My FAVORITE Product to Destroy Dandruff

Oh dandruff. You flaky white devil. And here’s the first thing you need to accept about dandruff: it isn’t easy to get rid of and you most likely will deal with it your entire life.

 My Problem-Scalp Line-Up

What kind of scalp problem do I have? My skin falls into the "atopic dermatitis/eczema" category. Also "seborrheic dermatitis." I don't see those things as separate entities, there is overlap, even though eczema usually means dry skin and seborrheic dermatitis usually means oily skin.

 Products for Itchy, Flaky or Bumpy Scalps

Not everybody with itching will have flakes, not everybody with flakes will have itching. Some people get painful or itchy bumps instead - but the treatments are usually the same. If you're not getting relief from any of these treatments, you may be reacting badly to fragrances, preservatives or some other ingredient in hair products. Or you may be dehydrating your scalp too much

 Seborrhoeic dermatitis & cradle cap in infants

Infantile seborrhoeic dermatitis (also known as ‘seborrhoeic eczema’) is a common skin condition seen in infants, which appears before the age of 3 months and usually resolves by 6-12 months. It commonly affects the scalp as cradle cap or the baby’s bottom as napkin dermatitis, but sometimes the eyebrows, forehead, temples, folds around the nose and the area behind the ears are affected.

Adult Seborrheic Dermatitis

Seborrheic dermatitis (SD) is a chronic inflammatory skin disorder characterized in immunocompetent adult patients by periods of exacerbation and remission. The reported prevalence of SD in the overall adult population ranges from 1 to 5 percent, and the disorder can affect any ethnicity.

Cradle Cap

Seborrheic dermatitis is a noninfectious skin condition that's very common in infants, usually beginning in the first weeks of life and slowly disappearing over a period of weeks or months. Unlike eczema or contact dermatitis, it's rarely uncomfortable or itchy.

Is there a long-term cure for my dandruff?

Dandruff is actually caused by an oily scalp (not the over-dry scalp many assume), which can encourage the yeast Malassezia to grow. The trick is to treat it regularly.

Personal Health; Cold weather means blizzards of dandruff

Most dandruff, as dermatologists now understand it, is a mild form of a skin condition called seborrheic dermatitis, an inflammation of the scalp and sometimes of the skin elsewhere on the body. It occurs in areas that have the greatest number of sebaceous, or oil, glands. In addition to the scalp, these include the skin of the eyebrows, eyelids, sides of the nose, behind the ears and in the middle of the chest.

Seborrheic dermatitis in babies (cradle cap)

When babies have seborrheic dermatitis, it often causes thick dandruff-like flakes of skin to form on their scalp. But it may help to know that this "cradle cap" is harmless and doesn't need to be treated in babies.

So . . . What IS Seborrheic Dermatitis?

I didn’t know there was a fancy medical name for my dandruff or for the flaky skin on my nose and forehead. It was after more than ten years of itchy-red-yucky-hideous-unomfortable skin problems that I finally heard the words, Seborrheic Dermatitis.

To Get Dandruff to Flake Off, Tailor Remedy to Your Scales

There is no permanent cure for dandruff, but the right formula can control it. Unfortunately, once you find the right product, you can't simply stick with it, since shampoos tend to lose their effectiveness when the body gets used to them, a condition called tachyphylaxis.

Topical treatments for seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp – need for more evidence

In general there is limited evidence available on the treatment of seborrhoeic dermatitis of the scalp with topical agents. This is unfortunate as it is such a common condition. Only ketoconazole and ciclopirox were studied in multiple RCT’s that met the inclusion criteria for our recent BMJ Clinical Evidence systematic overview. For other topical treatments such as bifonazole, selenium sulfide, tar shampoo and corticosteroids the evidence was much sparser.