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[chaseryder]

Had dry flakey skin on my face and my eyebrows, the sides of my nose and my forehead were hard and scaly and i would get yellow "bits" on my skin all the time.

My dermaatologist told me about some stuff you can buy over the counter for £3 and it completely cleared up everything i had in 1 week.

The cream is called Daktarin it's an anti fungal cream, thought i would mention it on here incase it might help someone.

I was using the Daktarin along with Differin Gel but i have cut back on the Gel already as i found it made my skin redder and just stick to using the Dactarin.

Was your skin red as well??? is your skin oily? So you found much success with it though? can it be irritating? Is your skin sensitive...

sorry bout all the questions, just curious.

[seb_derm]

thanks for info PaulUk
even i have the same doubts like chaseryder abt it.

[PaulUK]

Had dry flakey skin on my face and my eyebrows, the sides of my nose and my forehead were hard and scaly and i would get yellow "bits" on my skin all the time.

My dermaatologist told me about some stuff you can buy over the counter for £3 and it completely cleared up everything i had in 1 week.

The cream is called Daktarin it's an anti fungal cream, thought i would mention it on here incase it might help someone.

I was using the Daktarin along with Differin Gel but i have cut back on the Gel already as i found it made my skin redder and just stick to using the Dactarin.

Was your skin red as well??? is your skin oily? So you found much success with it though? can it be irritating? Is your skin sensitive...

sorry bout all the questions, just curious.

My skin was always been very Oily (I had severe acne for years, was on Accutane) and my skin has been red across my cheeks and nose and forehead for as long as i can remember..

The redness has gone down a bit but is still visible not that i expected it to go completely but because the general quality of my skin has improved so much it doesn't feel like it matters so much to me.

I have had absolutely no irritation with the cream at all and all the flakeyness after coming out of the bath has gone completely now.. it's like a whole new world to me i feel like i can take a shower at a friends house and not worry about all the peeling skin after i get out of the shower anymore..

[seb_derm]

i jus got a tube of daktarin but it is in gel form is the gel as good as the cream base...i guess il do a patch test 1st jus to c whether its workin or not...

[chaseryder]

well let me know how it goes...

I find it so interesting why so many SD sufferers have used Accutane. I truly believe that accutane does desensitize the skin/damage, which causes the immune system/skin to become weaker and more susceptible to skin problems. i.e SD

besides that, I have learned to just manually exfoliate, either it be with my finger nail or a tool...I get the skin off and keep with it and I don't flake...its tedious, but an option...

[Ihsahn]

how is everyone doing ?.I have been on low dose accutane for a while now,10mg per day for 3 months and then 40 mg per week for 2 months after that and i plan to be on low dose for a pretty long period as it works amazing for me without any side effects,prob cause of the low dosel.My acne has subsided totally oil is 95% gone so everything is looking good.Along with that i was using protopic 0.1 % which for me worked like wonders,then i shifted to 0.03 % which also works great but ofc not as good as the stronger one.My sd/eczema is pretty much under control like this ,much better than what it was nearly a year back,but still the eczema deost completely go so i am on and off protopic as maintanence and everything is going good for me ,hope everyones doing good.

[seb_derm]

hi ihsahn!
good to hear tht ur sd has nearly cleared, well in my case sebum on my face has reduced quite a bit n i guess i dnt have acne but wat i have is pityrosporum folliculitis n slight pinkness on my nose..ive been using elidel off and on and fucidin-h cream for pustules..wht i recently read is sinclair pharmaceuticals has come up wid a cream specially for sd its called sebclair its presently sold in Italy, France, Greece and Turkey n frm Jan 2009 it will be available in the USA n somewhere in mid 2009 it will be out in the UK..has anyone tried it as yet! lets hope dis is d 1 jus waitin to get my hands on it...

[seb_derm]

hey! hows everyone doing? ever since ive got seborrheic dermatitis ive been on elidel and fucidin h cream it had almost cleared me completely but recently i rubbed ice over my face on which i had applied fucidin h cream before but had also wiped it with a soft tissue and then ice was rubbed. now my cheeks have become red and itchy again i would say im back to square one. elidel isnt helping anymore. presently im just washing my face with oatmeal w/ water and applying elidel twice a week. any help would be appreciated. thanks!