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You should take your doctor's advice and visit a dermatologist. Serious skin problems are difficult to diagnose without actually seeing the affected skin and your problem does seem rather serious. Seborrhoeic dermatitis is very similar to what is commonly known as dandruff. Dandruff basically involves clumps of dead skin accumulating and then falling off the scalp. Normally, skin all over our body is constantly in the process of growing and dying. Old skin cells die and are discarded and new skin cells grow and take their place. Most people have some amount of flaking dead skin on their scalp, but this is so little it is not noticed at all. It is only when the flaking becomes too much that it becomes a problem. This happens due to several reasons, which basically involve fungal infections and problems with sebum production.
There are a variety of shampoos for seborrhoeic dermatitis, but apparently you have tried all of them with no success. Just in case you haven't already tried it however, try to find a preparation that contains either coal tar or salicylic acid. These are usually effective in treating the more severe cases. One home remedy that you can try is taking one tablespoon of flaxseed oil once a day. You can also try applying milk of magnesia on the affected skin, but first test a small amount on a small area of skin. Your skin already seems to be in a bad state, so you should be careful.
Usually, the only symptoms of seborrhoeic dermatitis are the typical flaking, which is what bothers people the most, and itching, which is usually mild, but can get rather severe. There may sometimes be a certain amount of inflammation too, but it rarely involves "weeping" - oozing of fluids or the development of blisters. If you have been suffering from these symptoms, then you either have an unusually severe case of seborrhoeic dermatitis, or you have some other kind of skin problem. In either case, you need to visit a specialist in order to properly diagnose the problem and treat it as early as possible. You have not mentioned hair loss, but in cases where this condition is persistent and severe, temporary hair loss may occur. Over time, if the follicles themselves get damaged, then they could stop producing hair entirely, and this would result in permanent hair loss. Since your skin is oozing (and probably blistering too), you are also susceptible to a number of secondary infections.
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