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Originally Posted by googley
I have saeboherric dermititus too. I absolutely hate it. I thought I was the only one with it. (obviously not true since it is an identified disease, but still feels like it.) I have a ketacolamine (sp?) RX shampoo that i use. I agree about not washing your hair all the time and not using blow drier. I get it on my face too. I use protopic and have another steroid cream that i use when it gets bad on my face. I have thought that milk might make it worse. But I refuse to give up dairy products. Good luck.
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I get it on my face too, milk DEFINITELY makes it worse, but it doesn't show for a couple of days by which time you forgot you had milk! i know it makes it worse because I do not drink milk now and unless i have been in a dusty or dirty environment mine is pretty clear, though my scalp is still crusty! I wore a dark top to a meeting the other day and it looked like i had snow all over my shoulders where i had been unconsciously scratching my scalp!!! very embarrassing!
saeboherric dermititus is not a fungal infection, it is you body overproducing something, the same as eczema, in fact saeboherric dermititus is a form of eczema of the scalp. milk, dust and perfumes all make mine worse.
giving up dairy products is not that bad, there are so many alternatives around....rice milk is great, works well for cereal, tea, coffee, white sauces etc, pure do a range of truly dairy free spreads (most spreads still have butter, whey or buttermilk in them) if you are ok with soy (i'm not) there are soy yoghurts, soy icecream soy milkshakes soy chocolate etc, you can get pea protein cheese, though i prefer mixing cashew nut paste and marmite to make cheese flavouring/spread! there is even dairy free squirty cream available now!