Dandruff, Causes, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.
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Published 2018-07-19
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0:00 Introduction
0:20 Symptoms and Causes of Dandruff
1:21 Treatment for Dandruff
Dandruff is a condition of the scalp that causes flakes of skin to appear. It is often accompanied by itching.
The exact cause is unknown, but various factors increase the risk. It is not related to poor hygiene, but it may be more visible if a person does not wash or brush their hair often.
Flakes and an itchy, scaly scalp are the main symptoms of dandruff. White, oily flakes typically accumulate in your hair and on your shoulders and often get worse during the fall and winter months, when the air is dry.
Pinpointing the exact cause of your itchy, flaky scalp can be difficult, but here are a few common culprits:
• irritated and oily skin, a condition also known as seborrheic dermatitis (a more severe form of dandruff)
• not shampooing enough, which causes skin cells to accumulate and create flakes and itching
• yeast called malassezia, which aggravate your scalp and cause excess skin cell growth
• different personal care products may cause contact dermatitis, which makes your scalp red and itchy
Men develop dandruff more frequently than women. People who tend to have oilier hair or live with certain illnesses (such as Parkinson’s disease or HIV) are also at higher risk. You may have started to notice symptoms around puberty, but dandruff can develop at any age.
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My anti dandruff shampoo gives me more dandruff
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I have dandruff my mom is probably going to have to take me to the salon to help me my head has a lot of dandruff my head is bleeding cause I've scratched it so much
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This vid makes it sound so serious 😂
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I dont understand my scalp. As if it's like I also have climate seasons here. Sometimes, my scalp has dandruff, sometimes they're not. Right now they're back and shit, they are worse than before
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I have dandruff (cause puberty) but it dosent itch that bad but IT FLAKES BAD bro I have so much oil in my hair I could serve a whole McDonald’s I wash my hair a good bit not every day I don’t get it
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i already tried everything to get rid of my dandruff and there is only one work. apple cider vinegar
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People always say that people with more oily hair tend to get dandriff, but I litterly never had greezy hair before LIkE REALLY NO JOKE and I don't know what is wrong with my hair lol. Like why does it never get greacy? On my scalp its a litteral hat of hard flaky skin... And I don't know what is wrong with mehh
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REALLY HELPED
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Never been so relieved to have dandruff
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Who is watching this because they wanna get rid of dandruff
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My scalp gets bumpy sometimes but doesn’t itch and then it goes away and there’s no more bumps. But when I brush my hair with a tooth comb, I don’t see flakes. My head is itchy though, and when I scratch it, there’s a small flakes of skin or something. Normally when I wash my hair, I put oil in it and brush it out then put it in a bun. I don’t brush it very often cuz I get lazy WHICH IS BAD. Dandruff is quite common in my family, I’ll try taking care of my hair better and see if there’s a change.
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Good explained
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my hair is like a dandruff factory i cut my hair all almost bald and when i patted my hair after using a conditioner i had tons of it still
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I’m itching it like crazy but I don’t scratch it all the time
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I have a very long hair, And I have farm of dundruff also, I do and try everything but it feels like it was part of my life already.
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i have dandruff and i guess i learned a little more
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I live in Hawaii and I always had dandruff but I was in Utah for 2 years, and I never once had one sign of dandruff there. But as soon as I came back from Utah I noticed immediately that my dandruff came back. Would humidity cause dandruff to worsen or accumulate?
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Thought I had head lice today. Turns out it was just dandruff. Phew.
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Ummm hello what time is it
