Seborrheic dermatitis: how to help the patient

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Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is a common disease affecting skin areas rich in sebaceous glands. The disease pathogenesis is not fully understood, but is believed that colonization by the opportunistic Malassezia yeasts plays a certain role in its development. The prevalence of SD in different countries is around 3%. SD most commonly occurs in men, and the risk for the disease increases with age. SD manifests by inflammatory localized plaques with marked desquamation and itching. Apart from physical discomfort, the disease causes an impairment of the patient's psycho-emotional status. It is important to warn the patient that the disease is often chronic, and a stable clinical effect can be achieved mainly with prolonged therapy, for example, with zinc pyrithione. In our practice, we note that patients with SD have alterations in corneometry parameters: increased skin fat content and decreased skin hydration. Therapy with zinc pyrithione combined with moisturizing shampoos shows significant results already after 3 weeks of use and allows you to achieve stable remission and improve the quality of life of patients with long-term treatment.

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Svetlana V. Paniukova

Moscow Scientific and Practical Center for Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology

врач-дерматовенеролог Moscow, Russia

Anastas L. Piruzyan

Center for Theoretical Problems of Physicochemical Pharmacology

д-р мед. наук, проф., гл. науч. сотр. Moscow, Russia

Irina M. Korsunskaya

Center for Theoretical Problems of Physicochemical Pharmacology

Email: marykor@bk.ru
д-р мед. наук, проф., зав. лаб. Moscow, Russia

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