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jazzgurl View Drop Down
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    Posted: April 24 2003 at 10:49pm
is there such thing as over-massaging the scalp?
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you could over massage it until your skin is really irritated or you roughed up the hair cuticle... is that what you mean? i do a little massage on the scalp with jojoba oil once a week(gently of course).
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Yes there is.

If you over-massage, the first thing (apart from scalp reddening) will be the over-production of sebum.
If you carry on rubbing, you will stress out your hair follicles and may damage them structurally.
A friend had her scalp massaged Indian style (very vigorously) and she not only got an oil-slick on her head, she lost loads of hair following the massage and about a week later had some nasty pustules of blocked follicles on her scalp. She was itching like crazy and when I had a look at them they gave me the itchies too.

Turquoise Girl is right. Be gentle with yourself and you will see positive results.


Best of luck

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