Red, itchy, scaly patches on chest and back, along with acne on the back

[Blingblong]

I'm 26 and have been suffering from seborrhoeic dermatitis for as long as I remember basically. Over the years I've developed a routine for my face which I'm pretty happy with as my face got a lot better and the red patches basically never appear on it anymore but for the past two or so years I've been battling a new problem - red, itchy and scaly patches appearing on my chest and back and strong acne on my back. Here are the photos: https://imgur.com/a/x8oJqJT

Sometimes the patches just come and go, sometimes they appear and stay there for weeks easily. Often they're itchy though sometimes they're not. The only thing I found that sometimes works on these is the cream I use for my face at night, the La Roche Kerium DS Creme. Even that doesn't bring sensational results though, it just calms them up a tiny bit if used meticulously for a few days.

As for acne on my back (which is really weird cause I don't have any on my face), I've tried using salicylic acid solutions for it along with manuka leaves cream as I've heard people had success with that but the results of those weren't great to be honest either.

What else could I try? I've talked to my dermatologist about it but he said it looked like pityriasis rosea and should resolve on its own. He gave me some ointment for that but that was a long time ago and since then it never really disappeared for good so I'm not sure if that's really it. Any other home (as in, OTC) remedies I can try, now that the access to doctors is still hard because of covid?

[talkhealth]

Hi Blingblong,

You may want to try researching into the root cause of your dermatitis rather than just treating the symptoms? Perhaps getting tested for food intolerances would be a good place to start? Because its moved to another place on your body, the problem is still there and your body is trying to tell you something.

Another way you can help is by supporting your gut microbiome. Please find info about that here from one of our clients 'Chuckling Goat':

https://www.chucklinggoat.co.uk/health- ... ng/eczema/

Kind regards
talkhealth

[Prycejosh1987]

Try something that is a good cream, speak to the doctor.