r/seborrheicdermatitis

i’ve had my sebderm under control for over a year. there are breakouts every time seasons change but i’ve managed to keep it under control. i have no flakes or itching. but i can’t do anything about the smell. my scalp starts smelling horrible just 2 days after i hairwash. its really affecting my social life making me self conscious when i get close to people. at this point i dont even care about fixing the source of the problem, im okay with just masking the smell somehow without flaring up. i’d prefer some natural remedy or something that’s readily available for cheap.

i’m was thinking of maybe applying some dry shampoo or clotrimazole powder on my scalp to slow down the fungal activity

if anyone has solved this specific problem, please share your experience.

my routine:

i apply ACV to break the biofilm followed by my shampoo. i cycle ketoconazole and ciclopirox twice a week. i condition my hair (with a malassezia safe product) and dab mct oil on damp scalp.

Can anyone tell me which things i should add to my diet to ease my flare ups and reduce the itching?

My physician has advised me to completely cut down dairy products, bakery products, Bananas, gram flour, Brinjal, Tomato, peanuts, Almonds,mangoes, pickles and anything sour - which has citric acid. Even potato, ofc no oily and highly processed food.

Physician also added Vit A, Vit B12 supplements in my medications and recently gave me Vit D3 shots drink (to be taken one shot/10 days).

Gave me Becmat lotion and SALIKETO shampoo for application with some tablets and LIVCON TH for liver health and improvement of Digestion.

I'm a pure vegetarian so no to eggs, meat was already a Yes.

So a highly restricted diet already but I wanna add some nutritious things in my diet to improve my whole digestion, immunity and also gut health which will eventually help me reduce my flare ups but also something which has anti inflammatory properties.

Drop down some suggestions, Thank you!

[Also some snacks which i can have without actually triggering my flare ups :) ]

back in 2023 i had a dry patch under my left eyebrow completely out of the blue and my family doctor said its just eczema and gave me elidel, it did absolutely nothing. then months goes by and then my ears have dry patches?? fast forward to now and my unibrow area and along the side of my right nose area is dry now too.

got environmental allergy testing done and nothing, he prescribed me eucrisa which also didn’t help, and i have mometasone as well.

i’m getting married in a couple months and i just want to get rid of this😭😭 any tips??

NOT ASKING FOR MEDICAL ADVICE!! Just any tips that may help, i’m a nurse but im stuck.

I'm in the process of formulating not only mustache styling waxes that are completely seb safe but also conditioning balms. Is there any interest in this?

Struggled with this for years, I get it bad in my beard, eyebrows, scalp, and some times on chest. I finally found the winning combo for me.
The last few months before this, have been the worst in my life with not being able to get in under control, I have switched around between all the commonly recommended shampoos and some natural remedies.. Whats working extremely well for me is a combination, Selsun Blue shampoo mixed with tea tree oil. I put 1-2 drops of essential oil in a dallop of shampoo, mix then apply, leaving on my face and scalp for 3 mins then rinse off. (AVOID EYES)
After I rinse it off, I moisturize with a glycerin or MCT based moisturizer
IMPORTANT: AVOID LONG CHAIN FATTY OIL'S BASED MOISTURIZERS, THEY FEED THE YEAST THAT YOU WANT TO KILL.

I did 3 days back to back to aggressively reduce the yeast population, and I am doing maintenance applications every 2-3 days with no flare ups or flakes in the last few months. Hopefully this helps someone..