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Molly Sue wrote:I have had a lifelong struggle. The itching is insane, no matter what method I have tried from shampooing every other day, not shampooing for a while, every day, every type of medicated shampoo out there. Vinegar, clay, witch hazel, egg, lemon balm, tea tree oil, baking soda, salt. Nothing works. Except being at the beach, then it clears up after swimming in the ocean. But salt water rinses do nothing. I am thinking there must be an organic way to help solve this issue. Even if I cannot cure it, to keep it maintained. It has made my quality of life so very low. And even if I find a thing or two, that might work, if I miss even a day it goes right back to the misery. Seeking help with a life long problem, any advice at all I will greatly appreciate. I'm wanting a plant/ herbal/ or natural remedy.. do not want to spend the rest of my life going to a doctor or dermatologist to try to maintain.
Philip McGarvey wrote:
paul wheaton wrote:For me, a 96% solutions was to go poo-less.
Next step - while on a different health journey it was suggested that dandruff is caused by what you eat.
Same here. Up to age 23 I used soap and shampoo regularly and usually had bad dandruff and stinky hair. Then I quit shampoo and soap completely, and also improved my diet, and I have barely had any dandruff at all in the 12 years since then, and my hair smells OK according to my family who are not inclined to flatter me in this respect.
I do wash my hair with just water, and brush it, every week to few weeks.
paul wheaton wrote:For me, a 96% solutions was to go poo-less.
Next step - while on a different health journey it was suggested that dandruff is caused by what you eat.
And the last bit, again, for a different thing, it was suggested that I needed to have more minerals through the skin. Castor oil topically was suggested. The idea was that i would absorb minerals and the like at night. But man that stuff is sticky. So - no way. .... until i got this little cotton sleep hat. https://amzn.to/3QlCZL8 - i put the oil on my noggin, cover with the hat and wake up with horrible bed head. It does seem like the oil is 90% gone in the morning. And a poo-less shower seems to take a bit more away. Da oil https://amzn.to/3QlCZL8 I might do this every week or two. My guess is that at some point i will stop completely.
Zero danders.
Mostly, I enjoy not smearing the dandruff shampoo goo on my head - even the highest quality stuff struck me as toxic. It has been more than 15 years now. I feel like it is one of the smartest things i have ever done.
I also like that my daily shower is about a minute long rather than ten minutes long.
The idea of ever using shampoo feels brutally unhealthy. My current path feels extremely healthy. I am so glad i made the change.
I will even go so far to say: i wonder if the anti-dandruff shampoos actually CAUSE dandruff!
