How to Treat Dandruff and How to Overcome Natural Dandruff, Dandruff or which in medical language ptiriasis known physics (dandruff) suffered by the tropical Indonesian population, high temperature and humid air. The disease is usually about people with oily skin. More prevalent in men and age 30-40 years.
Dandruff is an excessive growth of the scalp without inflammation. Symptoms of dandruff in general is the presence of white scales on the scalp, itching, and could also be accompanied by hair loss. Symptoms of disorders that appear to vary between individuals.
Dandruff is often a problem because they interfere with one’s appearance due to dirty hair. Dandruff can be exacerbated by the growth of microorganisms in the hair-mikrorganisme excessive. Pityrosporum ovale, including fungal group, is actually the normal flora in the hair. But various circumstances such as temperature, humidity, high oil content, and decreased immunity (resistance), the body can trigger excessive growth of this fungus.
Dandruff is actually caused by certain factors that increase skin oil and increase the normal flora in the skin, such as:
* A particular race have oily skin properties
* Genetic
* Diets high fat foods
* Climate and weather that stimulates the oil glands of the skin
* Psychological stress that causes increased activity of the gland
* Certain age that causes the oil glands to produce maximal
* Certain drugs cause stimulation of oil glands
* Hygiene (health / hygiene) bad skin
* Chronic systemic disease
* Drugs lowering skin resistance and body
Symptoms of dandruff that often arises is itching of the scalp during the day, especially when hot and sweaty. As a result of head scratching done on the release of epidermal keratin layer which is then attached to the hair shaft or falling into clothes, often resulting injury to the skin causing secondary infections by other microbes.
In addition, because of intense itching scratching can also cause hair loss especially in the vertex (top of head). The principle of treating dandruff is generally intended to reduce surface oil scalp or the amount of sebum secretion, decrease the number of microbial causes of dandruff, reduce the symptoms of itching and hair loss. All three goals can be achieved with the appropriate scalp treatment and drug therapy.
There are several quick ways to overcome dandruff can be done:
1. Find out the causes of dandruff: if you’re stressed, or may not fit with the shampoo / hair cosmetics? Also drinking of alcohol, cigarettes, coffee can lead to dandruff. Take a break and start healthy habits. In addition, if you are undergoing treatment? If so, maybe that was the trigger dandruff.
2. Anti-dandruff shampoos are sold in the market is the first therapy and good enough to overcome the simple dandruff. But keep in mind to find the type of shampoo that matches your hair, because there are people who do not fit with the type (brand) a particular shampoo but the match with another.
There are various kinds of anti-dandruff shampoo that can be selected:
* Shampoo sulfur: release the horn layer of skin and reduce the formation of fat in the scalp.
* Shampoo was: reduce the formation of skin fat and suppress the formation and release of the skin (epidermal turn over).
* Shampoo-pyrithion Zinc (ZPT): compounds that are widely used in anti-dandruff shampoos that are sold freely by nature anti fungus will suppress the growth of P. ovale.
* Shampoo Selenium: suppress the formation and release of the skin. Dioles use to the scalp after soaked, leave on for 5-10 minutes, then rinse. Use 2 times a week, reduced when the dandruff has begun to decrease.
* Medicated Shampoo: antiseptic and mixtures containing any of the ingredients above.
* If still stubborn dandruff, can be given anti-fungal preparations such as ketoconazole 1-2%. To gift consult with your doctor. Its use is 2 times a week, on another day could use regular shampoo. It should be noted for the silenced once in the head for several minutes before flushing.
3. For this type of severe dandruff, can be used selenium, zinc or salicylic acid which has proven quite successful. Containing anti-fungal shampoos like ketokonzole also can be used to overcome a difficult dandruff disappears. Its use usually takes a long time (almost 6 weeks). All these drugs can be obtained at pharmacies without a prescription from a doctor.
4. If the above treatment does not work and even cause the scalp becomes red, inflamed, and painful, so additional help is needed. This treatment is usually performed by a dermatologist. Treatment is usually given corticosteroids, oral Ketoconazole, the hormone estrogen, vitamin B, riboflavin, pyridoxine and cyanocobalamin. If not managed well, can be used anti-malarial. To overcome secondary infections often required antibiotics. And on psychic disorders needed a sedative.
5. To prevent dandruff was not coming back, healthy hair needs to be maintained properly. Besides regular diet, adequate rest and recreation, as well as reducing smoking and alcohol may help prevent dandruff. In treatment, keep in mind to do a good wash. That is by massaging the scalp (not scratch) using antidandruff shampoo (shampoo is combined with a commonly used).