Oatmeal for Dandruff/Eczema

Post Reply New Topic

I don't know whether I have dandruff or eczema. On the one hand, eczema is described to be on multiple parts of the body, whereas I am affected mainly above the neck. On the other hand, I have all the other symptoms. Anyway, I recently learned that oatmeal is a good natural remedy for it. However, I don't know how to make it as a remedy. Do you just make it like you normally would and then apply it to the affected areas, or is there a different process?

I don't know, but if you don't plan on calling a plumber afterwards, you need to put something over the drain.

If applying it topically, you would just mix it with water and spread it on the afflicted area

Really? I've gotten eczema in my ears from ear buds, seems like its triggered by certain kinds of stimulous - a bit like an allergic reaction but less substance-specific. My typical fix has been Cortaid, usually what they recommend is a local area steroid. If oatmeal really does work let me know. I might feel a little strange putting oatmeal in my ear but what the heck, if it works better than creams and salves and takes less than an hour of sitting there there's nothing to knock.

So far so good on gluten tolerance at least.

Really you can do that?

I know this is a little off-topic, but if the oatmeal stuff doesn't help, you might want to check for food allergies/intolerances. I used to have really really terrible eczema on my face and arms (and basically everywhere else at various times), pretty much my whole life. Like so bad that I was embarrassed to leave the house and I would wear long sleeves all the time and try to cover up the stuff on my face with bunches of makeup that only made it worse. I tried everything, oatmeal stuff, natural herbal remedies, steroid creams, some prescription stuff that wasn't even approved for use on children at the time..... EVERYTHING. Nothing worked and most of the things made it worse. Then this summer I was reading about food intolerances and I thought I fit a lot of the symptom, so I decided to try eliminating all dairy from my diet. Within a couple of weeks my skin was totally clear and I felt a million times better. It has stayed clear since then except when I've accidentally eaten dairy, and this past week when I've been super stressed with finals. But even now, it's just a small spot, less than the size of a pea, at the corner of my mouth, whereas before. . . . . . Think Joker's lipstick Right now I'm trying out gluten-free as well, I should have fairly conclusive results on that in about two weeks.

I've read probiotics can help, taken internally. Kefir would be best.

If it has anything to do with gluten, then I'm screwed, because the only foods I can afford are full of gluten. So now I have a dilemma: spend hundreds of dollars on gluten-free food (mainly produce and non-processed meat) and somewhat improve my health, or eat cheap and risk getting sick after I have no health insurance next October?