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Suggest Medications For Dry And Flaky Skin.
The skin on my forehead and my nose (from in between my eyebrows down too my cheeks) are really dry and flakey also very sensitive. I try moisturizing a lot but it doesn't seem to help much. What can I do to make those areas soft and smooth like the rest of my face.
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hi,
It seems that you may be having seborrheic dermatitis. Skin of nose, paranasal area and forhead might develop flakes and dandruff like lesions. Stress,worries and anxiety may exacerbate the disease. Be calm and cool. Take a short course of steroids in tappering dose. Take antifungal like fluconazole 150 mg once week for few weeks. Apply mild steroid with antibiotic cream on the nose and forehead. If you have dandruff, do shampoo of ketoconazoe. You may be alright.
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Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
It seems that you may be having seborrheic dermatitis. Skin of nose, paranasal area and forhead might develop flakes and dandruff like lesions. Stress,worries and anxiety may exacerbate the disease. Be calm and cool. Take a short course of steroids in tappering dose. Take antifungal like fluconazole 150 mg once week for few weeks. Apply mild steroid with antibiotic cream on the nose and forehead. If you have dandruff, do shampoo of ketoconazoe. You may be alright.
I hope you got my answer.
Thanks.
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD
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