Do you know the cure for dandruff?
By Jenith
@Jenith (1381)
Philippines
October 14, 2011 8:36am CST
Hello mylotters! I've got a curly hair and since I'm having a hard time taking care of it. What I did is I went to the parlor and let it rebond. Finally, I got a straight and shiny hair. I normally did it once or twice a year. Unluckily, my scalp became itchy and later on flakes were developed. Any one here knows the best cure for this?
4 responses
@lampar (7584)
• United States
15 Oct 11
You must have treated with some hair chemical that is too sensitive to your skin up there inside your scalp during your parlor visit. Certain hair chemical may cause allegic reaction on some people skin while may be fine on other. The best solution is to use anti dandruff shampoo for few days to see whether it work out for you or not, if the problem persist, may be you need to drop by your physician office and let her advice you the next best step to take before you scrab yourself into baldhead by damaging your scalp delicate skin structure if the itchy progress further into longer hours and days. Let your skin doc. take a look and give the proper prognosis, instead of from a lay person here or there if the itch prolong. I refuse to tell you anything before i can take a look at your scalp and the hair chemical involved, it may not help at all except delay your treatment and complicate the itch. 
@lampar (7584)
• United States
15 Oct 11
If you consider paying a visit to a dermatologist or skin treatment clinic is a waste of money, then by all means, don't go, it is strictly up to you. One thing you need to know is that any prognosis from a doctor or a skin dermatologist to treat skin itch is not an exact science where one visit solve all your problem immediately, sometime it also involve some guessworks, trial and error before the itch can be cured over a length of time. Occasionally applying treatment base on whoever home make recipe to treat itchy may work, and sometime it can worsen the itch, the decision is strictly belong to you. It is never cheap to visit a medical professional for the advice and prognosis, no matter you are in Phillippine or USA, it is just reality we need to face. 
@Jenith (1381)
• Philippines
16 Oct 11
Hi lampar! Hmmm I'm referring my previous comment where it's a waste of money for her 'cause she was just prescribed for an over the counter anti-dandruff shampoo by her doctor. It's not that I'm not going because of that doctor's fee stuff. Sorry for the confusion.
I also did try home remedies for this and yeah it's gonna be a trial and error method, sometimes it works and sometimes it's not.
Thanks for your view.
@Jenith (1381)
• Philippines
15 Oct 11
I'm planning to visit to dermatologist one day. As I see there are doctors who cannot also prescribe well like what I read where she went to the doctor and the doctor just prescribe her a Nizoral an over the counter shampoo for dandruff. Never work for her. Just a waste of money for paying the doctor's fee.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
15 Oct 11
hi jenith,
your scalp probably have reacted from the hair chemicals when you had it straightened.
hot oil probably will do the trick. also use anti-dandruff shampoo after.
ann
@GardenGerty (169489)
• United States
14 Oct 11
You can either use vinegar in your rinse water, or some original Listerine. Either one helps with some flakes. It is not always dandruff, however. It could just be dry skin because you have it treated and use a shampoo that dries the skin as well.
