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Hi i have severe dandruff on my scalp and now its around the eyebrows as well. it feels really itchy i have big flakes is the treatment for this?
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See below: Sounds like seborrheic dermatitis---washing the area with selsum blue helps the eyebrows and using the same shampoo, or coal tar shampoo, or head shoulders can help treat it.
Answered 6/30/2013
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