Prescription Anit-Dandruff shampoo & anti-acne bodywash?

Got a doctor’s visit coming up here in a couple days… these are two of the items I want to discuss with him.

I was wondering if anyone else has had any experience with products like these?

Head & Shoulders just don’t cut it…

It be easier to not have to apply additional steps to my hygienic process… Swapping out the shampoo and body was for things that solve a couple of my issues seems ideal…

Any recommendations or name drops for products I should be aware of?

Any success stories where they actually worked?

Gee, I had terrible acne as an adolescent. And in those days one talked to a shrink for an hour at a time, and when I was in the mental hospital, three times a week.

My shrink got his MD in the Navy, so he had dealt with a lot of young men’s skin, and when I brought my issue to his attention, he got some stuff that did the job! Specifically he got a wash that in three weeks time cleared my entire complexion. (At the same time, I also stopped picking the spots.)

I’ve googled dandruff. It seemed there is nothing that does a job on dandruff, but you can wear clothing that hides it rather than accentuates it. If you hear otherwise, let me know!

J.

1 Like

thanks for the feedback… gives me a bit of hope on the acne side…

yeah always had problems with dandruff myself. head and shoulders did absolutely nothing to it. i once had long hair, so long it covered my ears. looked pretty good (my hair becomes curly when it grows long) but it was a real pain to shower daily with head & shoulders and other medical shampoos to minimize the dandruff. it didnt help much anyway. it was getting so bad that i started getting sores on my head. so i made the decision to cut it all off and only go around with a 0.5 centimeter haircut. and it worked wonders! now i dont have any dandruff at all.

1 Like

Selsun Blue did wonders for my dandruff, but it smelled awful. Now I use Herbal Essences Hello Hydration. I don’t know if it made my dandruff go away or if I just grew out of it.

I also get beard dandruff…

There are some prescription shampoos out there. I might have to see a specialist who can determine what is causing my dandruff specifically.

It can be fungal and has some various other causes… depending on what the cause is would determine which medicinal shampoos to use.

I don’t know if a general physician would have too much info on that.

In short though the dead cells aren’t getting keratinized properly… my guess is due to the surface area of the hair leading to the natural oils getting spread to thin… so the scalp’s surface layers remain flaky.

Oddly enough though… I use lotrimin on for my beard dandruff and it clears it up for a number of days…

so I may have the fungally induced kind… which might mean that if treated it’ll go away…

They do say that with the script shampoos… you don’t use them regularly, but only when the condition returns… so its a pretty conservative way to keep it under control. It also gives me the option of using whatever other shampoos I’d like to use in between treatments… better scent and what not…

So we’ll see how it all pans out…

If you have a full beard, that may be contributing to your acne and dandruff problems. Some people just weren’t meant to have beards.

Doesn’t effect acne… honestly it’s all on my back and it’s probably because I don’t shower enough and sleep primarily laying on my back…

I keep the beard trimmed… also the dandruff gets worse when it grows out a bit… but its mainly just the mustache area…

I’m not one to bother about clean shaving all the time… I can just buzz it down once a week…

I used to be forced to be clean shaven for various jobs… and that lead to just as many razor burn/acne issues… especially on the neck…

Thanks for the info… If selsum blue stinks and still sells then it probably gets the job done…

I use Cetaphil body wash for my face and body acne. I still get a few spots when I’m on my period, but washing twice a day in the summer and once a day in the winter keeps most of it at bay. Stress makes it worse too. I have pretty tame acne though, compared to my sister.

How often are you changing your sheets? This can be a culprit.

Anti acne… glicerine soap

1 Like

Typically once a week… just got some new ones at the beginning of the month…

though I do need another set that is intended to cover the height of the whole bed… as my airbed is double tall or what ever… the original set only covers a portion which doesn’t fit to well…

but that is an issue to take of later…

Reminds me of fight club

“Walk in there and sell their fat asses back to them.”

hah…

I’ll have to look back over this thread later… its hard to scrub the center of the back… which is probably another factor…

Yeah, that should be sufficient. If you’re sleeping in them without showering, though, that might be cutting the lifespan.

1 Like

When I was sleeping on an air bed, just going up one size in sheets made them fit. Mine was also a double high.

1 Like

I’m loving the bed so far… though the outsides tend to have less support… if I air it up fully then it feels to rigid…

can’t really go up in size… :sunglasses:

That’s why I got an airbed… cali-king size and transportable…

I’m sure there are options out there… does anyone know the name of the sheets that are designed to cover both mattresses?

Yeah… I’ll have to remember that. Thanks rhubatron

1 Like

My dermatologist just recommended head and shoulders Relax for Men. it has menthol in it along with other anti-dandruff stuff. Its way better than their other products. its stopped my itching and the sores on my head have healed in 2 weeks of using it. Not just for men, not sure why thats on the bottle. And I use Cetaphil for my acne along with frequent bedding changes like 2x a week.

1 Like

thank you skims… seems some of these answers are aligned… doctor visit is tomorrow now… I’ll develop strategy after that…

can’t really afford spare bedding quite yet… perhaps next month.

Can you do laundry more often? Rather than getting new bedding?