What's the best product/treatment to control exccess sebum?

[dehoha]

Hello people, I am a 25 yr old male, suffering from receding frontal hairline.
My hair was ok until last year, but I had a knee surgey this year and something went severely wrong after that.
My scalp seems to be more sensitive with a lot of tingling feelings, which I was not experiencing before.
I am already 4 months post surgery, so I think I should have returned to normal condition.

I have very oily skin in general, and scalp is even worse. Is there anything to treat excess sebum on scalp?
I have used nizoral, but this actually made hair fall out like crazy... So I am not sure what is going on with my hair or scalp.
I have started finasteride and lipogaine (5% minoxidyll with azelaic acid) a week ago . I want my frontal hair back... fuller and thicker.

If you have any suggestions please let me know. Thank you.

 

[DoneWithIt]

this may not be any help since i take it youre a guy, but im a girl and for me birth control and oral spironolactone made my scalp go from greasy to greasy free in less than one week. sadly it did not help the hair from disappearing

 

[dehoha]

High doses of vitamin A, vitamin B5, 3% topical green tea, zinc. If you just want a cosmetic effect, you can try milk of magnesia. Those are backed-up by scientific evidence. Anything else won't do anything. Most are dangerous but I take them anyway, life with an awful greasy face and scalp is not possible for me.

Thanks, FredTheBelgian, I appreciate your response. However, I do have some questions/additional information for you.

I have taken Accutane before, which is primarily based off vitamin A. Also, I took 50 mg of zinc along with Accutane. I am not sure if that was a safe move or not, but my health condition did not change from taking them together. During that time, my sebum production went to almost zero, and I was applying minoxidil + Revivogen. I have no idea which one caused the success, but my hair looked the fullest during that time. However, I stopped taking Accutane since last December and stopped taking zinc since May or so. Ever since then, my hair has been falling out crazy due to excess sebum. So, I have some questions in regards to your suggestion.

1) Do you have any advice on which supplements I should take?
2) Doesn't high doses of vitamin A actually worsen hair loss? I've read a news article that stated high vitamin A doses thin hair to cause hair loss. I want to hear your opinion or stated facts.
3) I plan to take vitamin A, B5, and Zinc, but not the other two you mentioned. Do you have suggestion on how much I should take daily? e.g. 100 mg of zinc/day
4) Which form of zinc have you been using? Is it zinc picolinate or zinc gluconate? I have tried both in the past and I couldn't tell much difference to be honest.
5) What is this 3% topical green tea you are referring to?
6) Do you think vitamin A or combination of supplements you mentioned do a better job than taking Accutane?

I would sincerely appreciate your response. Thank you in advance.

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this may not be any help since i take it youre a guy, but im a girl and for me birth control and oral spironolactone made my scalp go from greasy to greasy free in less than one week. sadly it did not help the hair from disappearing

Thanks DoneWithIt for the reply.

Do you know what else is causing your hair loss then? I am pretty sure it is excess sebum that is causing more hair loss for me, which is due to a genetics reason. What is the oral spironolactone you are referring to? I have seen posts on topical spironolactone or spironolactone cream, but there are posts saying that spironolactone works at a systematic level, not locally, which lowers testosterone level to some degree. As a male, I am not too sure if decreasing my T level would be a wise decision. Oh and I cannot take birth control for sure

 

[Quantum Cat]

why are taking those vitamins dangerous Fred?