perioral dermatitis

[jmraz]

Does anyone know a treatment for perioral dermatitis that does not involve antibiotic?


This discussion is related to Is this Perioral Dermatitis?.

[Mr_science16]

Avoid drinking pops and stay away from products that consists a lot of sugar, hummus and pita bread also causes the rash to get worse or re-appear, spicy foods also irritate the rash, one effective way of having it go away is to get a soft towel or cloth(clean) and wet it with warm water( not hot but soothing) lightly wipe away the dead skin if you have flakes or scabs and apply a moisturizer without steroidal additives, this will allow the skin to heal and rejuvenate, do this every night before going to sleep and in the morning because the face tends to rub against the bed when asleep and can irritate the rash my you or your pillow touching it when sleeping, DRINK LOTS OF WATER AS THAT IS A KEY WAY OF YOUR BODY AND SKIN TO STAY HYDRATED AND REDUCE INFLAMMATION, REPLACE JUICE, POP AND SUGERY DRINKS WITH WATER....YOU WILL SEE TREMENDOUS RESULTS!!! This is personal information and research after studying the causes and recording what happened when eating or drinking this and that.  ALSO AVOID USING SOAPS ON THE RASH AS IT ERRITATES IT, AFTER USING ANY WATER ON THE RASH APPLY A MOISTURIZER, THE WATER WILL DRY OUT THE RASH IF LEFT ALONE AFTER A SHOWER OR NORMAL CLEANING. AVOID SCRUBBING AGGRESSIVELY ON THE RASH, I HOPE THIS IS MUCH HELP, I am 14 and experienced this for almost a year and learned to overcome all obstacles within  perioral dermatitis, am still yet to try antibiotics.

[shopfko]

Hi, I have tried tons of treatments for my periodontal dermatitis. Raw honey works the best so far. I have been battling this for over a year.

[nancy1997]

oh by nitrate i meant noritate.

[nancy1997]

Hello,
I've had persistent problems with periroral dematitis for over 5 years now. I was mis-diagnosed with acne for at least
2 of those years, hence the problem coming back. I had an outbreak over 2 months ago and its the first time that
it's taken so long for it to go away. I usually take doxycycline but my doctor prescribed me cefadroxil and said it does
the same thing. i took it for a month with no results. Now i have started taking doxycyline again.
How can I prevent this from coming back again and again and again???
I've stoped using fluoride toothpaste, any face wash with SLS and also any mosturizer. I only use a bit of
oil free makeup to cover up the redness. I've stopped any dairy. My face wash has only sunflower oil, tea tree oil and
other natural products (its from whole foods). I dont use any steroid creams on my face, although the same doctor
mentioned before had given me something along those lines to calm it down but i've stopped using that at least
a month ago. Also i use a nitrate cream at night which he told me its a anti-inflammatory.

Im concerned because none of my outbreakes have lasted this long. New bumps keep coming up as the other
ones are getting better. What am I doing that I should stop???
Please help!!!

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Perioral dermatitis is a chronic papulopustular and eczematous facial dermatitis. First line of treatment consists of oral antibiotics and anti-inflammatory drugs. A mild soap or soap substitute, such as Dove or Cetaphil should be used for washing. Scrubbing should be avoided.

If the symptoms are not controlled by topical antibiotics, then oral antibiotics have to be prescribed.
I hope it helps. Take care and please do keep me posted in case you have any additional doubts. Kind regards.