How to fight dundruff?
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Topic: How to fight dundruff?
Posted By: Del Piero
Subject: How to fight dundruff?
Date Posted: February 22 2005 at 11:00pm
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Sup peeps, I'm asking coz this stuff is killin me. I'm sittin here, brushin my hair and it's like Christmas all over again. Where does this stuff come from? I've had this problem for years and one thing I've learned: No shampoo can help me. :( Thx. ------------- EuroDance!!! Takin it back to the 90's. |
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Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: February 23 2005 at 6:15am
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While you're washing your hair, give yourself a very vigorous scalp massage. This will lift off the softened skin and allow it to be rinsed away. You can use your fingernails, or keep a fine or medium-toothed plastic comb in the shower to use. I used to have this problem (like, my whole life), but I keep it under control this way, so it never bothers me anymore. ------------- 
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Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: February 23 2005 at 6:53am
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Things you might try: 1. Dandruff shampoo. I've heard great things about one called Nizoral, but I've never tried it personally. 2. Dilute your shampoo. I recently started doing this because of some discussion on the long hair forum, and it has completely fixed the problem for me. I dilute mine in water half and half and I still get a good lather, but it doesn't remove so much moisture from the scalp - so the problem is gone for me. They say there you can dilute it up to 75% water, whatever works best for you. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Syren123
Date Posted: February 23 2005 at 3:26pm
| I just got rid of my son's dandruff using a 3 pronged approach. I cut his hair super short nearly buzzed. I put pure tea tree oil on his scalp morning and night, scrubbing lightly with my fingernails or a wig brush to stimulate the scalp and remove the flakes. When he washed his hair, he used Nizoral- very very good stuff cuz it's antifungal. Being vigilant with the tea tree oil was key. He was (and still is) flake free within a week. I heard you should rotate the shampoo between Selsun Blue or H&S and Nizoral - 2 weeks on/off. |
Posted By: claribuzz
Date Posted: February 24 2005 at 12:36am
| i heard nizoral works great. alternating between dandruff shampoo is great also. try alternating between zinc phyrotine and salicylic shampoo. salicylic acid to cut the crust and zinc pt to control the fungus growth. using diluted mouthwash ot vinegar as a rinse and scalp massage is also great for removing dandruff. you should look at your diet. if you take too much carb you might get dandruff a lot like i do. my staple food is rice. i tried taking spirulina tablets. it worked great at preventing my dandruff, while giving me extra energy and keeping my skin smooth. |
Posted By: Del Piero
Date Posted: February 24 2005 at 7:07am
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I've written the stuff down to try later. Thanks guys. By the way, what Lemon? My grandmother says Lemon juice straigh outta lemon works too. I tried it once but maybe not enough. Isn't there like some kinda acid in there that'd be bad for the scalp? I'll try the oil without cutting my hair.  Thanks again. ------------- EuroDance!!! Takin it back to the 90's. |
Posted By: Susan W
Date Posted: February 24 2005 at 7:17am
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I don't know about straight out of the lemon. Lemons are pretty acidic. I could see this working in dilution. The reason the vinegar works (people usually dilute that too, something like 1 tablespoon per 1 cup of water) is because it acidifies the scalp which helps balance it's Ph, and that helps reduce the dandruff. So lemon in dilution would probably work the same...but some people get burned pretty easily when they come in contact with acidic stuff so I'd hesitate to tell anyone to use a straight lemon. ------------- Making metal barettes/concord clips hair safe, long hair style how to: http://alonghair.wordpress.com |
Posted By: eKatherine
Date Posted: February 24 2005 at 9:28am
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I regularly clarify with 1/2 cup of vinegar in 1 quart of warm water. It keeps my hair from getting buildup, I assume, because I've never had that problem. It never did anything for the condition of my scalp, though. -------------
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