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Are there any connection between vitamin defiencies and seborrheic dermatitis? there have been few articles on the newspapers lately, linking "dry flaky skin conditions" to deficiency in vitamin a. is there a truth to this?
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Not really: The dry skin & brittle nails of vitamin A deficiency are present in some. By then they would also have night blindness & difficulties with healing/infection. It is seen some in countries where undernourishment is common. I would not assume loading up on vitamin A will help.As a fat soluble vitamin it can actually build up to toxic levels.
Answered 2/23/2020
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