You seem very knowledgsble, thanks. Any ideas on reducing inflammation and sub derm? My scalp produces way too much sebum, and it's also red and inflamed most of the time.
I just saw your other thread, and can understand that you're desperate to fix it. I don't know much about hairsystems, but I don't think that using one would be good for your scalp and whatever regrowth you might be experiencing now. So I would probably try to combat the inflammation etc. before throwing in the towel with a hair system.
I haven't answered your other question about redness, inflammation and seb derm yet, as I would like to take the time to write a proper reply and maybe include some links etc, time I haven't had yet.
I can give you a quick list of things to try to combat inflammation and seb derm, but I don't have the time to include references now so you'll have to google the stuff yourself for now:
1. Raw Honey with 10% water, as a mask for 3 hours EOD for 1 month. It's anti fungal (helps against malassezia and seb derm), it's antiinflammatory and it's antiseptic. And it's also pretty cheap.
2. Raw apple cider vinegar rinse with 1:4 mixture of ACV and water, dissolves scalp buildup, fights fungus and bacteria and is antiseptic.
3. Salicylic Acid, anti inflammatory and removes buildup. (it's important to remove leftover sebum to as it can clog the follicles (sebum plugs) and go rancid leading to bacteria growth and scalp irritation.
4. Scalp brush, use this as a mechanical exfoliation to remove sebum plugs and scalp buildup as well as stimulating the scalp blood flow.
5. Zinc Pyrithione shampoo: Antifungal and down regulates sebum production.
6. Shampoos containing Ketoconazole: Helps with inflammation as well as anti fungal. Most people use Nizoral but Regenepure DR shampoo is milder as it doesn't contain SLS.
7. Shampoos containing Piroctone Olamine I prefer this one over Ketoconazole as it's less irritating to the scalp and doesn't dry the hair as much either, but has roughly the samme effect. I use Sebclair shampoo, which is really effective as it also includes other anti inflammatory ingredients (proven to be very effective in a study).
8. Eucerin Anti dandruff scalp treatment. It's a tonic that you leave on your scalp, it contains piroctone olamine to fight the dandruff and fungus and also Licochalcone A which is effective in fighting microinflammation around the follicles.
9. Every antiinflammatory dietary supplement your can google your way to. I use Perilla Leaf Extract, fish oil, turmeric, green tea and so on.
Hope this can help.