Dandruff Causes and Treatment

Itching and excessive flaking of the scalp are the indications of dandruff. To have dandruff is so much embarrassing. 

Dandruff is tiny particle of dead skin of the scalp. As human whole body surface constantly drops dead skin cells, Shedding of dead skin of the scalp at an excessive rate is Dandruff. In the dandruff scalp, there may be mass disorder and often the departing cells are not dead before leaving the scalp.

Signs and symptoms

There is no commonly agreed upon theory about what actually causes this condition.

Causes for dandruff may be distinguished between internal and external as follows,

Internal Causes for dandruff

Mental stress tension

Imbalances in hormones

poor health conditions

Poor hygienic conditions

Hypersensitive allergies

Inadequate rest

too much intake of sugar and fats

poor nutritious

heredity

External causes for dandruff

Too much practicing of hair sprays and gels

Excessive use of hair-coloring products, curling irons etc…

Weather cold or dry

Mental stress tension and anxiety.

Treatment

The chronic conditions of dandruff may be controlled with regular cleansing with a gentle shampoo.

If regular shampoos fail to remove dandruff, OTC dandruff shampoos may be succeeding. But one requires keeping on experimenting until one finds best working dandruff shampoo. Dandruff shampoos are classified as follows,

• Zinc pyrithione shampoos (Suave Dandruff Control Shampoo, Head & Shoulders). - antibacterial and antifungal.

• Tar-based shampoos (Neutrogena T/Gel, Tegrin). Coal tar.

• Salicylic acid containing shampoos (Ionil T). 

• Selenium sulfide shampoos (Selsun, Exsel). 

• Ketoconazole shampoos (Nizoral). armamentarium, ketoconazole is a broad-spectrum antifungal agent.

Try using one of these shampoos daily until your dandruff is controlled, then cut back to two or three times a week. Use above shampoos after consulting dermatologist.