5 Effective Remedies & Natural Treatment for Seborrehic Dermatitis

What Is Seborrheic Dermatitis?

Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is defined as a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory skin condition characterized by erythema and skin flaking. Seborrheic dermatitis is a form of eczema and usually causes symptoms like itchiness, skin dryness or oiliness, and other common changes in skin texture, such as scalp dandruff. Symptoms most often appear on areas of the skin that normally have high concentrations of sebaceous glands, meaning they tend to be oily. The areas of the body most likely to develop itchiness and other symptoms are:

    The face — Dryness and redness usually form on the forehead near the skin folds, eyebrows and anterior hairline.
    The scalp — Dandruff is regarded as a mild, noninflammatory form of seborrheic dermatitis, and more than half of patients with this condition develop symptoms on the scalp.
    Ears
    Upper chest
    Back
    Near the neck or collarbone
    Or in any body fold, such as near the groin

What causes Seborrheic Dermatitis?

It’s a chronic condition, its comes and goes, there is no magic pill that I give you so that it doesn’t come back you have to be stuck on what your doctor gave you and the specific home remedy you choose to treat it. Don’t we know what exactly causes Seborrheic Dermatitis? There are many theories we have one of them is a fungus that is called Malassezia people that are more sensitive gets more flakiness or greasy kind of scales. Genetics also plays an important role, even your environment affects your level of Seborrheic Dermatitis.

Home remedies for Seborrheic Dermatitis

1. Homemade Shampoo (must try)

This shampoo is not only good for Seborrheic Dermatitis but it’s also good for all hair problems like if you are facing hair loss, premature graying, lack of shine, dryness, lice, dandruff and many other hair problems. Most important this shampoo is SLS free, all the ingredients are almost natural, so please give it a try, nowadays I am using this shampoo and I can tell you the truth that with only first wash I notice some change in my hair texture.

Ingredients:

•     Dried Indian gooseberries (amla) 100 grams
•     Dried soap nuts (reetha) 100 grams
•     Dried Acacia concinna (shikakai) 100 grams
•     Dried or fresh neem leaves 8 or 10 leaves
•     One small bottle of sandalwood oil
•     Four tablespoons of fenugreek seeds
•     One tablespoon of sodium benzoate
•     Two tablespoons of ketoconaole or zinc pyrithione

How to make this shampoo:

•     First of all soak Dried Indian gooseberries, Dried soap nuts, Dried Acacia concinna and fenugreek seeds in two liter water for overnight.
•     Mix morning cook this mixture for two or three minutes.
•     After that add neem leaves, sandalwood oil, sodium benzoate and ketoconaole or zinc pyrithione.
•     Let it cook for more 4 to 5 minutes.
•     After this turn off the stove and let it cools down.
•     If your hair is dry then add only 1/3 tablespoon of sodium benzoate but if your hair are greasy and oil then you can add full 1 tablespoon.
•     When this mixture is cool down just mash the ingredients little bit with your hands.
•     Strain this mixture and kept this in a clean bottle.
•     You can use this shampoo for up to 3 months.

2.Olive Oil: 

When the infants experience cradle cap, you can use olive oil solution to treat seborrheic dermatitis. But the good news is that not only the infants but also the adults can use this treatment to get rid of the symptoms effectively and quickly.  Apply olive oil to your scalp and other affected areas in your body. It is recommended leaving for 20 minutes. When using olive oil treatment, you make the crusts and flakes softened enough to get rid of by a comb. Finally, wash your hair clearly with the good shampoo. However, it is important not to rub the shampoo on your scalp.

3. Use Healing Coconut and Essential Oils

Because real coconut oil contains medium-chain fatty acids, including lauric acid and capric acid, it has strong antiviral, antimicrobial and antifungal properties. Coconut oil applied to the skin has been shown to help reduce excess yeast, microbes and fungus that can lead to irritation, too much oiliness or dryness. Even better, use coconut oil on the skin along with soothing essential oils — like cedarwood oil, lemongrass, rosemary, tea tree and lavender.

To make a homemade treatment for scaling, itchy skin that you can keep at home to use several times, combine eight drops cedarwood, eight drops rosemary oil, six drops tea tree oil, one teaspoon local honey and four ounces coconut oil (or olive or almond oil). Massage onto the affected area, including the scalp, leave on for about 15–20 minutes, and then gently rub or rinse off.

4. Lime Juice

Although lime juice has acidic properties like apple cider vinegar; however, it is less effective than apple cider vinegar. Therefore, you should use lime juice along with other treatments on how to treat seborrheic dermatitis naturally at home in order to reduce the unpleasant smell and retain your hair.

5. Apple cider vinegar

An apple cider vinegar soak will loosen the scales on your scalp. It may also lessen inflammation in the area of your flare-up. To use this treatment, wash your hair with shampoo first. Then apply a diluted solution of apple cider vinegar to the area. Let the vinegar and water sit on your scalp for a few minutes before rinsing it off. Be sure to rinse well.

 If you’ve tried self-treating your SD without success, it’s possible that you need a different diagnosis.

See your doctor if your flare-ups become a constant presence in your life, or if you also have other symptoms. Your primary care physician will most likely refer you to a dermatologist. This skin doctor may want to run some tests and talk to you about other treatments.