How to deal with dry scalp?

[AviatorTom]

Many people have dry scalp. What's the best way to treat it? Commercial shampoos? Home remedies? Just live with it?

[Secret6620]

Review your shampoo. Dry scalp can be caused by using harsh shampoos. Find a gentle, hydrating, and moisturizing shampoo and do not use a shampoo for oily hair as it will be too drying. Use warm water not hot in the shower.

Go easy on the styling products. Also avoid gels, mousses, hairsprays, and other products that contain alcohol and can dry out your scalp and hair. Limit the use of heat appliances, like a blow dryer, to give hair a chance to recover.

Massage your scalp. Treat yourself to a massage to stimulate your scalp. Hot oil treatments can alleviate the itchy feeling and moisturize dry scalps.

Exfoliate your scalp. While you can buy specific products targeted at scalp exfoliation, at home you can use Epsom salt or sugar with olive, jojoba or coconut oil to create your own scrub. Then gently rub the paste into damp hair and rinse.

Hope this helps 🧼

[Secret6620]

Superb opinion 💕

[Amy10223]

T Gel shampoo by Neutrogena helps a lot with that, as well as other problems with the scalp. It does have tar listed as an ingredient, and that's medically OK. It does a good job.

[loveslongnails]

I tried a LOT of remedies, medicated shampoo's, prescription shampoos, tea tree shampoo, baby shampoo, you name it. I tried massaging olive oil into my scalp. Nothing worked. Then it was suggested that I don't have dry scalp as much as I'm having a reaction to all the CHEMICALS and fragrances in the formula's.

Aha moment. I started using Dr. Bronners Free and Clear hand soap as a shampoo, and it cleared up in a matter of weeks. I can even use the lavender or peppermint ones now, but that stuff fixed me for cheap! It's under $4 a bar at Wally World.

[Sandeeppingping]

Depends on the person, me for example if I don't shower my hair every single day it just gets too greasy and flaky (A LOT of dandruff), maybe that has to do with working out and fight training but it is what it is, I don't use commercial shampoos because I use something that straightens my hair that's a bit expensive, but most anti dandruff commercial shampoos are great but you need to be as consistent as your own hair requires you to be

[D_Bone_Steak]

Wash it and don't use anything that adds moisture. It seems counterintuitive but I learned from two dermatologist chicks that dander is always caused by too much moisture. Never from being too dry. They were adamant about that. I stopped using the leave-in conditioner and yeah...

[OlderAndWiser]

I have had this problem in the past. It is not necessarily simply a dry scalp. It may be psoriasis.

I use Neutrogena Extra-Strength T-Gel and shampoo my hair with it every single day. No more flaking scalp.

[Wade12345]

I don't know. I have the same problem. Medicated shampoos don't work, and they leave your hair oily, which then gives you two problems instead of just one.

[Apple1996]

This happens cause of chemical shampoos and not exfoliating. So get natural shampoo and exfoliate your head if your having this issue

[purplepoppy]

I only seem to get it in the winter. I think bright sunlight kills it

[exitseven]

I use Head and Shoulders.

[Andres77]

Commercial shampoo 1-2: times a week

[Andres77]

And rinse your hair without washing it with shampoo every day.
For me it's that mix, dandruff shampoo, rinse, regular shampoo, rinse, dandruff shampoo, rinse... that's my cycle