Seborrheic dermatitis, although very common on the head, also affects other parts of the body. Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis depends on where the disease occurs.
Seborrheic dermatitismost often attacks people suffering fromseborrheathat is excessive activity of the sebaceous glands. It manifests as red spots on the skin, itchy and often burning, and covered with a greasy yellowish scales.
seborrheicdermatitisaffects the scalp, but not only. It appears on the forehead, around the eyebrow, nose, nasolabial fold, behind the ears, on the cleavage between the breasts and on the back between the shoulder blades, and even in the groin - that is, wherever there are large clusters of sebaceous glands. Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis depends on where it occurs.
Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis
It relieves the symptoms of inflammation and eliminates the Malassezia spp. Fungus, which contributes to the development of the disease. The dermatologist will recommend anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal medications.
Usually it is the anti-inflammatory and antifungal ciclopiroxolamine and only antifungal ketoconazole or econazole.
If symptoms persist or return, you may need to take oral anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal medications.
Facial seborrheic dermatitis - treatment
Today, new generation drugs are increasingly used, calcineurin inhibitors - tacrolimus and primecrolimus. They effectively fight inflammation and have no side effects such as corticosteroids, which, when used for a long time, cause thinning of the skin, inflammation and allergies.
Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis on the body
The therapy uses topical corticosteroids and antifungal drugs, e.g. clotrimazole, isoconazole or miconazole. If the results are not satisfactory, the doctor may prescribe ciclopiroxolamine - a pyridone derivative with antifungal and antibacterial properties.
If the disease returns, then oral treatment with anti-inflammatory and antifungal drugs is needed. In some cases, UVB or PUVA therapy is also used - phototherapy withthe use of psoralens, photosensitizers that increase the sensitivity of the skin to ultraviolet.
It is also worth taking supplements with gamma-linolenic acid GLA, the deficiency of which causes the skin's resistance to decline, and linoleic acid, which strengthens the intercellular cement (they are in evening primrose and borage oil) and vitamins B2 and PP which strengthen the skin's functions.