Imbangela ye-seborrheic dermatitis ayiqondakali ngokupheleleyo, kodwa kubonakala ngathi ibandakanya ukusabela ngokugqithisileyo kwesikhumba kumvubelo oqhelekileyo esikhumbeni, kunye nezinto zofuzo, amahomoni, kunye nokuveliswa kweoyile yesikhumba. Uxinzelelo, imozulu ebandayo neyomileyo, iimveliso zesikhumba ezinzima, kunye nezinye izifo zinokubangela okanye zibe mandundu ukuvutha.
Unokufumana i-seborrheic dermatitis ukuba ungumntwana ongaphantsi kweenyanga ezi-3 okanye umntu omdala oneminyaka engaphezu kwama-60, unesikhumba esinamafutha, okanye uneemeko ezifana ne-HIV, isifo sikaParkinson, ukudakumba, okanye ukuxhomekeka kotywala. Imozulu ebandayo neyomileyo, uxinzelelo, kunye neemveliso zesikhumba okanye zeenwele ezinzima nazo zonyusa umngcipheko wokuvutha.
Unyango lugxile ekunciphiseni ukuvuvukala, umvubelo, kunye nokukala ngamashampu anemithi, iikhrimu zokulwa nomngundo okanye ezichasene nokuvuvukala, kunye nokucoca okuthambileyo. Uninzi lwabantu lufuna ulondolozo oluqhubekayo, lusebenzisa iimveliso ezinemithi amaxesha ambalwa ngeveki kunye nezithambiso ezithambileyo ukugcina isikhumba sithule kwaye sithintele ukuvutha.