Dandruff
Dandruff or dandruff is one of the biggest hair problems that cause discomfort and embarrassment to those who suffer from it. The cortex appears in the head in the form of small particles resembling falling snow. It causes itching and redness of the head lashes and falls on the shoulders and causes embarrassment especially when wearing dark clothes. Men are more prone to dandruff than women. .
Types of crust
- Dry crust are two types:
- Resulting from a lack of secretion of sebaceous glands and be in the form of small particles without color and cause itching and redness>
- Resulting from the use of substances harmful to the scalp or alkaline or alcoholic preparations, and cover the head in small pieces.
- Fatty crust is formed in the form of small slices or sheets because of dysfunction of the sebaceous glands for several different factors.
Causes of cortex
- Poor nutrition and lack of meals to vitamins A, E, group B vitamins, and linolenic acid.
- Skin diseases in the scalp, such as scabies, lice or fungi.
- Hair dyes, chemical treatment of hair, intense combing and use of strong shampoo.
- Deficiency in the secretion of hormones due to pregnancy and menstrual cycle.
- Cover hair for long periods without ventilation, in addition to weather fluctuations.
Ways to remove the crust
- Take care to eat balanced food and not expose the hair to chemicals and ventilation and clean, and wash with lukewarm water only.
- Wash hair after shampoo with cold chamomile twice a week.
- Massage the scalp before showering for five minutes with a mixture of sodium bicarbonate Spoon spoon in a quarter cup of water, then wash hair with lukewarm water twice a week.
- Wash the hair twice a week thoroughly and remove it from the shampoo and gently comb it, then massage the scalp with sweet almond oil and wrap the hair with a towel for a quarter of an hour.
- Lemon is one of the best natural substances to eliminate the crust. A mixture of lemon and olive oil can be made, massage the scalp in the evening and wash in the morning, and a lotion of lemon juice and water can be done.
- Work drenched in the seeds of crushed spinach by a teaspoon per cup of water and leave covered for a full day and then massage the full amount of scalp before sleeping for a full month repeated the same method.
- Make a lotion of licorice and apple vinegar, 2 tablespoons of licorice per liter of apple cider vinegar and wash it twice a week.
- Make a mixture of coarse salt, salt and apple vinegar in equal proportions, add to the mixture castor oil or sesame and a little water and placed on the scalp once a week.