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@19sfca47. My experience was from several years ago, I've moved a few times, and don't have immediate access to my medical records so it's possible I'm mis-remembering but I think the diagnosis for my head was SK. I did also have a rash on my body at that time, which my PCP called, "eczema" - and I understood (perhaps incorrectly) this to be another name for seborrheic dermatitis. One of the many prescriptions for my skin rash was Clobetesol and it didn't help my rash at all. I don't remember now if I tried diclofenac or not - but I did go a series of prescription creams and pills for the rash on my body. For my head, I tried several OTC shampoos with no luck but not specific prescription meds. By the time the rash on my head appeared, my PCP seemed to give up on my case and that's when I contacted the Aryuvedic practitioner. Apologies for not providing the specific info you seek; I wish I had better info to offer! FWIW, I know how sensitive Mohs surgical scars can be and I hope you find relief.
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I was surprised that an internet bought oil can get rid of SK, since the only difference between SK and AK is that SK is benign whereas AK is pre-cancerous (about 5-10% of the time). Therefore, the options that doctors usually give are the same options that they would for AK- cutting, freezing or burning the skin with a field treatment, or go gentler with 3% diclofenac. Then there is blur light (photo dynamic therapy). If your son had seborrheic dermatitis, then that supposedly can’t be cured, but only controlled. There is just too much production of skin yeast, which in turn causes oily skin. I wash my hair (or at least what’s left of it) every other day using four different anti-fungal shampoos. One of them (ketoconazole 2%) is a script. I alternate that with three others – Selsun Blue (with selenium sulfide), Nizoral (1% ketoconazole) and Neutrogena’s T/Sal. I have a less itchy scalp, and as for the dermatitis the regimen seems to be acting as a control agent - so far anyway.