Nizoral not helping

[cdubey]

Hello All,

I will be very grateful if someone can help me.

I have dandruff since at least 2001. Sometimes less and sometimes more. It itches and almost all the time when I use my nails, while flakes come out.

Whenever I go to a doctor they tell me to use Nizoral. Which I do. Have been on and off it for 3 times at least ie., use it for 7/8 weeks at the frequency of 2-3/week. But it always comes back. And has never gone away totally.

I lose hair when I scratch my head too. Can someone suggest what I should do ? Going to a doctor seems to be a waste. He is going to suggest Nizoral again.

Help !
-Ch

 

[Hoppi]

hmm, I don't know too much about dandruff, but I would imagine the best thing is simply to work out why it's there in the first place. Do you have dry skin in general, or just on your scalp? I know people who might be able to help with this stuff, unfortunately my knowledge is not comprehensive enough to cover this as well as them

 

[jhart]

are you going to a dermatologist or a regular GP. dandruff could be any number of things unrelated directly to the scalp.

 

[dougfunny]

Hello All,

I will be very grateful if someone can help me.

I have dandruff since at least 2001. Sometimes less and sometimes more. It itches and almost all the time when I use my nails, while flakes come out.

Whenever I go to a doctor they tell me to use Nizoral. Which I do. Have been on and off it for 3 times at least ie., use it for 7/8 weeks at the frequency of 2-3/week. But it always comes back. And has never gone away totally.

I lose hair when I scratch my head too. Can someone suggest what I should do ? Going to a doctor seems to be a waste. He is going to suggest Nizoral again.

Help !
-Ch

well why don't you just keep using it? lots of people get dandruff it does not mean there is anything wrong with you. dandruff shampoo does not cure the underlying cause so you can't use it for a months and then expect it to go away forever.

 

[Jokerman]

I had bad dandruff for years. Nothing worked. When I started my finasteride/nizoral regimen it probably took about six months before the nizoral actually got rid of my dandruff.

 

[Brains Expel Hair]

well why don't you just keep using it? lots of people get dandruff it does not mean there is anything wrong with you. dandruff shampoo does not cure the underlying cause so you can't use it for a months and then expect it to go away forever.

A lot of people die of heart attacks too but that doesn't mean nothing was wrong with them.

Dandruff does let you know that you are having some sort of problem. The causes of it could be many though and so it's difficult to give you a one step cure all.

First step first: wash your hair less often. Your body normally has systems in place to keep your hair and scalp healthy and hydrated. Sometimes washing too frequently can cause you to wash away too much of your natural hair oils thereby drying out your scalp and aggravating things like dandruff.

Second step: Try to determine if your scalp is overtly sensitive to sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate or basically anything with the initials SLS. To many, many people this compound is a mild skin irritant and yet it is found in the majority of liquid soaps, shampoos and conditioners. It IS found in Nizoral, Head and Shoulders and most of the other anti-dandruff shampoos which does wonders at keeping your scalp itching and keeping you buying more of the shampoo. A simple week or two off from products with SLS/SLES will let you know if you should continue to avoid these chemicals.

Third step: Think real hard about if you have any other sort of skin problems else where on the body and if so, go to a dermatologist to treat those non-scalp problems. They could easily be connected to your dandruff problems but it's harder for the doctors to just throw a bottle of nizoral at you to get rid of you.

 

[cdubey]

Ok, so some more information.

I have oily skin. My hair gets oily (for example) if I don't wash it for say 3 days. But when I do, it feels dry.

I do not use any conditioner or any other product in my hair except Nizoral and ultra mild baby shampoo from Johnson&Jonhnsons.

I have tried not washing my hair. It itches and also there are larger flakes. But I remember that when my hair was long, it was less itchy and flaky. Maybe I should grow it again. Takes a long time and lot of work though

I do not have any other skin problems. None. I eat healthy, run and go to the gym. I feel pretty healthy apart from this.

Any help which will get rid of this will be appreciated.

Regards,
-Ch

 

[Bryan]

First step first: wash your hair less often. Your body normally has systems in place to keep your hair and scalp healthy and hydrated. Sometimes washing too frequently can cause you to wash away too much of your natural hair oils thereby drying out your scalp and aggravating things like dandruff.

Despite the fact that people have talked about the importance of "natural hair oils" for years and years on hairloss sites, I've never been convinced that they're all that important. Aside from the specific issue of dandruff, here's an excerpt from "Studies on the Effect of Shampoos on Scalp Lipids and Bacteria", A.M. Kligman, K.J. McGinley, and J.J. Leyden, from the book Hair Research (Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1981), who found that even defatting the scalp and hair with ether, for God's sake, didn't seem to do any damage to hair:

"...If our explanation is correct, the sequestration of sebum between cuticle cells is a biologically sound device to assure that there will always be a small amount of lipid to protect the fiber from environmental assaults, including highly efficient shampoos. There would appear to be little ground for fearing that the surfactants will do their job too well, leaving the hair 'squeaky clean.' The formulator does not need to worry that he may be creating surfactant systems that remove more oil than soil. In our studies, even after the two cycle ether extraction of the scalp, the hair was neither dry nor squeeky. Indeed, it was suprisingly pleasing with a high lustre and an agreeable feel."