Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis, depending on the cause

Seborrheic dermatitis is a relatively common skin disease. If we want to treat this disease well, we need to start from three aspects: its cause, pathology, and symptoms, and prescribe the right medicine according to the patient's actual condition.

1. Cause and treatment of seborrheic dermatitis: At present, the cause of excessive sebum secretion has not been identified. Some people, including some doctors, confuse seborrheic dermatitis with excessive secretion of male hormones. There is an important piece of evidence that this disease has nothing to do with male hormones: the disease has a seasonal pattern of mild in winter and severe in summer, and the male hormone monitoring of patients has not shown seasonal changes.

2. Pathological treatment of seborrheic dermatitis: mainly focusing on removing fat and killing lipophilic ovale Pityrosporum. Commonly used treatments such as sulfur ointment can only remove surface oil and lipophilic ovoid Pityrosporum, thus causing repeated attacks and long-term treatment without cure.

3. Treatment of seborrheic dermatitis symptoms: mainly to relieve itching and remove dandruff. Some Western doctors are accustomed to using hormone drugs, but they can only solve temporary itching and pain. If used for too long, it will cause drug rebound and aggravate clinical symptoms.

4. Daily care: Limit fatty foods and sweets, such as fatty meat, cream cakes, chocolate, etc., and eat more vegetables and fruits.