Dandruff Help!

I'd try Neutrogena (sp?). It works great. It make take several times of treating your daughters hair to get the full effect.

Have you tried T-Gel or Selsun Blue? THose are two of the better ones for otc. You may want to help her since you won't want it to get in her eyes. If you live in a cold environment that may have something to do with her extra dry scalp.

If this doesn't help you may want to consult a derm. She may psorsis or something in that family. It appears like dandruff but, really isn't and a dandruff shampoo may not be enough.

Best of luck.
A.

Like you said, it might be partly because of product build up...mix a little baking soda with shampoo and then do a repet shampoo with no baking soda, works every time!

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She needs essential fatty acids such as fish oil or flax seed oil. It will help tremendously!

Aveno has a great shampoo that works wonders on my son's hair when he had those problems. Its an oatmeal based shampoo. Also I had to make sure his sculp could breath, but his is more of a cradle cap stuff then dandruff. But since it worked really well on it, I am positive it will help your child's head. It is only in the baby section. It is a baby shampoo, but there is no pictures on it, so your daughter shouldnt know that if she has a thing about using baby stuff. Mine did. lmbo Good Luck!

If it's dry scalp/skin, try supplementing her diet with Vit E & Flaxseed oil caplets. Flaxseed also comes combined with Borage & Fish oils. All these are very good for the skin, and heart too. The Flaxseed oil doesn't taste very good, so if she can't take the pill form, buy bulk & mix it in other food like salad dressing or peanut butter. My daughter gets bad eczema in the winter, so I mix the oil into her peanut butter (she's 2 - not old enough for swallowing big pills). It helps.

-di

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T.

I have found even "natural" shampoos can contain alcohols that totally dry out the scalp, so it is important to use something like TEA TREE OIL, that will help to heal, and does she use conditioner? That may help to keep the skin on here scalp more moist. I use Arbonne Intelligence with Tea tree for my dandruff, and IT WORKS! I'll send you a sample size for your daughter to try if you send my your address. Then you can see for yourself before you spend anything, we all spend way too much money of stuff that just ends up in the junk drawer anyway, right? Hope I can help.
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Straight up Baking Soda diluted in water - like 1 tbsp per cup followed with some diluted apple cider vinegar. (Don't worry, her hair, surprisingly won't smell like vinegar.) Alternate this with regular shampoo. Her hair will be super-duper shiny too. Rinsing is of the utmost importance with this too.

It'll be fun though - it's like those volcano experiments from when you were a kid. She'll have a volcano on her head...!

The preceding comments are all good. I had good luck with Pautl Mitchell Tea Tree Shampoo. The plastic massage brushes are great! You might try a 50-50 water and vinegar rinse if you think she's not rinsing well enough.

If this turns out not to be the problem, you may have to ask the doctor.

Good luck!

T-Gel shampoo has worked pretty well for me. Have her wash her hair and scrub her scalp while doing so. I believe you can buy a rubber brush to massage the scalp while doing this. Let the shampoo sit for a while and rinse. It doesn't smell that great, but it's worth a shot! My Grandpa, uncle and myself have psoriasis on the scalp and we all use this shampoo. Or you could try Paul Mitchell Tea Tree shampoo. This is also something I have found to work fairly well. Ask your hair stylist about it.
Good luck!
K.

The last suggestion is what I would tell you to do also. But if she is using conditioner I would stop that for a few months. Next time that she gets her hair cut I would ask that person. I know that my brother used NEXIUM and he says that really has helped him.

I have had a dandruff problem since I was in my teens and did not find anything that was really good to treat it until recently. I use Neutrogena T-Gel daily care with conditionre added right ot it. I would also suggest that you help your daughter wash her hair-maybe in the kitchen sink-as I will assume she doesn't want you in the shower with her. That way you will be able to ensure that all of the soap is rinsed out and also give her pointers on how to make sure all of it is rinsed out. If she still has problems then I would take her to see a dermatologist to see about her scalp.

I would agree with Natalie. Anything with tea tree oil in it will help it or solve the problem. I use Melaleuca Naturals shampoo--this is the only one that has gotten rid of it! It took about a month, but all dandruff is gone now. You have to be a member of Melaleuca in order to get this shampoo, so just message me if you want the information

if it's happens primarily the worst during the cold months it sound like it could be dry scalp. A friend of mine had an issue with super dry skin during the winter, including her scalp, She found at a salon a shampoo that included a moisturizer, and she also found home-made recipe that used either baking soda/powder. I don't remember off hand what that was though.

My 11 year old had the same problem. I found out the baby shampoo caused his scalp to dry out. Also, he takes showers now instead of a bath and I still make sure he rinses his head thoroughly. Sometimes I put just a little tiny bit of conditioner in his hair. I don't rinse it out. If you just use a little bit it won't hurt him to leave it in. When I say a little bit, I mean a little, tiny, tiny amount. Don't rub it into the scalp completely, let it just sit on the hair. It helps with tangles too. Good Luck. Oh, we just use Sauve.