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What Medication Is Suggested For Seborric Dermatitis?
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I am forty years old with hypertension, and I am pacemaker patient; I am 5'9" tall and weigh 175 pounds. However, question relates to a skin condition I developed just over a year ago. It started with occasional flakes in my eyebrows, but it has only gotten worse. Over the course of that time, the skin under my eyebrows is hard, scaly, and often itches. The condition was diagnosed as Seborric Dermatitis; I have also been tested for HIV/STD's and all tests were negative. Also, I have begun waking with flakes on my eyelashes, and I experience watery eyes throughout the day, with the outer corners of my eyes becoming increasingly red. My eyebrow skin is so hard and crusty that my eyebrow hair falls out with the flakes. I am curious to know if this condition can be the result of something more sinister?
I am forty years old with hypertension, and I am pacemaker patient; I am 5'9" tall and weigh 175 pounds. However, question relates to a skin condition I developed just over a year ago. It started with occasional flakes in my eyebrows, but it has only gotten worse. Over the course of that time, the skin under my eyebrows is hard, scaly, and often itches. The condition was diagnosed as Seborric Dermatitis; I have also been tested for HIV/STD's and all tests were negative. Also, I have begun waking with flakes on my eyelashes, and I experience watery eyes throughout the day, with the outer corners of my eyes becoming increasingly red. My eyebrow skin is so hard and crusty that my eyebrow hair falls out with the flakes. I am curious to know if this condition can be the result of something more sinister?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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seborrhic dermatitis involving eye and you having flakes and crust.you need to do regular scrubbing of your eye lashes with Johnson bud dipped in Johnson baby shampoo. Try some low dose steroid in your eye like fluoromethelone 4 times a day and tear substitute to relief irritation. use gatifloxacin(zymar) eye ointment at night.If the lid margins swelling is more start on tab doxycycline tab 100 mg once daily for 1 month. Show to a skin specialist who can deal with Seborrhic dermatitis of skin ,scalp and face.
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