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Hello Reddit,I have created this account to share information about what has helped me treat my Seborrhoeic dermatitis. I really hope that this can help someone out there who also suffers from this skin disorder. It is no fun and had a serious negative impact on my life. Luckily I have found two things that have helped keep it under control, improving my life greatly. Background:I am a long term sufferer of Seborrhoeic dermatitis, it began when I was around 19 years old. I would get extremely itchy red skin under and around my nose and also on the hairline by my temples. At the beginning it wasn't that bad and I just ignored it. As time went on the redness got worse and became a real pain as I had to shave over the sore area which you can imagine irritated it greatly.First Method of Treatment - Sudocrem:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SudocremThe first thing I tried was Sudocrem which is a antiseptic healing cream. This is a Swiss army knife of a creme and can assist many different skin related issues, something I have used many times for different skin related problems.The good:When applying Sudocrem to the irritated area around my nose, it provided instant pain relief on the itchy patches and cooled the area.After 3/4 days it would leave the areas feeling almost completely normal and the redness would be almost completely gone leaving the skin looking normal.The bad:Sudocrem is a very white creme. I am talking white clown face makeup white. If you apply a large thick layer (which I found most effective at helping) then the creme is very very noticeable. That's why I only applied it before bed, or when I didn't have to go out. It is possible to only apply a thin layer too which can be almost unnoticeable.Sudocrem is water resistant which makes it rather hard to wipe off your face.My Sudocrem Routine:I lived using the following routine for around 3 years. This was a weekly routine. For the first 3/4 nights in a row, I would apply a thick layer of Sudocrem to the affected area before I went to sleep. If the flare up was around my mouth, I would also apply vaseline to my lips (this would help stop the sudocrem getting stuck on my lips in the morning). When I woke up each morning, I would use toilet paper to remove as much of the Sudocrem as possible. Then I would wipe the remaining Sudocrem off using a thick cotton face cloth. I found this to be the least irratative way of removing Sudocrem. On the fourth day, my face would look and feel almost completely normal. I then could have the next 3/4 days without having to worry about it. But Seborrhoeic dermatitis is chronic, so it would come back every time. I would then repeat the process.Second Method (Amazing Results) - Nizoral cream (ketoconazole 2%)After getting sick and tired of the sudocrem approach which ended up limiting my social life (due to the overt whiteness), I decided to go to the doctors. They diagnosed me as having Seborrhoeic dermatitis and prescribed me Nizoral antifungal cream. This cream contains ketoconazole which is the antifungal that targets Seborrhoeic dermatitis.I began using the cream and after three days the redness and itching had completely gone! I was amazed. After using it for about a month I stopped using it. The redness and itchyness came back after two weeks of no use. So I've been using it ever since, although I don't seem to need to do it every single morning and evening. Now I usually do it in the evening when red skin patches begin to appear, then again the next morning and evening and that is usually enough to hold it off for about a week. I'm sure the usage will depend on the individual but I'm writing based on my personal experience.I found this method far far more effective than Sudocrem. Sudocrem was a more temporary supression of the problem, whereas using Nizoral cream really feels like it targets the issue at a deeper level, which consequently gives you more time before it returns and also gives you time where it is completely gone/unnoticeable, something that Sudocrem didn't do for me.Here is a picture of the Nizoral cream I was prescribed by the doctor: http://imgur.com/a/5yAihThe good:The cream begins to work almost immediately - within 4 days the red/itchy/flaky skin had recovered.The cream is transparent (unlike sudocrem) which is great for being able to go out without it showing.Nizoral also available in shampoo form - this worked on getting rid of the dandruff on my scalp wonderfully.The bad:Can sting a little when applied, but thats a good sign that its doing something.Nothing I can think of. I have no side-effects that I am aware of.Further Reading:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seborrhoeic_dermatitishttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KetoconazoleI hope that this finds its way to help someone someday. Please visit your doctor as soon as you can. I certainly wish that I had done this right at the beginning which would have given me literally years of not suffering so badly from this issue.Good luck to you and Peace X
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