I haven't had a flake of dandruff in the last 20 years. I stumbled on the solution by accident and found out later that it was exactly the right thing to do.
Wash your hair daily if you can, or at least every other day. Put shampoo on your hair first thing when you get into the shower. Massage it into your scalp for at least 30 seconds with the pads of your fingers, it feels weird at first but now I can't start the day without a scalp massage and I've heard increasing the blood flow to your scalp using massage can help with PCOS hair loss too.
Then leave the shampoo on your hair for at least two minutes -- I think I average about 5 minutes. I usually leave it on for whatever time it takes to wash the rest of my body and shave whatever needs it. Then rinse the shampoo off very thoroughly. I have slightly oily hair so I don't use a conditioner very often but if you do make sure you use the conditioner only on the ends of your hair.
You can use anti-dandruff shampoo at first but you can switch to a normal shampoo once the flakes have gone. The scalp massage and leaving the shampoo on for two minutes are what you really need to continue. |