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    Posted: January 03 2005 at 11:22pm
most dandruff is caused by a fungal yeast Pityrosporum ovale it's noncontagious,it lives on the on scalp, a [sebum is the oil the scalp produces] scalp with sebum buildup[an oily scalp] causes it to increase and cause dandruff.Nizoral contains the antifungal ketoconazole which can cure dandruff. 

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Yeast is a fungus.


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Has there ever been a case of someone claiming that dandruff was contagious? That'd be a horrible thing!
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