How true is the statement that washing your hair every day makes it greasier/produce more sebum?

[Norwoody]

Salicylic acid ones should help acne too

 

[I wont lose this]

kinda expensive here where I live, but I'm yet to buy this one

the reviews in a site I'm seeing here about this product are all negative

they say their hair loss got worse and the dandruff persisted lol

 

[20YearsOnFin]

SLS is what is washing up liquid its used to strip oil and grease from plates, its also in what you wash your car with.

 

[I wont lose this]

Im mean something without Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) in the ingredients, if it has SLS in it your scalp will often become more greasy, because its is way to harsh.

on the other hand, sls free doesn't clean your scalp at all

 

[Norwoody]

the reviews in a site I'm seeing here about this product are all negative

they say their hair loss got worse and the dandruff persisted lol

Dude there's tons of good reviews on it on this website, as well as BOTH Kevin Mann and Derek's advocacy. I have not tried it, but it is ketoconazole, yet it isn't as harsh because it conditions it from my understanding. Some people say ketoconazole doesn't work, which isn't true - it works, but some people have really aggressive dermatitis and need corticosteroids.

 

[20YearsOnFin]

on the other hand, sls free doesn't clean your scalp at all

you don't need to clean your scalp if its not oily, usually when you use sls you get stuck going round in circles, sls makes you scalp oily, so you need to use sls to clean it......repeat for the rest of your life.

 

[I wont lose this]

Dude there's tons of good reviews on it on this website, as well as BOTH Kevin Mann and Derek's advocacy. I have not tried it, but it is ketoconazole, yet it isn't as harsh because it conditions it from my understanding. Some people say ketoconazole doesn't work, which isn't true - it works, but some people have really aggressive dermatitis and need corticosteroids.

Do you by chance experience this same thing? Like itchiness/burning sensations. In my case, the frequency decreased a little but I still get it sometimes. I hate when it happens because it's like telling me I'm gonna lose hair or something like that. I know I had dandruff/itchy scalp when I was a kid/teen but don't remember being nowhere near as this

 

[I wont lose this]

you don't need to clean your scalp if its not oily, usually when you use sls you get stuck going round in circles, sls makes you scalp oily, so you need to use sls to clean it......repeat for the rest of your life.

so you're telling me this thing of 'adjusting' your scalp to SLS-Free or even no poo is true?

 

[Norwoody]

Do you by chance experience this same thing? Like itchiness/burning sensations. In my case, the frequency decreased a little but I still get it sometimes. I hate when it happens because it's like telling me I'm gonna lose hair or something like that. I know I had dandruff/itchy scalp when I was a kid/teen but don't remember being nowhere near as this

Nizoral works for me. It doesn't completely cure my itchy/oil scalp, but it gives me enough relief. I don't have dermatitis though. On another thread somewhere someone was discussing different corticos for the scalp.

 

[I wont lose this]

Nizoral works for me. It doesn't completely cure my itchy/oil scalp, but it gives me enough relief. I don't have dermatitis though. On another thread somewhere someone was discussing different corticos for the scalp.

I have this aunt of mine who has a thick head of hair but her scalp is full of scars/ redness due to her itching all the time. She says it never stops, only temporarily few hours after shower. She washes her hair everyday and have been dealing with this for years. I wonder if I inherited this from her, because no one in my family has this problem

 

[20YearsOnFin]

so you're telling me this thing of 'adjusting' your scalp to SLS-Free or even no poo is true?

No not the no poo stuff, I still wash my hair everyday but its has to be sls free etc . if my hair gets itchy i then use nizoral about once every 2 weeks.

 

[20YearsOnFin]

I have this aunt of mine who has a thick head of hair but her scalp is full of scars/ redness due to her itching all the time. She says it never stops, only temporarily few hours after shower. She washes her hair everyday and have been dealing with this for years. I wonder if I inherited this from her, because no one in my family has this problem

Do you want to know what the number 1 cause of dandruff is?

 

[I wont lose this]

Do you want to know what the number 1 cause of dandruff is?

SLS?

 

[Norwoody]

I have this aunt of mine who has a thick head of hair but her scalp is full of scars/ redness due to her itching all the time. She says it never stops, only temporarily few hours after shower. She washes her hair everyday and have been dealing with this for years. I wonder if I inherited this from her, because no one in my family has this problem

This stuff appears to be highly genetic. Some women have a lot of androgen receptors for some reason so it's not like this is something that is necessarily even solved by HRT. Accutane might work but then there goes your hair. I believe the key is to just keep it under control from being red and inflamed all the time though. Sebum itself, while obviously correlated with androgenicity, is not actually a cause of hair loss. However, if you have a bunch of sebum on your scalp and are itchy and scratching it all the time, then yes it can contribute to hair loss indirectly via the inflammation. My point is that you can shut down sebum with accutane, but it's obviously not going to cure male pattern baldness, just like HRT may not necessarily reduce oil production. So some sort of anti-inflammatory treatment may be the route to go, and for many people things like keto do enough, but others need to resort to things like corticosteroids.

 

[20YearsOnFin]

SLS?

Yes basically, it's normal anti-dandruff shampoo, that doesn't actually cause dandruff but it usually irritates your scalp enough so you have to keep using it everyday, that's why it never 'cures' dandruff it just solves the problem for 24hrs, ketoconazole actually helps treat dandruff so you can use it once a week or a couple of times a month.

 

[I wont lose this]

Yes basically, it's normal anti-dandruff shampoo, that doesn't actually cause dandruff but it usually irritates your scalp enough so you have to keep using it everyday, that's why it never 'cures' dandruff it just solves the problem for 24hrs, ketoconazole actually helps treat dandruff so you can use it once a week or a couple of times a month.

What is the sls free shampoo that you use by the way? Thanks in advance

 

[20YearsOnFin]

What is the sls free shampoo that you use by the way? Thanks in advance

I don't actually use regular shampoo, I use some weird powdered stuff that you have to mix with water that I get in asia, made of plant saponins / soap wort etc, so it won't help you much, but there's probably something a bit more normal in your local health food shop depending where you live.

 

[infamousrodi]

I want to like regenepure but I hate using it. It literally has no lather and it’s hard to get it through the hair. Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[Norwoody]

I want to like regenepure but I hate using it. It literally has no lather and it’s hard to get it through the hair. Anyone know how to fix this?

Maybe mix it with another shampoo?

 

[Derelict]

Alpecin dandruff killer shampoo is great and cheap.