For facial seborrheic dermatitis, just wash your face with water

Dermatitis is a very common skin disease. Many people with poor skin quality or weak immunity are prone to skin diseases. Facial seborrheic dermatitis is also a type of skin disease. If the facial skin of this patient is not adequately protected and cleaned, it is likely that the dermatitis will become more and more serious. So is it okay to just wash your face with water for this type of dermatitis?

True seborrheic dermatitis usually occurs on the scalp, with symptoms of increased dandruff, or scalp folliculitis, or even bleeding. It can also occur on the face, but mostly in the nasolabial folds, with symptoms of localized redness, peeling, and increased oil (as shown in the following figure). However, it will never manifest as a severe allergic condition. In fact, the seborrheic dermatitis currently diagnosed is actually hormone-dependent dermatitis.

Hormone-dependent dermatitis is a new disease in dermatology. It is caused by the use of hormone ointments or cosmetics containing hormones. It is a drug-induced disease. It was originally attributed to seborrheic dermatitis. In 2003, Zhang Fengshan, the descendant of a five-generation Chinese medicine family, first proposed and named the concept of hormone-dependent dermatitis. This concept was quickly accepted by the medical community, and people began to slowly distinguish hormone-dependent dermatitis from seborrheic dermatitis. Of course, some old dermatologists are more "stubborn" and still hold the old view, which is wrong.

Identification of the disease: The lesion area of ​​hormone-dependent dermatitis is related to the body's habit of using cosmetics. Most of them are on the cheeks (as shown below), and some may spread to the chin; while true facial seborrheic dermatitis occurs on the outside of the nostrils, in the nasolabial groove, in an area the size of a fingernail, or on the scalp. Although both have the condition of increased oil secretion, they are two different things;

For simple seborrheic dermatitis, sulfur ointment or compound phellodendron liquid can be used for treatment, and Chinese medicine can be taken for treatment. Although this disease is stubborn, the symptoms are generally mild and no treatment is needed.

The treatment of hormone-dependent dermatitis, which is characterized by repeated facial allergies and redness, itching and burning when exposed to heat, is more difficult. It is a rare disease in dermatology that requires skin detoxification (rash removal). Due to the painful symptoms of detoxification, there are not many mature solutions that can truly cure the disease and keep people going. Only detoxification and repair methods can completely cure it.

Hormone-dependent dermatitis is caused by ointments or cosmetics containing hormones. The actual situation is that the topical medicines for skin diseases sold in pharmacies are basically hormone ingredients. Due to the chaos in the cosmetics market, most cosmetics contain hormones, and the result is that the incidence of hormone-dependent dermatitis is getting higher and higher. Therefore, such patients should stop using all cosmetics or skin care products.

A clearing diet and eating more green vegetables can help alleviate the symptoms of hormone dermatitis; of course, oral Chinese medicine alone is not effective in treating hormone-dependent dermatitis; skin detoxification and repair methods must be adopted to completely cure it; you can use sulfur soap to wash your face, but after washing your face, you must moisturize it, otherwise the skin will still peel off. You can simply moisturize with Vaseline.