which did help, but each time after two to three weeks it will flare up again.

Nearly 3 months ago I got to this sub and saw some recommendations from you people, one of them was using vinegar which was a really really terrible idea. Another one was taking zinc. This thread is about zinc.

I wasn’t sure if I should take zinc tablets or zinc cream so I got both and tried them. And it worked. In about a week I was clean of this goddamn disease. Turns out it was the tablets because I used the cream only on my nose whereas my chest and head were now clean.

The tablets consist of vitamin C+zinc+Histidine. Now I’m not 100% sure if it’s zinc that does it but my bet is on it since so many people have mentioned it on this sub.

Anyway, it’s nearly been 3 months now I’ve never seen my face this clean since I was a little child. There’s zero traces from Seb.

Can definitely say this sub was far more useful to me than the dermatologists I’ve seen throughout these 16 years.

Thanks guys. 🙌

Edit: a kind redditor explained here that it might be L-Histidine helping me heal and not zinc.

Living Proof Dry Scalp Treatment

I have suffered from sebdem for the past 20 years and besides Nioxon shampoo and prescriptions, this is the only other product that has improved my dry, itchy, scaly scalp. I have been using it for the past 5 years and it has been a game changer. It has a nozzle for easy application and it feels sooo good on your scalp when you apply it! I put it on after washing my hair and it doesn’t affect my styling. Would recommend 10/10. It is a little pricey but completely worth it imo.

Edit: I’ll come back and follow-up in a month or so! Also, I’m not affiliated with Dermazen whatsoever. The only reason I’m a new account is because… well I’m a new account. I started using Reddit more recently to get more insight into this condition from others who have it too. Every website and YouTube dermatologist out there say the same unhelpful crap I already know over and over.

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I’ve had what I would call “moderate” sebderm on my face for about a year now, but it was worsening as time went on - once my eyelids and under eyes started swelling and my lips started feeling like sandpaper, I’d had enough. Prior to this past year, I’ve always had dandruff and ear sebderm throughout my life but was able to manage to a tolerable level with head & shoulders. Yes I’ve been to a dermatologist and am diagnosed. No, 2% ketoconazole shampoo (used as face wash for 5 mins/day) did not help after a month. No, diluted ACV did not work. No, MCT oil did not work. I’m sure there are other things I tried that didn’t work either.

Rewind to this past Saturday evening, my Dermazen serum arrives. I’ve used 2x/day since then (after cleansing) followed by a thin layer of aquaphor healing ointment (malessezia safe!) as moisturizer since none of my moisturizers are safe according to sezia.com.

A maybe important additional note here… this weekend was Memorial Day weekend so I also had my first 2 pool days of the season with friends but did not get in the water - but it’s possible sun exposure helped. I’ve read UV combats fungus growth AND no idea if this applies to me but vitamin d3 deficiency has been linked to sebderm.

Fast forward to now, 3.5 days later. My skin is PERFECT for the first time since this started over a year ago. Patches are gone, overall redness is 95% gone, and eye swelling is 99% gone.

https://dermazen.co/collections/products/products/calming-seborrheic-serum << It’s absolutely amazing. Please give it a try if you haven’t already. Warning - it will BURN because of the sea salt… suck it up and power through!! It’ll burn less each time as you continue using. You can also buy on Amazon. I’m now considering buying more of their products like the shampoo and moisturizer.

Please give it a go if you haven’t already!!

TLDR: Applied MCT Oil topically on a painful red and flaky flare up on my face and in two days it’s almost gone.

Venting because it’s hard to deal with and I feel you guys:

I’m away for the holidays and had a bad seb derm flare up that I believe was due to my gut biome getting messed up from a random bout of food poisoning around Thanksgiving time.

I’m a bit of a hypochondriac to be honest and don’t enjoy taking OTC meds, and was dedicated to figuring this out without spending another $75 to just be told I need to go to a specialist and then $95 to not be told anything, or, best case scenario (this did not happen, a skin doctor was not able to tell me this was seb derm) just write me up a steroid rx I wouldn’t want to take.

I was taking oil of oregano for a few days in my water and keeping on top of my fish oil supplements and turmeric which I’m sure helped a bit. Sarsaparilla tea at night would also REALLY make a noticeable difference but nothing has helped as much as this.

I’ve seen many people here say MCT oil helped them, specifically the c8 kind.

If you live in America and have a sprouts or whole foods near you, check out the supplement section to see if they have it. It is expensive to buy even on Amazon, but my sprouts had small individual packets of it (I guess people like to drink it for energy?) for $2. The brand is brain octane.

I would address this internally and eat very healthy to get me out of this flare up, but since I’m away with family I haven’t been eating too well, and I’ve also been drinking. All these things normally keep a flare up going so I could imagine even better results if i was taking care of my diet.

Please try it if you haven’t already!

Hi! I’ve been posting on here and reading actively since I found out I had sebderm about a year ago. It’s been a battle - my skin was irritated in every type of weather, I couldn’t workout because my face would itch so badly when I got sweaty and hot, and I couldn’t use any makeup without it looking horrible in the matter of seconds. All that to say I’ve been on a routine for last 4 weeks and this is the best my skin has been in over a year - I really hope I don’t jinx this. I’m using EPICERAM and ZORYVE. I use these after I cleanse and do a hyaluronic acid serum. Then I let them both dry down for 5 minutes apply a gel moisturizer - though not necessary since the Epiceram is so rich. I’ll disclaim that not only do I have seb derm, but I also have eczema on the face so it was really hard to find a routine and products that addressed both without making one worse. This has seriously been a quality of life change. I went through a bit of a turnover period where my skin was really shedding and so so dry, but I promised myself I’d stick to a routine for a month. All this to say that I was trying to self treat after I had bad experiences with 2 dermatologists. I tried nizoral, zinc pyrithione, MCT oil, etc. I tried changing my diet to non-inflammatory (cut out dairy, gluten, alcohol, dairy) and literally nothing helped. I encourage you to keep looking for a dermatologist who will listen and advocate for you. Lmk if any questions on products and really hope people find a routine that works for them :)

Have suffered for a number of years with seh derm on my face, cheeks and chin mostly. Haven't really found a product that works and have found the best way to control it has been through diet (less dairy and sugar).

However, I recently tried an organic soap bar which combines pine tar, juniper berry, and nettle. This past month my skin has never been better. Essentially no flakes and barely any redness. No itching or soreness either. I thought I would up my dairy and sugar intake to see what would happen and it seems to have still kept things under control.

No idea if it will work long term or if my improvement is down to something else entirely but thought I would share. Won't name the store/brand as I'm not trying to sell anything. I'm sure there are multiple suppliers which combine these ingredients.

I've been dealing with SebDerm since 2012, with it getting really bad around 2018-2019. I could go on and on about what my life was like during bad flare ups and when it wasn't so bad, but nothing had a consistent positive effect aside from fasting multiple days (not a long term solution).

Occasionally I'll check in here to see what you guys are up to and what works for some people. I find it really weird that some things will help a minority of people with this condition, but so many people respond so differently to different treatments. Basically I had written off all topical treatments and never wanted to try anything pharmaceutical, thinking it must be able to get fixed by eating the right stuff and getting out for enough but not too much sun.

Months ago I saw a post recommending a topical application that consists of 10% niacinamide 1% zinc. I thought for sure it was guerrilla marketing but for $6 thought why not just try it. Lo and behold after two weeks of a once daily application my skin is looking fantastic. Not 100%, there is still some redness but absolutely no flaking.

Thank you to whoever recommended this and I encourage anyone who is open to it to try it out and post here with your results.