Hello,
I am 30 years old. I have been suffering from some kind of scalp infection for nearly 15 years now. I contracted this condition from one of my friends who said he was suffering from dandruff
. For nearly 14 years I have been trying all kinds of shampoos and other non prescription applications to get rid of the problem. But the condition has persisted. All this time I have had itching
and to much smaller extent my chest, where acne like bumps have been appearing all along and have left the areas dotted with scars. All along I have had continuous itching
with accompanying hairfall. About 7 years ago I started using Proactive solution for treating the acne on face and it worked perfectly and I did not have any acne on my face as long as I was using it. But I have moved to a different country and do not get Proactive here. My acne have returned and are leaving even more craters on my cheeks.
About 6 months ago I finally visited a dermatologist who said that I had sebohorreic dermatitis and put me on a course of antibiotics, steroid lotions and shampoos (azythromycin, doxycycline, minocycline hydrochloride,nizral ,fluconazole, betamethasone dipropionate, ketoconazole and pyrithione zinc shampoo). I was on the antibiotcs for roughly 3 months. My acne cleared within a month and my scalp seemed to have cured to about 80%. I continued on minocycline hydrochloride for another 2 months. But once I have gotten off the antibiotics my acne have returned, after about 1.5 months, and my scalp is itching as badly as before and am having a lot of hairloss. I am not sure what is to be done as the doctor says that it is not good to go back on antibiotics again. Currently, I am using the steroid lotion and ketoconazole shampoo only. Please advise, what can be done so that I can get cured of this long and traumatic experience.