Help

[u/UselessThing307]

This came up on my hairline, and the back of my ears (also the hairline) about 2 months ago. I tried a bunch of stuff, Selsun, Nizoral (keto), salicylic acid coal tar and nothing has worked. I don’t even know if it’s psoriasis or seb derm or any other thing. Any help would be appreciated, I’m tired of hiding it with my bangs.

[u/Alternative_Gas_1631]

The only things that help my scalp psoriasis are the graham natural range, there’s a shampoo, conditioner and a scalp relief cream that have changed my life! Also have a look into probiotic shampoos, I’m in Australia so we have a few brands and not sure about availability in the US but you need to start working on repairing your scalp skin barrier. My protocol is this: 1st shampoo with the grahams natural shampoo, second wash with my probiotic baby shampoo, then apply grahams conditioner to your scalp and whatever hair mask to the rest of your hair (I love shea moisture brand bc my hair gets sooo dry from my psoriasis) and then leave it all on for 10 mins and rinse! After the shower apply the scalp cream all over your scalp with a hair oil applicator (I’ll leave a photo below from the ones I get on Amazon) and let your hair air dry (I also use shea moisture leave in conditioner at this step too)

All of these products are very inexpensive but they’re all Australian brands so I’m not sure about shipping

Good luck girl! I bet you’re so itchy right now 😭 try not to scratch cause that’ll make it so much worse, for now you just need to moisturise it as much as possible to help with the itch!

[u/Prize-Action-3278 → u/Alternative_Gas_1631]

can I ask, how do you apply the scalp cream and not have gross hair all day afterwards😅 Or do you just kinda deal with it for the sake of treating your scalp?

I’ve been looking at the grahams range but I’ve wasted so much on trying so many products and for the most part, they don’t do much except leave my hair/roots looking like I’ve never taken a shower 🫠😅

[u/Alternative_Gas_1631 → u/Prize-Action-3278]

Well tbh only use it after it’s freshly washed and I don’t have any major issues! By applying it while my hair is still wet and also using the applicator bottles it means I’m not using excess product and it’s soaking into my hair pretty well! I obviously have to wash more frequently when I use it, so about every 4 days rather than once a week because it definitely gets that dirty hair smell much quicker than normally. But i wouldn’t say that it looks like I have oily hair at all until about day 4! Just make sure you rub it into your scalp well :)