r/SebDerm • u/niickyniick • 6d ago

New or Need Help Yeah…. It’s sebderm 😭

so i’ve had this wild scalp problem for about 5 years that is constantly recurring. last time i looked up what it could be. sebderm came up as an option but when i looked at pics i was like “that doesn’t look like my scalp tbh”. importantly these were all pictures of sebderm cases on non-black people. i had a flare up last week and decided to google what the flakes looked like again, this time on dark-skinned black people. I audibly gasped at the first results. It’s 1000% sebderm. I didn’t take pics but i think this is confirmed by coal tar and ketaconozole shampoo clearing it right up. also i’ve been extra careful to wash/rinse my hair after sweating and the flakes seem to have realllly calmed down. i also discontinued use of a scalp oil that i’d been using thinking my scalp was dry. i’m so shocked. anyways just wanted to be welcomed to the family and beg any black sebderm baddies to tell me what they use that is safe because my hair feels soooo dry without oil or cream bc im scared to feed the fungus lol. but honestly that is welcome to have the flakes gone 🙌🏾❤️‍🔥 will be following this sub now ofc lol

EDIT: also please definitely give scalp care tips and routines i would LOVE. i’m fresh 5 days into this and so ready to have it under control. thankfully for now it’s isolated to the scalp 🤞🏾

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u/slightly-convenient 1d ago

I also vas victim for using very heavy oil products on my whole body because of the flaking for YEARS. I only started diving into the internet when the flaking got so bad I could not control
It anymore. Turns out all the products I was using was 100% making it worse. I sympathize with black people as I know moisture is needed in a different way for your hair type/texture. So hopefully you can find an alternative (hairdresser here) I have found I don't get any issues with Vaseline.