I have them when I am stressed and when I am stressed I eat a high amount of carbohydrates.  I was successful by self-medicating.  I eat yogurt every day to balance yeast levels and only consume complex carbohydrates.  I also use Head and Shoulders for Oily Hair two to three times per week.  I hope this helps you :)

KMK

12/10/09 12:43pm

"I also use Head and Shoulders for Oily Hair two to three times per week."

Have you tried using a shampoo without sodium (Laureyl/Laureth) Sulfates?  This helped me.

dermatoligist put me on anti boticits 1workedfor a month and cleared it then i could not be on it any longer due to the health risks the doctor said so a day after treatment it started all coming back then they keep putting me on antibotics that were safe andthe sores just get worse this been going on for five years i think the doctor just try to suck your money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Long time sufferer here as well. I have found that doxycycline works perfectly, IF I cut my fingers nails off and KEEP THEM OUT OF MY HAIR AND OFF MY SCALP! The sores come when the stress arrives, not necessarily negative stress (i.e. Christmas) just andreline gland assult. This throws off my pH and makes my scalp a perfect environment for the strep/staph bacteri to make my head feel like a giant golf ball! Thank God for my huge '80's hair. Doc and I think it's a type of impetigo, and because during certain times (seasons=stress+allerigan variations) our bodies don't fight back well. The bacteria lives in your sinuses and (this is gross part) when we cry, we blow our nose, when we sneeze, yep, blow our nose, nose itch, scratch it, and when we are stressed? We pick at the sores on our heads. We then transfer the hitch hiking bacteria to new areas, via our finger nails. I also thank God I don't bite my nails! But then again why would I when I am busy picking at my head! So my self awareness changes, making my keep my nails short and sometime I will put on fake nails so I dont have any sharp tools. Keeping the spot clean and dry is key. I will keep some alcohol wipes (the little packets) available to dab the areas if I catch myself touching, and clean my nails. If I mind my fingers, or keep them busy, and don't pick, they are usually gone in a week - 10 days. pH balance is also hard to balance if you have any type of blood sugar issues and/or eat rich sweet foods, and/or drink alcohol. Good luck to all out there who suffer, hope this will provide some reprieve.

All of the above is good advice. It is the zinc in the Head and Shoulders that aids in healing and zinc oxide is great for any rash and safe enough for a baby's diaper rash. Your painful blisters before itching and shedding sound like my excema. Then scratching exacerbates the issue and the area becomes inflamed, allowing the normal staph/strep bacteria that we carry naturally on our bodies to become overgrown and develop a secondary infection.  After years of managing excema on my hands, scalp and the rest of my body I've discovered something that helps the medicine work: I took up knitting. I can watch tv, listen to the radio, audio books and keep my hands occupied with a project at all times. Along with keeping my nails short, keeping my hands occupied is the single best treatment I've found.  I also like to occasionally wash my hair with pure olive oil soap available at online drugstores and healthfood stores - both olive oil and coconut oil help soothe irritation and balance the bacteria load. You might try carving, assembling models, anything you can do with your hands so they won't have a chance to be digging at your scalp. Of course keeping fingernails short goes without saying.  Good luck to you!