It is red, itchy, greasy, and flaky patches on the skin in areas with many oil glands, such as the scalp, face, ears, chest, and in skin folds. In patients with darker skin tones, affected areas may be lighter in color than the rest of their skin, and they may not have redness.
Symptoms are made worse by illness, irritation, cold or dry environments, and stress. A mild form is called dandruff.
The cause is not known. It is linked to the skin’s overproduction of oil and an overgrowth of a normally harmless skin yeast called Malassezia.
There is no cure. The goal is to control the rash and symptoms.
The treatment you chose must be used as prescribed to control the rash and symptoms.
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