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Wellness Wednesday for January 10, 2024

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What type of shampoos do y'all try to get rid of that head itch? I've tried various like tea tree oil shampoos et cetera, but haven't done a big search. Typically winter is the worst for me.

Any recommendations?

Is it just itch or dandruff too?

I had pretty bad dandruff for most of my life despite using Head and Shoulders religiously.

The only thing that worked when I was a teenager was T-Gel but I stopped using it as an adult because of the slight cancer risk (you’re basically rubbing tar into your scalp).

I suffered through some more dandruff until finding what I THINK is the solution: Nizoral shampoo. Since I started using it a few years back my dandruff is like 95% gone unless I don’t shampoo for a few days and even then it’s far less than it ever was and comparable, if not slightly more effective even, than the T-Gel.

I still use the head and shoulders because I’ve gotten so used to it and I have no idea if the effect is synergistic between Nizoral and Head and Shoulders but my understanding is that both are antifungals so I think it might be. Regardless I don’t want to risk a regression because dandruff is truly awful so I basically just use both.

Routine is basically: 2x head and shoulders 2x Nizoral 1x conditioner

And I shower about every 2 days and do that every time. I should add that since your original question was about itch, this has also basically eliminated any itching, which I believe was tied to my bad dandruff.

I use shampoo maybe once a month. Contrary to what you might think, my hair is not greasy, looks great, and nobody would expect I basically do not use shampoo. I do not use conditioner either. This fixed my usual winter dandruff and I believe my hair is healthier. I credit 4chan for these revelations.

As @AmericanSaxeCoburgGothic said, less shampooing is the biggest thing for me. Unlike him, I am a conditioner enthusiast, and will use it most days in the winter, even when not shampooing. Your mileage may vary, I know that would be pretty oily for some people, but I don't look or feel greasy from it. Nothing too fancy on the conditioner front, I like this stuff.

Winters I'll use less shampoo (like half of what I use in summer). And on days where I know I won't particularly need to, I'll just rinse and won't use shampoo at all. I'm just a guy with not long hair, but other advice I've heard but not followed is using conditioner and taking warm but not hot showers.

I use this product. Since it's a Finnish product I'm not sure if it's much use to others.

You damn Finns have all the best stuff. Alas. Even your women are super hot.

I'm not sure if it's the specific brand, but my guess is that climbazole - one of the ingredients - is the key, at least in getting rid of dandruff, since I've also used some other climbazole shampoos with the same result. However, it appears to not be licensed as an active ingredient in the Anglo countries.

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