The white flakes which keep yelling about your sad hair health is dandruff. It does not need any introduction, the commercials of shampoos and oils have been doing most of it in the past decades. Yet it is an invincible demon in the life of many which calls for a doctor. It is a scalp disorder which occurs due to dry skin, irritated oily skin, growth of bacteria and fungus on the scalp, inflammatory skin conditions. It causes excessive itching and sometimes hair fall, acne too.
A few reasons. Dandruff is caused mostly due to excessive secretion of oils on the scalp. This can happen if you don’t wash hair regularly. On the other hand, a famous myth says that dandruff happens due to dryness of the scalp, due to which many stop washing hair often worsening the situation further.
The weather. Dry winters trigger the dandruff formation on the scalp. Dandruff cannot be cured just controlled, serves several reasons for you avoiding dark shades of clothes in winters.
Another is stress. Stress drags you to your pyre slowly and gradually. Avoid stress once and for all else you will land up becoming a house of diseases.
Cure it with some home work.
Tea Tree Oil. It is observed that some amount of tea tree oil with your regular shampoo reduces the dandruff in the hair. Try some.
Neem. The wonder leaf neem has anti fungal and anti bacterial properties. Its uses are well admired by our ancestors. Add some neem oil to your shampoo or another way is boiling some neem leaves in water and rinsing the hair with this.
Aspirin. Aspirin contains the same ingredients as that of an anti dandruff shampoo. Crush two aspirins and add them to your regular shampoo. Wash hair regularly with this remedy, you will observe changes soon.
Baking soda. It contains anti fungal properties, use them as an oil plus shampoo. Rub some baking soda on the scalp, after keeping it for a while, rinse well.
Coconut oil. Dry scalp causes bad itching. Apply some coconut oil, it nourishes the skin while curbs dryness too. Apply coconut oil and massage well, let it set for forty five minutes to an hour. After this, wash well with a shampoo.
Vinegar. It is another bacteria killer. Vinegar chemically known as acetic acid also contains anti fungal properties. Do not apply it raw on the scalp, rather mix it with some olive oil and water. Apply this and let it work for a while after which wash the hair clean.
All the remedies must be repeated at least two to three times to give profound effects.
