Symptoms of Seborrheic Dermatitis
The symptoms of seborrheic dermatitis are:
- Itchy white flakes of skin on your scalp (dandruff): When scratched, the flakes come loose, mix in with your hair, or fall on your neck and shoulders.
- Red scales on your skin
- Crusty yellow scales on children’s heads (cradle cap). Cradle cap shouldn’t itch, but scratching may result in additional inflammation in the area and break the skin, causing bleeding or mild infections.
- Blepharitis (scaly redness on the edges of your eyelids).
- Pinkish plaques (thick skin) of scales on both sides of your face.
- Flaky patches on your chest and at your hairline that are shaped like a flower petal or a ring.
- Redness in the folds and creases of your genitals, armpits and beneath your breasts.
- Inflamed hair follicles on your cheeks and the upper half of your trunk.