DANDRUFF AND ITCHY SCALP

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Who has never been affected by the scourge of dandruff? The itchy scalp? The dull hair?
Online Fashion Store told me quite regularly that I have beautiful hair, and it is true that I have a rather fortunate basic nature.
But to tell you the truth, I did have my own hair problems.
It asked me a lot of investigations to understand the causes and especially to find a miracle cure (for me).

Dandruff… what is it?

Dandruff is dead cells of the scalp. The scalp is renewed naturally, and in normal times, this phenomenon is invisible.
But it happens that the phenomenon accelerates and that the scales become more numerous and thicker and therefore become well (too) visible: these are dandruff.

These can be dry or oily depending on their appearance.
Dry dandruff goes hand in hand with a dry scalp. They are visible and are most often accompanied by itching.

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Oily, rather yellowish-looking dandruff adheres to the scalp. The latter suffers from seborrhea: it produces too much sebum.

Unfortunately, oily dandruff can cause hair loss.
In order to avoid any complications, it is necessary to deal with it quickly.

Causes of dandruff 

We are all unequal in the face of the scourge of dandruff, and the causes can be many:

• A fungus, called pityriasis, can colonize the scalp: the process accelerates cell renewal, dead cells clump together, and break down.
• Eczema or seborrheic dermatitis triggered by the proliferation of the fungus  Malassezia furfur (main species responsible for pityriasis).
• Psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that disrupts the body's defense system. The latter reacts too excessively to environmental aggressions and this, therefore, causes dandruff on the scalp.

Other factors: stress, changes in climate, hormonal variations, a tincture, too dry air or too hard water which accentuates dry skin ...

It is necessary to identify the cause or causes of your dandruff in order to treat them as well as possible.

I will now tell you about my personal experience because I have wandered for years without understanding the cause of my dandruff and how to treat it properly. I think my experience could be useful to other people in my case.

Dandruff & me

From the appearance of dandruff

It all started (yes, I remember)  where I regularly accompanied language study groups. Online Fashion Store started to have an itchy scalp. Strong. Then having dandruff, and even scabs ... all within a few days.
I first incriminated the low-end shampoo that I had bought, it was necessarily him the culprit, too irritating.
I bought another visibly cleaner composition: no improvement. Or rather, I noticed a slight improvement when I returned to France, then a new strong inflammation when I returned to England.

Little by little, I became more and more sensitive to the scalp  and I started to test all kinds of dandruff products, from all brands (natural or not). In addition, I have found that my hair regrows faster and faster while it was completely normal before.

The Dermato reflex 

Seeing no improvement, and following the appearance of white spots on the body, I consulted a dermatologist, who treated me several times against a so-called fungus that I "certainly" would have caught on a beach one summer. After having ruined myself from various pharmaceutical products and not reimbursed, having been treated for a skin disease that I did not have (we will appreciate the professionalism of the dermato which confuses dry sores with Pityriasis Versicolor ), nothing worked. (necessarily).

It was while accompanying a group of children at the seaside that I realized that some children, often black, had the same type of plaques and white spots on their bodies (which were more visible, of course). And it was they who taught me that it scabbed and advised me the Dexeryl cream for the body (black skins very often suffer from skin dryness in France). Miracle cream, which I have used for years.
Thanks to them, more effective than my dermatologist.

But on the scalp, the concern persisted. I was advised to avoid coloring because it may have been an allergic reaction, but I never dyed my hair so I could put this cause aside.
Luckily, I ended up trying a product that quickly relieved me: the Head & Shoulders shampoo. And yes, the classic. Advertising does not lie.
To date, it is the only ultra-effective cosmetic product on me, which I buy on time when the problem returns.
I tried other, more natural brands, like Lush's Snow Plow, which, in addition to being of no use to me, added a sweet tar scent to my hair.

Dandruff and Stress? 

Then, I started to notice that when I left with my family in Auvergne, or in the South near Nice, I did not have these itching problems or dry dandruff at all.
So was it due to stress? And the holidays did me good?

We know that stress plays on skin and hair issues and that may be your case. It is quite simple to relate, we realize a certain inflammation, episodes of intensive scratching directly linked to an overloaded period at work or personal worries.

But it was not my case.
I started to analyze this problem and to put it in parallel with dry skin concerns, scabs appearing on my skin (arms, back, and cheeks) at the same time as this dandruff. To know: rather in winter, rather in certain regions (including my home in Seine-et-Marne, in England…).

So, I ended up wondering if the problem was not just ... water.
Spoiler Alert: I was right.