Hi. I am at my wits end with my face. For a few years now, I have suffered with dry flaky skin around my nose and onto my cheeks. It has never been bad like it looks when I look up seborrheic dermatitis (which one doctor told me I had). I have found the redness is worse in the mornings, redness and blotchy across my upper cheeks.
I have had two prescription creams from the doctor, one for seborrheic dermatitis and one for rosacea, both made my skin feel tight and more dry. I have tried everything under the sun in the way of creams and am currently using Liz Earle for dry/sensitive skin. I have also tried vitamin e oil on my face which works for a few days then stops. I've tried cutting dairy from my diet (I used to suffer eczema as a child and heard dairy can cause flare ups) and this seems to have reduced the dryness slightly, but my cheeks have been bright red in the morning the last couple of days.
I don't have spots (apart from the odd one or two i get each month) or get breakouts, it's basically just red/blotchy upper cheeks and dryness on my upper cheeks around my nose. No itchiness or burning. I'm at a complete loss what to do now, I feel like I've tried everything and nothing has worked!