bayofbengal wrote: I also have dandruff problem..whenever I scratch my head, I find white greasy solid on the tip of my nails. I have noticed that most of the falling hairs have a white solid cluster at the root of the hair.

Bay- I have a really strong feeling that your 'dirty scalp' is the culprit.  You can try "Hair Support" hair products.  They have a scalp treatment that releases those dormant hairs.

Each hair on your head has a root and a shaft.  When you brush or comb your hair, it is the shaft you are styling.  The root of your hair is a soft, light-colored bulb below the surface of your scalp.  It lies in a casing called the follicle.  At the bottom of the follicle is the papilla, which nourishes the root.  Your hair grows when new cells form around the papilla.  These new cells push up on the old cells, gradually forcing them up out of the follicle.  The old cells are now part of the shaft.  As long as the papilla provides nourishment for
new cells, your hair continues to grow.  The papilla can nourish new cells for years.  Hair Support will help to open up the follicles and push up the hair shaft.  It contains special ingredients to create a healthy scalp environment.

Hope this helps- Charlene 

A lot of hair loss seems to be accompanied by scalp gunk and itching -_- .  Bleh, as if thinning hair weren't bad enough, it has to itch all the time, too. . . and it feels kind of "chicken and egg" figuring out which came first. . .  I just wish both would stop. . . *incoherent grumbles of a sleepy, cranky person*