Seborrheic-dermatitis guide

Face and body seborrheic-dermatitis treatment online

Photo-based care for a typical flaky, greasy pattern on the face, beard, ears, eyebrows, or chest after psoriasis, rosacea, ringworm, infection, and widespread eruption are screened out.

Start online

Start a $59 online review for Seborrheic dermatitis.

Seborrheic dermatitis often affects oil-rich areas around the eyebrows, nose, beard, ears, and center of the chest. Clear photos matter because ringworm, psoriasis, rosacea, infection, and allergic dermatitis can look similar and need different treatment.

If treatment is appropriate, your physician can send a non-controlled prescription to your pharmacy and provide portal instructions for the next step.

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Quick facts

You must be physically located in Virginia or West Virginia at the time of request.
Starts at $59
No insurance needed
No app download
Physician review around the clock
Non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy when appropriate
A work or school note can be included when medically appropriate
Response times apply 24/7, every day

Common symptoms

Flaky or greasy scale around the eyebrows or nose
Redness and scale in the beard or mustache area
Flaking around or behind the ears
A recurrent scaly patch in the center of the chest

May fit online care

Adults & children 4+ (with a parent or legal guardian)
The rash stays in typical seborrheic areas
Clear close-up and wider photos are available
No fever, systemic illness, eye pain, vision change, or rapid spread
No ring border, thick silvery plaques, pustules, crust, or open sores

Look for another care setting

Redness or scaling over most of the body
Fever, feeling ill, or rapidly spreading warmth/redness
Eye pain, vision change, or significant eyelid swelling
A ring-shaped border, thick plaques, central-face pustules, crust, pus, or open sores

What to have ready

Clear close-up and wider photos of each affected area
Where the rash appears and how long this flare has lasted
Any prior dandruff, rosacea, psoriasis, or perioral-dermatitis diagnosis
Treatments tried, medicines, and allergies

What happens next

Standard

$59

Within 6 hours

Priority

$99

Within 3 hours

Rush

$149

Within 1 hour

Start the request on the website, answer a few questions to check that this visit fits you, and choose how fast you want an answer (the response window). If your concern still fits this service, a physician reviews it and sends you a secure update after you sign in. When appropriate, non-controlled prescriptions can be sent to your pharmacy, and a basic work or school note can be included at physician discretion.

Your physician

Every visit is personally reviewed by Ankur Fadia, MD. He is board-certified, has extra training in heart care (a cardiology fellowship), and is a member of Alpha Omega Alpha, a medical honor society. He is licensed in Virginia and West Virginia, and your care is never handed off to someone else.

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What can be prescribed?

Ketoconazole 2% cream or shampoo is the antifungal foundation, used daily or twice daily until clear and then less often for maintenance. A thin layer of hydrocortisone 2.5% or desonide may be added for only one to two weeks when inflammation needs it.

Why are stronger steroids not used on the face?

Using a strong steroid on the face, or using one for a long time, can thin the skin, change its color, make rosacea (a condition with facial redness and bumps) or perioral dermatitis (a bumpy rash around the mouth) worse, and affect the eyes. This visit uses only low-potency (mild-strength) treatment for a short time.

What if the photos look more like rosacea, ringworm, or psoriasis?

Then the seborrheic treatment (the treatment for seborrheic dermatitis, a flaky, scaly rash) is not prescribed. A ring-shaped spot, thick patches with sharp edges, acne-like pus-filled bumps (pustules) in the middle of the face, signs of infection, or any doubt about the diagnosis is sent to the right visit or to an in-person exam.

What if the problem is only scalp dandruff?

Use our dandruff visit for flaking only on the scalp. It has shampoo treatment and questions made for that.

Read the dandruff guide

What if I have central-face flushing or pustules?

Those signs may fit rosacea instead of seborrheic dermatitis. The rosacea visit has its own questions about the eyes and treatment.

Read the rosacea guide

What if the bumps cluster around my mouth or nostrils?

Small red bumps or peeling around the mouth or nostrils, especially after using steroids (any form), may be perioral dermatitis. Use that visit instead.

Read the perioral-dermatitis guide

Other conditions we treat

Not quite what you have? Here are other conditions we treat.

Acne keloidalis nuchae Acne or breakouts Cold sores Dandruff or itchy scalp Eczema flare Eyelash growth