How to Treat Seborrheic Dermatitis

Skin diseases are very common diseases. Such diseases are very harmful to human health. After such diseases occur, they also need timely treatment. Many people do not know much about skin diseases, so when treating them, they do not know what method to choose. The common method of treating skin diseases is ointment. This treatment method can well relieve the patient's condition. So how to treat seborrheic dermatitis?

Many people don’t know much about seborrheic dermatitis. This disease can cause great damage to human skin and requires timely treatment after discovery. So how to treat seborrheic dermatitis? There are some good ways.

How to treat seborrheic dermatitis:

1. General treatment

Live a regular life, get enough sleep, adjust your diet, eat more vegetables, limit high-fat and high-sugar foods, avoid drinking alcohol and spicy foods, and avoid excessive mental stress.

2. Topical medication

(1) Glucocorticoids are mainly used for skin lesions with severe inflammation. Medium- or high-potency glucocorticoid preparations can be applied externally, which have good therapeutic effects, but should not be used for a long time, especially on the face. Low-potency glucocorticoid preparations (such as hydrocortisone) are less effective and are suitable for infants and young children.

(2) Antibacterial drugs: 2% erythromycin ointment or gel, 5% metronidazole cream, or a cream containing 1% chloramphenicol and 0.1% dexamethasone.

(3) Selenium sulfide lotion has the effect of killing fungi and inhibiting bacterial growth. It can also reduce sebum secretion and the content of fatty acids in sebum.

(4) Zinc pyrithione shampoo The concentration of zinc pyrithione shampoo is 1% to 2%. In addition to being used on the scalp, it can also be used on other parts of the body, such as the face, brow arches, and trunk. Do not apply to eyelid margins to avoid eye irritation. Apply the medicine to the affected area, leave it on for 1 to 2 minutes, and then wash it off with clean water. Apply 1 to 2 times a day. When symptoms are under control, change to once a day, but you must persist in applying it to avoid recurrence. The shampoo has an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of epidermal cells. In addition, it has a broad-spectrum antibacterial effect and can inhibit the growth of Pityrosporum ovale.

(5) Antifungal preparations Antifungal preparations, especially imidazole drugs, have good therapeutic effects. Shampoos or creams containing ketoconazole (2%), itraconazole, econazole, clotrimazole, miconazole, oxiconazole, isoconazole, or ciclopirox and terbinafine (1%) preparations are commonly used. In addition to antifungal effects, antifungal preparations also have multiple effects such as anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and inhibition of cell wall lipid formation.

(6) Sulfur and/or salicylic acid lotions and other sulfur and/or salicylic acid have antibacterial and anti-dandruff effects and have certain therapeutic effects on this disease, but they are not as effective as zinc pyrithione and selenium sulfide, and are highly irritating. Coal tar preparations have anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antimitotic effects, but are colored, smelly and irritating, so they are usually only used on the scalp.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of how to treat seborrheic dermatitis. When treating such diseases, you can choose the above treatment methods. However, it should be noted that when treating such diseases, it must be done in a timely manner, which will be of great help in stabilizing the disease.