Nutritional Vitamins & Health Supplements for Seborrheic Dermatitis

A group of researchers found that infants with cradle cap appeared to have an imbalance of essential fatty acids in their blood that returned to normal when their skin rashes eventually went away. In a preliminary trial, these researchers later found that application of 0.5 ml of borage oil twice daily to the affected skin resulted in clinical improvement of cradle cap within two weeks.

Preliminary studies have found that injecting either the infant or the nursing mother with biotin may be an effective treatment for cradle cap. Studies of oral biotin have yielded mixed results in infants. Older preliminary studies and case reports suggest that 4 mg per day of oral biotin might be sufficient for mild cases of cradle cap, but 10 mg per day was required for more severe cases. Two more recent, controlled trials found that oral biotin (4 or 5 mg per day) produced no benefit. Thus, the scientific support for using oral biotin to treat cradle cap is weak. The role of biotin in adult seborrheic dermatitis has not been studied...