Dandruff is a disease of the scalp that is associated with impaired cell renewal , which results in an excessive amount of dead scales that remain on the hair and look like white flakes. The disease occurs in every person aged twelve to fifty years. From the age of twelve, the production of sebum increases, and dandruff occurs quite often. After fifty, the disease is less common, because with age, the amount of sebum becomes less.
Only dampened shampoos can truly get rid of dandruff, and not cosmetic ones, whose advertisements can often be heard on TV. The right anti-dandruff shampoo contains ketoconazole (a substance that works well against fungal infections) and sodium laureth sulfate (often called sodium lauryl ether sulfate). If you choose the wrong anti-dandruff shampoo, it will not be able to neutralize the fungus, but will only create the appearance of a lack of scales for a couple of hours or days, and then the disease will appear again. It is better not to choose dandruff shampoos on your own, but to consult a trichologist.
To completely get rid of dandruff, you need to choose not only the right, treating shampoo, but also take B vitamins and try to eat more proper, healthy food. Since in the fight against the disease it is necessary to use complex treatment. Indeed, in addition to sebum, dandruff can be caused by stress, hard water and a lack of vitamins.
There are a number of recommendations to help you. For example, if you wash your hair often, then dandruff will appear less often. And in the case when healing shampoo does not help, then you can try
tar tar shampoos, they need to be applied to the scalp for five to ten minutes, and then washed off. It is important to hold a shampoo against
dandruff on the head, and not rinse immediately. You do not need to use a special tool every time, you need to give your hair a rest and wash your hair with ordinary shampoo. In order to increase the effect of the therapeutic agent, you can put a hat on your hair and hold it like a mask for an hour. Soaping hair shampoo twice and
head massage with a therapeutic agent will also help. As a rinse, for those who suffer from dandruff, you can use a decoction of thyme (in the proportion of 2 tablespoons of thyme per glass of water). In order to soften and smooth the hair scales, you can apply warm, vegetable oil as a mask before washing your hair. If you are more likely to be in the sun, then ultraviolet light will act on the skin as an anti-inflammatory, but you do not need to overdo it, and stay in the open sun for longer than an hour. And also try to be less nervous, because this can cause deterioration of the scalp.
Anti-dandruff shampoo is not the only thing that can help. There are many folk recipes that help fight the disease. These include a mask of burdock and castor oil, a nettle broth, a mask with aloe juice or kefir. In order to choose a
remedy for dandruff, you can try different folk recipes, and after that decide what works best.