After shampooing your hair, rinse with an infusion of thyme and rosemary leaves. Rosemary has a good antiseptic qualities and thyme is said to encourage the flow of blood to the surface which promoted healing.
To make an infusion, use one and a half teaspoons each of rosemary and thyme leaves and add to one litre [...]
Dandruff is usually clearly visible, with grayish-white or yellow flakes on the scalp and in the hair. The most common type is a dry dandruff where flakes fall on to the shoulders when the hair combined.
However, some dandruff is associated with the overproduction of sebum (oil) on the scalp. This tends to make the flakes [...]
We usually shed 30-40 layers of skin cells from the scalp each month, but dandruff occurs when 50 layers or more are shed over a short period of time.
The dandruff flakes are formed by dead skin cells fusing together in clusters on the scalp.
The most common cause is a mild form of seborrhoeic dermatitis or, [...]
Wash your hair regularly. Always take extra care to rinse out all traces of shampoo and conditioner.
Make sure you have a well – balanced diet with plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables. Obtain vitamin A from liver and oily fish; and vitamin B6 by eating whole grain cereals, raisins and wheat germ or from brewer’s [...]
Dandruff is the excessive production of the small, horny flakes which develop from the outer layers of the skin on the scalp.
Its is simply the exaggerated form of an entirely natural process but may lead to itching and occasionally, imflammation.
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