Hairline’s been flaking since Monday, 4 days now, right where the seb derm usually starts.
Heat just kicked on too, so I can’t tell if it’s dry air or an actual flare.
This feels more stuck than normal dry flakes, almost waxy at the edges, but maybe I’m overthinking it after a rough week…
Anyone know how to tell the two apart before it gets worse?
the waxy, stuck-at-the-edges thing is usually the tell for me too – plain dry flakes from heat or weather brush off pretty easily and look almost powdery, but an actual flare has that stuck-on scale that comes up in bigger pieces, especially right along the hairline and eyebrows.
4 days without letting up is longer than plain heat-dryness usually sticks around for me. It normally clears up within 2 days once I moisturize more, so this sounds like it’s crossing into flare territory.
yeah that stuck waxy edge thing past day 4 is what I watch for too~ for me plain dry patches never last more than 2 days before they soften up.
honestly curious – is there any redness or itch with it, or purely flaking? 3 days of heat-dryness for me has never turned red like that!
mine’s itchy but barely red, flaking’s been worse for about 5 days now
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