Why does oily seborrhea develop on the skin of the face and how to cure it? Oily seborrhea of the scalp: treatment. Traditional medicine recipes

When a normal hairstyle becomes a real problem due to too much oily hair, there is every reason to suspect the development of such a disease as seborrhea of the scalp. Treatment at home for such difficult problem can bear fruit, but only after consulting an experienced doctor.

What is seborrhea and what are its causes

This term is used in medicine to determine the violation of the processes of sebum secretion of the scalp associated with an increase in their intensity. Moreover, the chemical composition of the sebaceous secretion itself also changes. In other words, the scalp becomes very oily, which causes significant physical and psychological discomfort to the patient, but other manifestations of seborrhea are also possible.

Important! Seborrheic dermatitis can develop in several forms: oily, dry and mixed. The symptoms of each of them have significant differences, which means that the treatment process is also built differently.

Home treatment for scalp seborrhea may be relevant for people different ages, but most often this disease diagnosed in adolescents. This is explained by the fact that almost all causes of the disease are related to hormonal changes, which are an integral part of adolescence.

Generally seborrheic dermatitis is a consequence of diseases and processes such as:

immunodeficiency;
malignant or benign tumors;
malnutrition;
hypovitaminosis;
diseases of the endocrine glands;
diabetes;
genetic predisposition;
neglect of the rules of hair care;
various psychogenic factors (psychosis, neurosis, stress, schizophrenia, overstrain), etc.

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Symptoms

Home treatment of seborrhea of the scalp is possible with the proper organization of the process, but in order to treat, you need to diagnose the disease in time.

The most striking and noticeable symptom of seborrhea is inflammation of the scalp and subsequent peeling of these areas. Sometimes itching may be felt.

There are other signs indicating such an unpleasant disease:

the scalp is covered with sticky particles;
already on the second day after washing, the hair becomes noticeably oily;
dandruff-like small scales appear on the skin;
hair quickly becomes oily, sticky, split and become brittle.

Obviously, the disease cannot go unnoticed. And the next thing to do when a problem is found is to treat seborrhea of the head at home, and not only.

Methods for overcoming the disease

Before starting the treatment process, it is necessary to undergo a full diagnosis in the clinic. For instance, radical measures recovery will not be relevant for teenage hormonal changes. This and other facts must be considered before treatment.

Pledge successful treatment, including at home - professional diagnostics

Important! It is not worth treating seborrhea without a doctor's opinion. Only after clarifying specific reasons diseases, topical techniques can be used.

There is no need to delay a visit to the doctor and next reason: a skin disease such as seborrhea can be replaced by a more serious problem - eczema. In this case, it will be much more difficult to neutralize the disease.

Understanding how to get rid of seborrhea at home, you should pay attention to popular recovery measures:

taking corticosteroid hormones;
physiotherapeutic procedures (ultraviolet exposure, massage);
taking sedatives;
treatment of diseases against which seborrhea has developed;
the use of salicylic and sulfur ointments(with dry form);
additional intake of zinc and vitamins A, B, E;
diet based plant food and fermented milk products (you will have to give up fatty, salty, canned food, as well as spices and animal fats);
use of revitalizing shampoos natural level fat formation.

Note. It is better to start treatment at home for seborrhea of the scalp after strengthening the immune system and normalizing the functioning of the endocrine, nervous, and digestive systems.

Using Vinegar

Folk remedies when used as part of complex treatment can have a noticeable effect. In particular, vinegar for seborrhea is definitely worth a try as a medicine.

Apple cider vinegar (or 9% table cider vinegar) is an effective scalp revitalizer.

To get started, you can use a very simple recipe: stir a tablespoon of this product in a liter of water and rinse your hair with the resulting mixture. Vinegar can be successfully combined with nettle. To do this, pour 30 g of dry leaves of the plant with boiling water (0.5 l) and leave for 2 hours. Then add 100 g of vinegar and bring to a boil, then remove from heat. The cooled broth is filtered. The resulting product should be applied to the hair before going to bed. A noticeable effect is achieved after 10 procedures. This is a universal recipe that can be used for any form of the disease, including mixed ones.

Good to know. You can use apple cider vinegar for seborrhea both internally and externally.

It should be noted that internal use apple cider vinegar with dermatitis, it is contraindicated when certain health problems are diagnosed:

acute form of cystitis;
increased acidity;
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.

For this reason, any treatment should begin after diagnosis.

What is useful salt

Treatment of seborrhea with folk remedies must inevitably include the use of this product.

In the dry form of the disease, it makes sense to apply a common technique: after cleansing the head with shampoo, you need to rub coarse salt into your still wet hair. It is advisable to opt for sea salt. Within a few minutes, you need to perform such a head massage, after which the hair is washed with plain water.

This use of salt for seborrhea leads to noticeable improvements:

dead skin particles are gently exfoliated;
improves blood circulation in the massaged area;
hair becomes stronger and stops falling out.

Note. Since salt melts on contact with water, peeling with its use is not capable of causing a traumatic effect on sore skin.

Herbs for fatty disease

Continuing the topic of home treatment of seborrhea, it is worth paying attention to herbal decoctions.

Proved positively medical fee . This recipe includes two tablespoons of celandine herb mixed with pre-crushed burdock roots (4 pcs.). This collection must be poured with a liter of water and simmered for 30 minutes. After the broth cools and filtered. It is applied simply: they need to rinse the hair immediately after washing.

Burdock root is an affordable and effective remedy

Using herbs for seborrhea, do not forget about the burdock root, which can significantly help with the fatty form of the disease.. The root must be crushed and, having measured half a glass, pour this amount of raw material with two liters of boiling water. The broth is infused for two hours and filtered. Rinse your hair with the finished product.

There is another decoction of seborrhea, which has medicinal properties. It includes oak bark. A tablespoon of ground bark is poured with half a liter of boiling water and kept for a quarter of an hour in a water bath. The broth is cooled, filtered, a spoonful of honey is added, and all components are thoroughly mixed. Finished product you need to rub into the scalp, leave for 1-1.5 hours and then rinse.

Advice! Celandine with seborrhea is also good choice because it has healing and disinfecting properties.

keto plus

This medicinal product refers to antifungal shampoos that can eliminate the manifestations of the fungus, which begins to actively multiply when the sebaceous glands are disturbed. In the presence of seborrheic dermatitis, you should gently massage the skin for several minutes, after which you will need to leave the resulting foam on your head for 5 minutes and rinse warm water. A similar procedure is carried out twice a week, preferably at the same time. The recommended course of therapy is 30 days. It is necessary to apply for preventive measures 1 time in two weeks.

Shampoo 911

A medical brand that has gained its respect among patients thanks to high efficiency and mild effect. It is required to use a medicinal shampoo once every three days for 4 weeks until the desired result is achieved. In the future, it is allowed to use the medication 1 time every 7-14 days in the future for preventive measures.

Attention! Along with the treatment of seborrhea, these shampoos restore the structure of the hair, which makes it more beautiful, shiny and silky.

Creams against seborrhea

Nizoral

The drug is produced in several pharmacological forms. Nizoral cream refers to antifungal agents, which quickly stop the reproduction of pathogenic fungi. The medication should be used daily. At the same time, it must be applied to the affected areas 1-2 times a day at regular intervals. Treatment continues as directed by the attending physician and is usually a monthly course. For preventive measures, it is better to use the shampoo of the same name in the future.

Sebozol

The drug eliminates the increased sensitivity of the scalp, kills pathogenic fungi, restores blood circulation in the head and hair structure. To achieve the desired result, you will need to apply Sebozol cream to the affected areas of the skin twice a day for 4 weeks, a more accurate course of therapy should be checked with your doctor, as an adjustment up or down is possible.

Mycozoral ointment

Good antifungal drug, allowing within a month to eliminate problems with seborrheic dermatitis. To obtain the desired result, the cream is applied only to the affected areas of the skin, healthy areas should be avoided as much as possible in order to prevent the development of urticaria and severe burning sensation. During the day, Mycozoral ointment is used no more than twice. Therapy continues for 4-8 weeks, a more accurate course of treatment should be determined by the attending physician.

Skin cap

An expensive drug that allows you to quickly restore the integrity of the skin, improve the function of the sebaceous gland and relieve irritation. Apply cream thin layer on the affected epidermis, rubbing the active substance with soft massage movements. Treatment continues for 2-6 weeks, it all depends on the severity of the skin lesion. In some cases, due to the use of the ointment, patients complained of strong judgment and swelling of the tissues.

Attention! Especially good efficiency medicinal creams against seborrheic dermatitis are shown in combination with shampoos and other remedies.

Balms against seborrheic dermatitis

Gestil

An expensive remedy that shows excellent results in the treatment of seborrhea and at the same time significantly improves hair elasticity, nourishes hair follicle and promotes microcirculation of lymph and blood in the scalp. Use the balm 2-3 times a week for 15 minutes, with mild degree diseases, you can use the remedy for 5 minutes. Apply the drug only to wet clean hair. You can use the product for an unlimited amount of time even after the completion of the course of therapy.

Balm with red pepper Belita-Vitex

This tool is a complex of active substances that are aimed not only at suppressing the increased sebum balance, but also at fast growth hairline. Apply a cosmetic product three times a week for 10-25 minutes. Treatment with red pepper balm can be continued indefinitely.

Tavitin Balm

A medicinal product that helps well in case of disruption of the sebaceous gland. Apply Tavitin Balm with severe itching, increased oiliness of the hair due to exposure to seborrheic fungi. To do this, you need to distribute on wet hair required amount product throughout the root zone and along the length of the curls. Keep the product for five minutes. Repeat the procedure 2 times a week for 4-8 weeks.

Attention! These cosmetic products should be used at the same time as any medicated shampoo. With monotherapy, the result of treatment will appear much later.

Tablets against seborrheic dermatitis

Ketoconazole

This medication should be taken strictly separately from hormonal drugs any form of release. The use of ketoconazole should be delayed for two weeks after the last dose of corticosteroids. The medicine is prescribed in the classical dosage for adults 1-2 tablets, which is equal to 200-400 mg active substance. The exact duration of therapy is determined solely by the dermatologist and can be 1-2 months.

Mycozoral

It is also a good drug that can quickly eliminate the activity of the fungus, which significantly improves the condition of the skin and improves the sebaceous balance of the epidermis. Begin treatment with one tablet per day immediately after meals. If the minimum dosage does not give the desired result, the amount of active substance is doubled. Mycozoral is taken at an individually selected time. Usually, to achieve the desired therapeutic effect, you will need to drink tablets for 4-8 weeks, taking into account the severity of the disease.

Attention! Antifungal drugs for internal use should be used only after consulting the attending physician and adjusting the dose. This will make it possible to avoid serious problems with the liver and kidneys, which can become side effect from the illiterate use of medicines of this group.

Lotions against seborrhea

Diprosalik

Given medicine can also be used in monotherapy, as the lotion has a fairly fast and effective effect. To obtain the desired therapeutic effect, it will be necessary to apply Diprosalic only on diseased areas of the skin in the morning and evening. At the same time, already in the first two days with seborrheic dermatitis, itching and discomfort completely disappeared. Treatment with lotion can be continued for 14-30 days.

Losterin

A modern drug that allows you to eliminate seborrheic dermatitis in two weeks. Losterin is applied 2-3 times a day at regular intervals, avoiding healthy areas of the skin. The drug starts the processes of skin regeneration, improves blood circulation, relieves itching and improves the functioning of the sebaceous glands. Therapy using Losterin can last two weeks, in severe cases, the course of treatment is increased to one month.

Video - How to get rid of seborrhea on the head and body?

The cost of drugs against seborrhea

Product	Price in Russia in rubles	Price in Belarus in rubles	Price in Ukraine in UAH
	250	8	102
keto plus	600	19	246
911	300	10	123
Nizoral	600	19	246
Sebozol	150	5	61
Mycozoral	500	16	205
Ketoconazole	200	7	82
Gestil	1000	33	410
Balm with red pepper	200	7	82
Tavitin Balm	200	7	82
Mycozoral ointment	300	10	123
Diprosalik	600	19	246
Losterin	600	19	246
Skin cap	2000	66	820

Attention! All prices are indicative and may differ slightly from those offered to customers in a particular pharmacy chain.

Alternative methods of treatment of dermatitis

Tar soap

Tar is an excellent drying component that can cure even severe forms of seborrheic dermatitis. Use tar soap should be no more than three times a week, in severe cases of the disease, it is allowed to wash your hair with a remedy every other day for two weeks. First, the hair should be washed with any shampoo suitable for the type of hair, you can use any therapeutic one, after which you will need to lather your head with tar. The resulting foam is kept on the head for 15 minutes and washed off with warm water. To delete bad smell and rinse your hair well from oiliness, you can rinse the curls again with a suitable shampoo. You can be treated in this way full recovery patient.

Video - Treatment of seborrhea with folk remedies

Herbal Blend

For treatment, you will need to mix equal amounts of calendula officinalis, field chamomile and plantain. It is better to take a tablespoon of each herbal mixture. As soon as the herbs are well mixed, they are poured with 300 ml of boiling water and infused for 10 hours in a thermos. After infusion, the resulting solution will need to be rubbed into the scalp in the morning and evening until the desired effect is achieved. Rinse off the tincture is not required. Instead of these herbs, you can take a mixture of St. John's wort, elecampane roots and plantain. A solution is prepared with them according to the same principle, it also does not require rinsing.

Eggshell

Eggshell - an effective remedy in the treatment of seborrhea

To prepare the solution, you should take only homemade chicken eggs that have not yet been washed. The raw shell is used for treatment. You need to get about 10-20 g chicken shell, which is finely ground, it is better to make a powder. The resulting substance is mixed with unrefined vegetable oil to form a solution resembling fatty sour cream in composition. The resulting drug is applied to diseased areas of the skin and rubbed thoroughly. The mask is kept on the head for 20 minutes and washed thoroughly. Repeat the procedure daily until the desired therapeutic effect is achieved.

Onion and garlic

To prepare the medicine, you will need to take one large onion and turn it into a puree. To it is added the puree of one head of medium-sized garlic. For greater efficiency, you will also need to add 5 ml of burdock oil to the vegetables and mix everything thoroughly. The resulting drug is applied to the entire head immediately after washing the head, after which it is necessary to put on a cap. Maintain the mask on the head for 30 minutes. Repeat the procedure twice a week until the desired result is obtained.

Attention! in the treatment of seborrhea folk recipes many patients show excellent results even without the use of cosmetic and pharmaceutical products. But it is best to carry out only combination therapy.

Video - Seborrhea: treatment with folk remedies

Diet for seborrheic dermatitis

In order for the treatment of seborrhea to be as quick and successful as possible, you should immediately remove a number of allergenic products, which indirectly can cause skin problems. These products include:

any bee products, especially natural honey;
citrus fruits, including baked or in juices;
nuts, especially this rule applies to almonds and peanuts;
mushroom products, including in small quantities in salads and other dishes;
fish caviar, as well as fish in large quantities;
dairy products, but only if they are intolerant.

It is also recommended to reduce the amount of high-carbohydrate foods in the diet by replacing simple carbohydrates with complex ones. It will be useful to eat cereals, especially oatmeal and buckwheat. Any fatty varieties meat and fish, alcohol is completely prohibited.

Be sure to saturate your body with beneficial amino acids, which can be found in lean proteins, turkey, beef, veal and chicken, as well as in green vegetables. It is also recommended to drink homemade juices and compotes, which are able to remove allergens and toxins. Especially useful cranberry fruit drinks.

Attention! If the patient has a tendency to seborrhea, it is advisable to adhere to the described nutritional rules all his life, and also monitor his psycho-emotional level. With increased nervousness and apathy, you should definitely drink vitamins, especially vitaminD.

Treatment of seborrhea should begin from the first days of the manifestation of the disease, since it is simply impossible to cure it in one day. For greater efficiency, a combination is always required various methods and drugs for fast elimination dry or oily skin. When using folk remedies, it is better to choose the softest and most gentle on the effects, since the affected skin can unpredictably respond to the therapy being carried out. Usually for complete cure from seborrheic dermatitis, subject to all recommendations, patients need 4-8 weeks.

Oily seborrhea scalp is not an independent disease, but alarm symptom. It accompanies inflammatory processes, chronic diseases gastrointestinal tract, nervous and endocrine systems. If your hair becomes greasy a few days after washing, oily yellowish dandruff appears, you need to take urgent measures. According to statistics, in every 10 cases, this pathology leads to early hair loss.

Let's talk about the signs unpleasant state, as well as discuss the treatment of oily seborrhea using traditional and traditional medicine.

Signs of oily seborrhea

The very first manifestations are usually observed in those parts of the body where the most sebaceous glands are located, for example, on the face, chest, back and scalp. The skin in these places acquires a greasy sheen and becomes a grayish-yellow color. In addition, the skin becomes rough to the touch, the pores on it are enlarged. Hair becomes greasy after 2 days after washing.

Arises pruritus dandruff appears in the hair. If at this stage no measures are taken for treatment, after a while the hair begins to fall out intensively. Gradually, this can lead to partial or complete baldness.

Why does seborrhea appear?

There are several main causes for this condition. First of all, they should include violations in the work digestive tract, endocrine and nervous systems organism.

Also, greasy yellow scales can cover the head due to improper hair care. In addition, the sebaceous glands can be affected by a yeast fungus, which causes itching of the skin. Often there is seborrhea caused by a hereditary predisposition.

It cannot be said that this pathology does appearance skin and hair extremely untidy. Girls suffer the most from this. Therefore, they wash their hair almost every day. However, this not only does not eliminate fat content, but is also harmful to the skin. Constant exposure to hard water and synthetic shampoos thins the skin and reduces its protective functions.

This, in turn, contributes to the emergence of a variety of infectious and fungal diseases. Moreover, frequent washing even more provokes sebum secretion. It turns out a vicious circle.

You need to know that this pathology has differences in the form of liquid and thick seborrhea. When thick, the skin acquires a grayish “dirty look”, there is a blockage of the sebaceous ducts, which is often accompanied by acne and other rashes. Hair becomes rough and stiff.

With liquid - the hair falls out profusely, the process of baldness starts. The main difference between liquid seborrhea is an increased separation of sebum.

Traditional treatment

Any treatment of this pathology should be carried out comprehensively. A prerequisite is dieting. You should limit the consumption of carbohydrate foods, salty, fatty, refined foods, strong coffee. You should enrich the diet with foods containing fiber, add vitamins. Dairy products are required.

Diagnosis should be made internal organs and take measures to treat the identified diseases.

For local treatment use alcohol solutions of resorcinol, salicylic acid, sulfur (Vidal tincture).

To eliminate greasy scales, special creams and lotions are used, for example, "Special", "Paprin", "Nolan". To wash your hair, you should use shampoos designed for oily hair, for example, "Seborin", "Head and Shoulders", "", "Tar". Sulsen emulsion and sulsen soap have proven themselves well.

Folk remedies

A very simple but effective remedy is ordinary soda. Prepare such a remedy based on it: dissolve 1 tbsp. l. in 1 glass warm boiled water. Rub this solution into your skin and hair 1 hour before washing.

Excellent tool for the treatment of this type of seborrhea is onion peel. Prepare a dark brown decoction from it. Take more husks and boil it in 1 liter. water. Let cool, strain and rinse your hair after washing.

It is also good to carry out rinsing by lightly rubbing an aqueous solution of apple cider vinegar or lemon juice(1 tablespoon per 1 liter of boiled water).

An effective remedy for greasy hair and scalp is freshly squeezed aloe juice. Moisten lightly washed hair with it, but do not rinse. Dry your hair without using a hair dryer.

Pour 2 tbsp. l. fresh young birch leaves 1.5 cups of boiling water. Cover, wrap and let cool. Now strain the finished infusion, and rub into the skin and hair with light massage. The procedure must be repeated every other day for a month.

You need to understand that self-treatment oily seborrhea will improve the appearance of hair and skin, alleviate the symptoms, but will not relieve the causes that caused it. Therefore, the repeated return of the pathology is more than likely.

At the first signs (greasiness of the skin, yellowish dandruff, acne), consult a specialist. The doctor will conduct an examination, accurately determine the type of seborrhea, give necessary recommendations. In complicated cases, he will prescribe special medication.

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Seborrhea is considered a dermatological disease that occurs against the background of a violation of the sebaceous glands of the skin. The term "seborrhea" in Latin means "excessive secretion of sebum." Sebum is a complex fatty acids, fats and proteins, which are secreted by the sebaceous glands.

It should start with the fact that dandruff is an absolutely natural phenomenon, because it is nothing more than horny scales regularly (every four weeks) peeling off the surface layer of the scalp. It should not cause any concern if it is available in small quantities. However, the presence of thick and profuse dandruff is the main symptom of a skin disease. In this case, it is necessary to seek the advice of a trichologist or dermatologist, who, after a thorough and comprehensive medical examination prescribe the optimal treatment.

Types of seborrhea.
There are three types of seborrhea:

Dry seborrhea, which develops against the background of a decrease in the production of sebum by the sebaceous glands. The main signs of this type of disease are the presence of a large amount of fine dandruff, dry cracked skin, brittle and dry hair.
Oily seborrhea occurs as a result of increased functioning of the sebaceous glands, resulting in the production of an excessive amount of thick sebum. The main signs are: oily skin and shiny hair, as well as the presence of a large amount of large dandruff.
The mixed type of seborrhea manifests itself in the form of symptoms of dry seborrhea on the face and symptoms of oily seborrhea on the scalp.

In general, sebum is responsible for healthy state skin: due to its antimicrobial properties, it protects it from penetration different kind infections, softens, preventing the development of peeling and cracking, and also protects against drying out, since it forms a thin and even film on its surface.

It should be said that a huge number of sebaceous glands is unevenly located in the thickness of our skin. The excretory openings of the sebaceous glands are mainly adjacent to the hair, and the sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands serves mainly to soften and moisturize the hair. However, not all sebaceous glands are active. This is influenced by several factors: gender, age, hormonal status, climate.

For example, in childhood most of the sebaceous glands are in the so-called "hibernation", and only during puberty they are activated. The increase in the level of hormones in the blood in adolescents leads to the work of these same glands. In an adult and at the same time absolutely healthy person the number of active sebaceous glands remains at a stable level for quite a long time, and only with age their number begins to decline.

It is worth saying that there are so-called "seborrheic zones", where the density of the sebaceous glands is significantly higher and it is they that are most often affected by seborrhea. This is the scalp, forehead, ears, chest, shoulders, interscapular region, the central part of the face.

Reasons for the development of seborrhea.
Today, the causes of seborrhea have not been fully studied. Physiological form this disease observed during puberty in the form of a reaction of the body to sharp increase blood hormone levels. But the skin with this type of disease quickly recovers as it grows older, and the disease goes away on its own as soon as the level of hormones in the blood stabilizes.

In other cases, not associated with puberty, the development of seborrhea can contribute to:

Hereditary factors, when this disease can be laid down at the gene level. It is no coincidence that seborrhea is called a family disease, because most often patients in the family have relatives with such a diagnosis.
Hormonal reasons. Androgens or male sex hormones stimulate the sebaceous glands, so most often this disease affects the stronger sex. The sudden onset of seborrhea in men may indicate an ovarian tumor. Representatives of the beautiful half of humanity with this disease are most often observed elevated level male sex hormones in the blood at the same time reduced level estrogen. Of such kind hormonal changes v female body may be associated with ovarian disease (eg, polycystic ovaries), or being overweight.
The development of this disease can also contribute to diseases such as: epilepsy, Parkinson's disease, tumors of the adrenal glands and genital organs, infectious lesions of the central nervous system, schizophrenia, as well as taking hormonal drugs (contraceptives) or anabolic steroids in order to build muscle mass.

The development of dry seborrhea can be observed with a lack of sex hormones or a decrease in the sensitivity of the sebaceous glands to them. This is mainly seen in children.

Seborrhea symptoms.

Oily seborrhea.
With oily seborrhea, the skin is very oily, even shiny, with enlarged pores. This type of seborrhea can be with a thick secret, when the sebum has a pasty consistency and with a liquid secret, characterized by a pasty consistency. In most cases, areas of increased oily skin are located in seborrheic zones.

Another common symptom of this variety dermatological disease is profuse dandruff. In those suffering from seborrhea, dandruff occurs due to the adhesion of small exfoliated scales of the epithelium of the scalp. This clumping and the formation of large dandruff is facilitated by the excessive secretion of the sebaceous glands of the scalp. In addition, in patients with this type of seborrhea, the hair becomes very oily in a short period of time.

Complications fatty type of this disease are seborrheic eczema and seborrheic dermatitis (inflammation on the skin due to the influence of bacteria during the decomposition of sebum). Against the background of clogging of the excretory ducts of the sebaceous glands with sebum and skin particles, acne occurs. In addition, infection of the sebaceous gland with bacteria (for example, staphylococci) is observed, as a result of which a purulent inflammatory process in the deep layers of the skin.

Dry seborrhea.
As a rule, this type of seborrhea occurs in childhood, but sometimes it can develop into adulthood. Against the background of a decrease in sebum secretion in patients, the skin dries out, as a result of which surface layer the skin cracks and flakes off. Hair in patients with dry seborrhea is dry, brittle with split ends.

Seborrheas are another symptom of this type of seborrhea. These are reddish-pink spots that appear on the affected areas. Patients often report a feeling of tightness of the skin, small dandruff, and itching when washing hair with cold water.

The main danger of this type of disease is the high risk of infection with microbes.

Symptoms of mixed seborrhea.
In this case, the patient has signs of both dry and oily seborrhea. On the skin of the face, symptoms of oily seborrhea are mainly manifested, and in the area of the scalp - signs of dry seborrhea.

Seborrhea treatment.
Seborrhea can occur as independent disease, and may be triggered by the presence of other diseases. In this case, the treatment of seborrhea should be carried out in combination with the treatment of concomitant diseases.

If symptoms of seborrhea occur, it is necessary to go to an appointment with a dermatologist, andrologist (men) and a gynecologist (women), a neuropathologist, an endocrinologist.

Treatment of this disease should be carried out in a complex manner. It is very important to take good care of your skin and hair at home. In this case, the best option is therapeutic medical devices. Moreover, it is important to treat this disease under the supervision of a specialist. These funds are divided into several groups:

antifungal shampoos with ketoconazole;
antibacterial with zinc pyritone or octoprirox;
exfoliating with the addition of salicylic acid or sulfur;
shampoos with herbal extracts (tar), etc.

Methods of treatment of seborrhea.

The appointment of drugs whose action is aimed at restoring the function of the autonomic nervous system.
The course of treatment of all concomitant diseases of the body.
In severe forms of the disease, hormonal therapy is prescribed.
A diet enriched with fermented milk products, fruits, vegetables, oatmeal, with the exclusion or maximum restriction of the consumption of animal fats, salty and spicy foods, fatty, sweet food, canned food, spices, as well as alcohol and nicotine.
Appointment of vitamins of groups B, A, D, E, zinc and sulfur preparations.
Appointment of physiotherapy procedures: massage, cryotherapy, mesotherapy, ozone therapy, herbal medicine, etc.
small physical exercise: hiking in the air, hardening, physical exercise, swimming in open water, etc.

With hair loss on the background of seborrhea, it is recommended to walk more often with uncovered head(except for cold weather) and being in the sun (but not at the height of the heat) in the absence of contraindications (hypertension, cardiovascular diseases etc.).

For the treatment of dry seborrhea of the scalp, ointments with sulfur, salicylic acid, and sometimes hormones are often prescribed. With oily seborrhea, resorcinol, chloral hydrate and other drugs in the form of alcohol solutions are added to these drugs.

The use of sulfuric ointment (10%) for the treatment of dry seborrhea.
Evenly for three to five minutes, rub the ointment daily at night for eight days, take a break on the ninth day. On the tenth day, you should wash your hair with slightly warm boiled water with a therapeutic shampoo based on selenium sulfide, zinc pyrithione, tar, ketoconazole. Then the next day at night (wrapped with a towel) rub the solution into the affected scalp boric acid(2 teaspoons per 150 ml hot water). Do this for three days, then again break for a week and wash your hair on the tenth day. A similar treatment course can be carried out two or three times.

Preparations for the treatment of oily seborrhea.
For a month, rub with massaging movements into hairy part heads with a sixty percent solution of salicylic acid, an alcohol solution of naftalan oil or sulsemic paste.

Of the folk remedies for the treatment of seborrhea, recipes based on medicinal plants are successful. However, such treatment does not guarantee the absence of recurrence of the disease in the future. Therefore, it is important in the treatment of seborrhea to carry out anti-relapse treatment once a month. After a month of treatment with medicinal plants, it is recommended to change the plant to another, which will prevent addiction and decrease in effectiveness.

It should be noted that it is quite difficult to prevent or cure seborrhea. Treatment mainly requires strict observance certain hygiene requirements, diet, physical activity. The use of soothing substances based on motherwort and valerian, as well as brewer's yeast, is a common cure for seborrhea, because they contain a huge amount of B vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Brewer's yeast should be taken in a teaspoon with meals.

Prevention of seborrhea.
Properly care for and carefully monitor the condition problematic skin head, apply cosmetics designed for dry or oily skin (depending on the type of seborrhea). In addition, a multivitamin and mineral complexes(alphabet, duovit, centrum, vitrum, etc.).

Folk remedies for the treatment of seborrhea.
At all times, phytotherapy has occupied a special place in the treatment of seborrhea, unless, of course, patients were allergic to any herbs. Consider the most popular and effective means traditional medicine for the treatment of this disease.

Recipes for dry seborrhea.
Wash two hundred grams of sea buckthorn and squeeze out the juice. We need the part left after the squeeze, it is called the pulp. Then pour this pulp olive oil in a ratio of 1: 3 (for one part of the pulp, three parts of butter). Put the mixture on water bath and heat for half an hour. After that, let the mass stand for twelve to sixteen hours. With the resulting composition twice a week, treat the root zone of the hair with rubbing movements. The procedure is recommended to be carried out twice a week. Treatment course is a month.

Take 100 g of six-year-old meadowsweet rhizomes, chop them and pour a liter of boiling water. Wrap well and insist for five hours. Use the prepared infusion as a rinse after each hair wash (three times a week). The effect of the procedure is achieved not earlier than after fifteen procedures.

Combine a tablespoon of vodka, cedar oil and strong tea. Rub this composition into the roots and leave for two to three hours, then wash your hair. This procedure is carried out twice a week until a positive trend is noticeable.

This composition perfectly eliminates dandruff: mix ten parts of vodka with one part of cinchona peel (sold in a pharmacy). Add a teaspoon of castor oil and a couple of drops to the composition rose oil. Massage the mixture with massaging and gentle movements into the head and hair roots daily until dandruff is completely eliminated.

In the treatment of dry seborrhea, oil extracts from medicinal plants (marshmallow, flax, burdock, sea buckthorn, parsley, tricolor violet) are effective.

For the treatment of dry seborrhea, it is also effective to rub burdock oil into the scalp. Put on a cap on top and leave for two hours, then wash your hair with shampoo. This procedure is carried out twice a week for a month. Repeat this treatment course after six months.

Chop the parsley roots and pour any vegetable or castor oil in a ratio of 1:5. Heat the mixture in a water bath for half an hour, strain and use for rubbing while warm. The procedure is carried out every other day. For achievement therapeutic effect fifteen procedures are required. It is necessary to repeat the treatment course every three weeks until the problem is completely resolved.

Pour the tricolor violet grass with vegetable oil also in a ratio of 1:5, insist for two hours, then heat in a water bath for half an hour and strain. Rub into scalp and hair roots. The course of treatment is also fifteen procedures (every other day). The course of treatment can be repeated after three weeks.

Mix marshmallow seeds with vegetable oil in a ratio of 1:20 and put in a water bath for an hour. Rub the mixture before each shampooing (for an hour).

Grind the egg yolk with a tablespoon of castor oil. Spread the mixture evenly over the hair, wrap it with a towel on top and leave for forty minutes, then wash your hair as usual.

Recipes for oily seborrhea.
Pour 100 g of tansy flowers with three liters of water in an enamel or glass bowl and put in a water bath for fifteen minutes. Leave the resulting mixture overnight, use to wash your hair. Warm.

For the treatment of oily seborrhea, it is effective to use a decoction oak bark in washing your hair. Wash your hair with this decoction every three days for two months. To prepare it, you need to pour three tablespoons of oak bark with a liter cold water, boil for fifteen minutes, and then insist for half an hour, wrapping well. It is necessary to make a decoction based on the length and density of the hair. After two months, this decoction should be used as a rinse for dry hair (already washed and dried).

Combine 50 g of alcohol with 30 g of castor oil and 15 g of birch tar. Rub the resulting mass into the head a couple of hours before washing the head.

Two tablespoons of pre-crushed burdock roots (washed and dried) pour 200 ml of boiling water and cook over low heat for ten to fifteen minutes. Decoction in the form of heat to rub every other day into the roots of the hair every other day for fourteen days. In addition, the same decoction can be used as a hair rinse after washing.

At the same time with external treatment it is recommended to take inside a mixture of decoction of burdock root, nettle infusion and tincture of wormwood, taken in two tablespoons. This mixture should be taken three times a day. Ready-made tincture of wormwood can be bought at a pharmacy.

Nettle tincture is easy to prepare: pour two tablespoons of herbs into 200 ml of boiling water, insist for forty minutes and strain.

Grind the egg yolk with a teaspoon of alcohol and the same amount of water. After washing your hair, rub the resulting mixture into the scalp and leave for fifteen minutes, then rinse. The procedure should be carried out every ten days.

To reduce the secretion of sebum, you can use the following recipe: egg white beat into foam and combine with chamomile infusion, for the preparation of which two tablespoons of chamomile flowers should be poured over 50 ml of boiling water and insisted for four hours, after which the infusion should be filtered. Rub the resulting mixture into the scalp. As soon as such a mask dries, the hair should be rinsed and washed with sulfur soap. The procedure should be carried out every ten days.

Take a piece of yeast (with a small nut), dilute in a teaspoon of warm water until a homogeneous porridge of a similar mass is formed, add egg white whipped into foam. The resulting composition is rubbed into the scalp. Once the composition dries, rinse the hair and wash with gray soap.

Pour a tablespoon of crushed young birch leaves with 200 ml of boiling water and insist for twenty minutes. Wash your hair with the resulting infusion three times a week. The treatment course includes at least fifteen such procedures.

Prepare an infusion of St. John's wort (1:5), strain it and wash your hair 2-3 times a week. The course of treatment is 12-15 procedures. After 2-3 weeks, the treatment can be repeated.

It is very good in the treatment of oily seborrhea to rub nettle and calendula infusion into the scalp. To prepare the infusion, take 400 g of young nettle and 100 g of calendula, pour half a liter of boiling water, boil over a fire for ten minutes, then let the broth cool and strain.

Combine a teaspoon of castor oil and aloe juice, add a tablespoon of honey. Rub the resulting composition into the hair, cover with polyethylene and a towel on top. Keep this mask for twenty minutes, then wash your hair with a special therapeutic shampoo. Do a mask every ten days for a month.

Combine a teaspoon of bodyaga with a solution of boric acid (dilute half a teaspoon of acid in half a glass of water) to get a creamy mass, which is heated and rubbed hot into the scalp until onset of a lung or intense burning. Wash your hair well after half an hour. The procedure is carried out with rubber gloves! This mask effectively reduces sebum secretion, eliminates dandruff and itching. The procedure is carried out every five days. The treatment course is five to six procedures.

Seborrhea is a disease of the skin and hair. It manifests itself primarily in violation of the function of the sebaceous glands. If the sebaceous glands produce more secretion, seborrhea is considered oily (also known separately). A feature of oily seborrhea is a change in the composition of sebum and the discomfort caused by this change.

Features of the disease

Sebum is a specific composition of fats, fatty acids, proteins, it is secreted by the sebaceous glands. This secret plays a significant role in the health of the epithelium. It performs the following functions:

Prevents drying of the epidermis.
It has softening, moisturizing effects, which are necessary to prevent peeling, cracking of the dermis.
Has an antibacterial effect.
Creates a thin protective layer over the epithelium.

Children have more sebaceous glands that are inactive (do not produce a secret). Their activation occurs during puberty.

The highest density of the sebaceous glands is located on the face, shoulders, between the shoulder blades, on the scalp. Therefore, oily seborrhea often affects the above parts of the body.

Oily seborrhea of the scalp (photo)

Forms

Oily seborrhea has 2 forms: thick and liquid.

thick

This form of the disease is characterized by thickening of the scalp, it becomes not as elastic as a healthy one. The patient's hair coarsens, becomes too stiff. The mouths of the sebaceous glands with a thick form of seborrhea become too dilated, and the epidermis takes on a grayish-brown color.

Patients develop oily, thick dandruff, which is formed from the secretion of the sebaceous glands, exfoliated skin cells. The resulting fatty mass clogs excretory ducts sticks to hair.

If you squeeze the enlarged mouth of the hair follicle, a secret will be released from the duct of the sebaceous gland, which has a thick, viscous consistency. In some cases, epidermal cysts (atheromas) may form, inside which a paste-like liquid is placed.

Atheromas can become inflamed, begin to suppurate. The patient's temperature rises, swelling appears, hyperemia of the affected epithelium is noted, pain begins. After opening, cleansing the atheroma, a scar remains.

More often this form of oily seborrhea affects men of adolescence. Symptoms of the disease disappear by the age of 25-28. This disease does not cause hair loss and cannot be the cause of baldness.

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Liquid

In a patient with liquid form of the disease in question, an unhealthy sheen of hair appears, they become greasy, have wet look. Bonding of hair into strands begins some time after washing them (on the same day). They are covered with a layer of oily dandruff, which has a yellowish tint and is easily scraped off.

The sick are worried severe itching dermis, in some cases, hair may fall out intensely. In the most severe cases, the hair becomes very thin, the patient may become completely bald. Whitish dot formations (sebaceous cysts) sometimes appear on the epithelium of the head.

Causes of oily seborrhea

Seborrhea most often appears in young people who reach puberty. During this period, their hormonal background changes, the body is being restructured. The secretion of the sebaceous glands increases. This disease in adolescents is called physiological. It ends after the end of puberty.

The most significant cause of seborrhea is hormonal disorders, or rather, a change in the ratio of hormones such as androgens, estrogens. An increase in the amount of androgens provokes an increased formation of sebum.

In women, the disease manifests itself due to a violation of the amount of androgens (increase), progesterone (decrease).
In men, the disease manifests itself due to an increase in the amount of androgens, the acceleration of their metabolism. These processes may be due to heredity or the presence of a testicular tumor, which is considered an androgen-producing neoplasm.

Seborrhea can develop as a consequence of such diseases:

lethargic;
Itsenko-Cushing's disease;

Seborrhea can develop with such mental illnesses:

affective insanity;
schizophrenia;
infectious psychosis.

Also provoke the development of seborrhea can be taken for long period such drugs:

anabolics;
testosterone;
vitamin H;
glucocorticosteroids;
progesterone.

The leading role in the development of the disease is assigned to yeast-like fungi (Pityrosporum ovale). Next, we will tell you about the symptoms that oily seborrhea of the scalp and face has.

Symptoms

With the defeat of seborrhea, the face becomes greasy, wet. Sebum stains appear on the attached paper.
On the back, chest, face, acne rashes and black dots also appear as signs of seborrhea. The epithelium that surrounds these neoplasms has a grayish, dirty gray tint.
When the scalp is affected, oily dandruff appears, the hair acquires an unhealthy shine, and begins to fall out rapidly. The skin becomes oily, it is covered with viscous, thick sebum. The pores on the epithelium are enlarged.

Diagnostics

Diagnosis of oily seborrhea is to carry out the following procedures:

Collection of anamnesis.
Detection possible factors the risk of disease manifestation.
Blood test (biochemical).
Blood for hormones.
Examination of the condition of the hair, dermis.
ultrasound thyroid gland, organs of the peritoneum (in some cases).

If you suspect seborrhea, you should consult with such doctors:

endocrinologist;
dermatologist;
neuropathologist;
gynecologist.

The video below will tell you how to treat oily seborrhea of the scalp and face:

Treatment

Treatment of the disease should begin after examination by a doctor, his choice suitable method therapy. Initially, the doctor must determine the cause.

For this, he conducts complex diagnostics, concomitant diseases are detected at the same time. Therapy is aimed at eliminating the causes that provoked the development of seborrhea.

Therapeutic way

This method of dealing with the disease involves the following methods:

Vitamin therapy (B, A, E, D).
Restoration of immunity (treatment of all diseases that weaken the body).
Physiotherapy (massage, cryotherapy, mesotherapy, UV irradiation, herbal medicine, ozone therapy, D'Arsonval.
The use of antimycotic agents.
Hormone therapy.

Seborrhea-affected areas of the skin can be treated with the following means:

boric acid;
sulfur powder +;
soda solutions.

It's important to know:

For the treatment of the head with a fatty form of seborrhea, 60% sodium thiosulfate is recommended. Also very effective are the alcohol solution of Naftalan oil, sulsemic paste, 2% solution of salicylic acid.
You also need to use hair products. which contain plant extracts (tea tree oil, birch tar) necessary to combat dandruff.
A feature in the treatment of seborrhea is non-specific therapy, which is necessary to strengthen the immune system.
To enhance the effect of the therapy, it is desirable to change your diet, reduce the intake of carbohydrates, solid fats, increase the intake of plant foods rich in fiber.

We will talk about drugs and remedies for the treatment of oily seborrhea of the scalp and face below.

In a medical way

In the treatment of oily seborrhea, the following drugs are used:

"Ketoconazole".
"Sulsena".
"Lithium succinate".
"Selenium disulfide".
"Diprosalik".

You should also use shampoos for oily seborrhea:

"Nizoral" ( active substance- ketoconazole).
"Perchotal" (active ingredient - ketoconazole).
"Mycozoral" (active ingredient - ketoconazole).
"Zincon" (active substance - zinc pyrithione).
"Friederm Zinc" (active substance - zinc pyrithione).
"Sebiprox" (active ingredient - ciclopirox).
"Sulsen" ((active substance - selenium sulfide).
"Sebuton" (active ingredient - medical tar).
"Friderm tar" (active ingredient - medical tar).

Read about the treatment of oily seborrhea of the scalp and face with folk remedies below.

Folk methods

In the people, for the treatment of oily seborrhea, rubbing is performed using infusions from such plants:

chamomile pharmacy (inflorescences);
birch (fresh leaves);
horsetail (grass);
nettle (leaves);
aloe (leaves);
onion (juice).

Disease prevention

Naturally, the disease is easier to prevent. To reduce the risk of seborrhea, you will need proper care behind the hair skin heads.

It is advisable to wash your hair 2-3 times a week (not more often). It is recommended to use medicated shampoos, and use herbal decoctions for rinsing.

Complications

The thick form of oily seborrhea can cause some serious complications.

If time does not begin to treat the disease, it may occur that cause pathogens.
If you do not start adequate therapy when liquid seborrhea occurs on the scalp, the patient may experience various purulent diseases of the epithelium, abscesses that undermine neck boils, boils, lesions hair follicles. These diseases sometimes lead to total loss hair.
Also, with oily seborrhea, there is a blockage of the excretory channels of the sebaceous glands. This causes acne (pimples). A purulent inflammatory process begins inside the gland.

Forecast

With timely therapy, oily seborrhea can be cured for short term and with minimal financial outlay. If the disease is started, provoked the development of complications, the treatment will be delayed for a long time. It will be necessary to cure all accompanying diseases.

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