What is Perioral dermatitis?

Perioral dermatitis is a skin disease which gives skin rash, especially around the mouth, eyes and sometimes on the cheeks and around nose. Perioral dermatitis can be caused by several factors.

What causes Perioral dermatitis?

What you will hear from doctors is often that your life is to stressful and that you have used too much product which has irritated the skin and upset its natural balance. You often get antibiotics that you should take some months for the rash to disappear.

But there are also other factors that influence Perioral dermatitis that you can affect your self! So you might not need to take antibiotics that disrupt the gut’s own bacterial flora, which can lead to a number of side effects, such as the natural intestinal bacterias also knocked out which leads to a weakened immune system.

What can I do to get rid of the Perioral dermatitis?

Firstly, try stay away from other products that disrupt the skin’s natural balance, such as self tanning, exfoliation, products for acne, cortisone cream, makeup, and excessive cleaning of skin.

The diet can be very important for Perioral dermatitis, partly because the rash may be because you are allergic to a food. Partly because the food can trigger or soothe the rash. There are foods that increase inflammation in the body and thus can worsen perioral dermatitis.

Anti-inflammatory foods:

• LCHF (Low Carb High Fat) Diet – Carbohydrates and sugar produces insulin which is an anabolic hormone that causes tissues to grow. Sugar acts as fuel for bacteria and inflammation. Sugar can worsen the rash for many who have perioral dermatitis. By eating LCHF diet you avoid excess glucose in the blood that feeds bacteria.
• Omega 3 – Eat a lot of supplements or oily fish. Fat balance in the body that is the ratio Omega3/Omega6 is too low in the Western diet, which triggers inflammation. An appropriate diet is to eat LCHF diet where you choose to eat a lot of proteins from fatty fish such as mackerel and salmon.
• Spices – Ginger and turmeric are anti-inflammatory.
• Check if you have any allergies which may be the cause of the rash such as wheat. Egg allergy and milk allergy can cause rashes on the face.

Temperature changes – Some experience that their rash gets worse during the winter months, and better in the warmer months.

Sun – They say you should avoid sun at Perioral dermatitis, but some people experience that their skin get better when exposed to sunlight. Try what works in your case.

It is preferable not to have any makeup on the skin at all, and doctors recommend that you should not have skin creams either, so-called zero treatment. Many people get flare ups from Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS) that is added in many products such as soaps, toothpastes, shampoos, bubble baths so you need to stop using these products. Stay also away from Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate (ALS).

If you want to use creams and makeup despite Perioral dermatitis it is recommended to use the following products:

• Weleda
• Dr. Hauscka – their acknowledged cream should be of particular benefit in PD!
• Shea Butter
• Use natural skin care, so called. Noo poo: For example wash your face with honey instead of your regular soap, and moisture with coconut oil instead of your moisturizer.

Make-up:

• Mineral makeup from such bareMinerals.
• Dr. Hauscka
• Santé natural beauty
• Use toothpaste without Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS), which many may be allergic to.

Avoid stress as much as possible as this is believed to trigger perorial dermatitis.

Cardio exercise and vitamin D boosts the immune system and therefore help the body get rid of the disease.

Other things that can help with perorial dermatitis:

• MSM – lingusil-sulfur
• Buckthorn oil
• Vitamin b5
• Essex cream sulfur
• Cider vinegar, both the drinking water and dab the skin.
• Blackcurrant capsules and Suppressing cream.