Anyone on here have any problems with dermatitis?

I've been diagnosed with sebhorreic dermatitis. Basically, there are a few specific Patches of my skin that get REALLY dry and flaky once in a while (the top of my ear where it attaches to my head, the skin at the top of my eye sockets, and a couple other little tiny patches). It's not dry skin, according to my doctor, it's really an auto-immune situation where my body attacks my own skin. Right now, fortunately, it's not disfiguring (I'm not scarred or anything) and is still just confined to a few areas.

From what I can tell, my skin is good when my body is happy, well fed and well rested (in fact, I can almost predict when I'll have good skin by when I have rough nights with my sleep apnea). One thing I'm hoping is that as I lose weight and get healthier, my dermatitis (which is embarrassing and unsightly) will calm down and not be such a problem.

However, I know that surgery is a major stress on the body (hence the hair loss; fortunately I shave my head so that may not be as much of a problem!). I was wondering if anyone else deals with this issue, and what your experiences were post-surgery. Should I expect a MAJOR flare-up of itchy, dry, flaky skin? I can deal with it if it happens, but I'm hoping I won't have to...

Were you diganosed after the surgery? I am about to reach my second month post op and I have the same symptoms you do. I've never had skin issues until now.

Me too....I just went to the dermatologist and he claims it is a reaction to shampoo, added to the stress of surgery and lower calorie intake.

He has me on 4 days of 3/day some sort of steroid cream and wet dressings on my back and leg, where I have it, then 10 days of 3 times a day....it has helped a ton.

He is putting me on basic shampoo (V05 for normal hair) and basic nutragena or cetaphil body wash.

He said to make sure I use the cream to get rid of the outbreaks I currently have, and to up my Omega Oil intake.

So I'll give it a try....I got the outbreaks post surgery, before surgery my skin was normal.

We got sleeved around the same time therefore we are having the same symptoms...I am on my way to the vitamin store to buy me Omega 3 gummies :confused1: I'll make sure to get me some creams too..thanks!!!

I have some Omega 3-6-9 oil (3 different omegas) from Whole Foods. It is a little nutty tasting- not bad, blends nicely into a few oz of pureed soup. I recommend it. It's called "Udu's Oil." Good luck.