A very common skin condition, seborrheic dermatitis affects more than three million people every year. It causes itchy, red skin or rashes with white scales. If you have this condition, you’ll find it on your scalp, face, forehead, and on the folds of skin around your nose, eyes, ears and eyelids. When it appears on your body, you’ll see it on the folds of the skin including under your arms, below your breasts and around your groin, buttocks and navel.
Seborrhea Symptoms
- Rashes anywhere on your body, but usually on your face
- Dry skin that can be itchy and red
- Flaky skin; the flakes may be white, yellow or gray
- Peeling skin occurring in patches of red irritated skin, commonly on your scalp
- Red and irritated patches
- Patches of oily skin covered in white or yellow flaky scales, often in folds of your skin
- Persistent dandruff
- Unexplained hair loss
- Scaly pimple-like bumps usually along your hairline
- Itching
- Lesions
- Soreness of your skin
- In infants, crusty, sometimes yellow skin on the scalp or persistent diaper rash, since itching isn’t common with infants
Causes of Seborrhea
- Cold weather
- Dry weather
- Yeast
- Fungal growth
- Change in seasons
- Lack of nutrients, especially zinc, biotin, vitamin B6, and B2
- In children, too much vitamin A
