According to statistics, almost every fifth person on our planet suffers from dandruff. This affliction worries both those who do not have enough money for expensive hair care products, and those who are willing to leave any amounts in the beauty salon.
Dandruff is considered a skin disease. In the most severe cases, seborrheic dermatitis is diagnosed . But with any symptoms of the disease, the fungus Pityrosporum ovale is considered its initial cause. Its harmless presence on the skin ceases during the period when hyperactivity of the sebaceous glands occurs. This phenomenon is possible in the presence of a stressful situation, taking drugs related to antibiotics, with a lack of vitamins and a decrease in the body's defenses, as well as with depression. In this regard, before undergoing treatment, you must provide your daily diet with foods rich in nutrients, more often relax and consume multivitamins.
The remedy for dandruff should be selected on the advice of a specialist. However, if you want to solve this problem yourself, then start by determining the type of hair. After that, carry out the scalp peeling procedure using a special gel. Then it is recommended to buy a remedy for dandruff, carefully studying its instructions. Medicines must be used in courses. During the week, the product is applied three to four times, after which a break is needed. Dandruff shampoo, reviews of which testify to its high therapeutic effect, are Dercos by VICHY, Janssen Pharmaceutica or Nizoral. It is left on the hair for three to five minutes. Then the product is washed off with a large amount of water at room temperature and massaged the scalp to improve its blood supply and the early manifestation of the therapeutic effect.
When buying a remedy for dandruff, you must carefully familiarize yourself with its composition. If the list contains:
- octopyrode, selenium disulfite and salicylic acid, this drug helps to remove dandruff and prevents its new formation, but at the same time it does not deactivate the main cause of its occurrence - skin fungus;
- sulfur and tar, then such a tool actively exfoliates and removes cellular structures, in connection with this, such shampoos must be used at the initial stage of the battle against dandruff;
- ketoconazole, klimbazol or zinc pyrithione, then the products containing these substances help to eliminate the consequences caused by Pityrosporum ovale on the skin of the head;
- cyclopirox, then this drug is antibacterial, has a wide range of effects, including anti-inflammatory properties, and is considered the most effective at present in the fight against the onset and elimination of dandruff.
The remedy for dandruff, from which, with complex manifestations of the disease, it is necessary to start a course of treatment, is a ten percent sulfur ointment. Hair divided into thin strands is lubricated with a preparation that is held on them for three to five minutes. After this procedure, the ointment is washed off.
You can also try traditional medicine recipes against dandruff. To get rid of this ailment, our grandmothers used masks that were applied to the scalp. If the hair is of the oily type, then you can make a mixture of castor oil and calendula insisted on alcohol. A mask made from brewed nettle leaves is also effective.
If the hair is dry, then for treatment it is necessary to use a mixture of gruel of onions, vodka and castor oil. You can apply a mask from the brewed roots of burdock, in which pork fat is added.
If you got rid of dandruff and want to take preventative measures, then you can use special shampoos and essential oils for this purpose, which help maintain healthy scalp. Extracts from tea tree, rosemary and eucalyptus have a greater effect when used on oily hair, and chamomile, lavender, cypress and cedar on dry.