Monday, December 24, 2007

Remedies for etching scalp and dandruff

Do you have stubborn dandruff? Are your itchy flakes driving you crazy? If so, you have a common skin disorder that affects the scalp, face, upper chest, and other oily parts of the body.
This is however not a harmful or contagious disease.

Dandruff is often known as 'dry scalp', but people with oily head skin are likely to suffer the most. This is because the fungus that is responsible for causing dandruff feeds on the oil secreted from our hair so more the oil more the feed more the dandruff.
The problem is however be curable if certain remedies are to be followed :

Keep your hair clean by washing them using an anti-dandruff shampoo.The main function of anti-dandruff shampoo is to wash away and remove the dead skin cells faster than they can be shed. This is the only way to keep your scalp healthy and clean.

Do not make use of dryer excessively as using a hair dryer too frequently, or perming and coloring of your hair and excess use of hair sprays and gels may exacerbate the dandruff.

The dryness Massage some oil on your scalp about 3 times a week. Never rinse it out.To relieve itching, natural oils such as Lavender, German Chamomile, and Eucalyptus can have a significant soothing effect when mixed together and dabbed locally on affected areas.Add these oil with water and apply them directly or mix them with the shampoo or conditioner help to remove dandruff.
there are a large number of ways which can be followed to get free from itching as well as dandruff

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Itchy Skin and dandruff

Its seems to be frustrating or even embarrassing to sit in front of others if you are having dandruff on your clothes.There is hardly any person that doesn't get suffered from the problem of itching or dandruff. Thus this is the very common problem one have to face but the good thing about it is that it can be cured

Dandruff is usually two fungi, Malassezia Furfur and Pityrosporum ovale, that reside in the human body. The fungus sometimes creates an imbalance, so that the renewal of skin cells leads to an overload of dead cells being shed. Most of the dandruff shampoos which claim to reduce dandruff , however they contains many more chemical which when applied on skin, there are more chances of an adverse reaction.

Hormonal imbalance because dandruff usually starts after puberty and is more common in men than women.Dandruff problem can be hereditary too.
Dandruff is contagious. One cannot ‘catch’ dandruff from someone else, such as by using his brush or comb.