Although the main reason of dandruff is not completely understood, it is just an idea that the main reason of dandruff is seborrhea dermatitis, a condition that turns the skin oily, red, and scaly. The white or yellow scales flakes off, creating dandruff. It breaks down the scalps natural lipid barrier, leaving it more exposed to infection by the microscopic yeast that is commonly found in the scalp. When the yeast grows, it leads to an inflammatory response that destroy the scalp cells at a high rate, which in turn scrape off in sticky patches and flakes.
The condition of dandruff is recognized by:
skin flakes on scalp, hair, eyebrows, beard or mustache, and shoulders
– Itchy scalp which turn into red and inflamed scalp
Almost anyone can have dandruff. Many teens and adults live with dandruff. Hormones levels are high during teen years, which causes more oil production. This may be why dandruff usually begins around puberty. Tension, bad hygiene and poor diet can make the scalp more sensitive to dandruff. Particularly rich sugar foods are known to make worse yeast infections.
The hair should be brushed regularly to decrease flakes and stimulate blood supply to the scalp, which will provoke the natural immune response to infections.
How is dandruff treated?
There are some habits that you can adopt and natural treatments that you can use to cure dandruff.
A large amount of sugar in the diet make worse any yeast infection. Try to reduce your intake of all sugars and refined starches while treating for dandruff.
Massage your hair thoroughly with your fingertips when shampooing. This will help to reduce and remove any dead skin flakes and help to prevent the infection from continuing. Wash your hair regularly until the infection is cleared up.
Use the best hair condition on the ends of hair only. Avoid to use conditioner on your, scalp where it can clog your pores and interfere with healing of the dandruff.
More treatment for dandruff
Massage your scalp several times a day with the tip of the fingers only will flow blood supply to the hair follicles and help to reduce the dead skin flakes.
Brush your hair on a daily basis will help to reduce and remove dead skin flakes, increase the smooth flow of sebum along the hair shaft, and increase blood flow to the hair follicles.
Wash your Hands After Brushing and Grooming Hair: Fungal infections of the skin are highly dangerous, and it is easy to increase and spread to other areas of the body. This is why it is very important to wash your hair daily and to brush out any white dandruff flakes – so that healthy areas of the scalp will not be infected. Washing your hands after brushing, massaging and cleaning your hair will also help to reduce reinfection or cross infection.
Many herbs and nutrients have been observed to slow down dandruff infections:
internal treatments for dandruff
Vandal Sulfate, and chromium are all natural sources of blood sugar levels. They help to prevent feeding germs by keeping blood sugar normal.
Olive and Oregano Leaf are both have natural antifungal properties.
External treatments for dandruff
Tea tree oil have a compound called terpinen-4-ol, which possesses a strong antifungal property. Tea tree oils containing high concentrations of terpin-4-ol, which may reduce dandruff by abolish the growth of fungi and bacteria on the scalp.
The following herbs can be essential as a tonic for reducing fungal infections on a regular basis. Extracts of these herbs or a few drops of their oils mixed in aloe vera gel or witch hazel can greatly reduce the symptoms of itching and flaking in dandruff.
AMLA. AMLA, as Indian gooseberry, is a major source of vitamin C.
Coconut oil
Lemon juice
Hibiscus
Bhringraj
Aspirin
lemongrass
Aloe Vera
Apple Cider Vinegar
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