A couple of months ago I adopted the practise of washing my hair weekly. It did have a lot of benefits but it was mainly to manage the flaking I noticed when I scratched my scalp every once a while as little as 2 days after a wash and it itched terribly.
After a while, I noticed that the flakes were everyone on the same day I had washed my hair or the day right after. At this point, I knew it was more than just dirt. There had to be more to this than just dirty scalp. Initially, I had thought
- it was because I applied very minimal oil or cream to my scalp, so I should apply hair butter more often
- it was dry, so I should spray with water more often
- it was because my scalp needed oil, so I should directly apply oil to my scalp at least twice a week
By this time, I was exasperated and just felt like cutting my hair yet again (this is one of the reasons why I started cutting it. It itched A LOT although there was no flaking). It was during one of these times I visited Tresses Salon for a new product Koyinsola wanted to try. When it got to styling, the particular stylist randomly made mention of 'dry scalp'. She said I had dry scalp and it kinda stuck.
Fast forward a couple of months when I could absolutely take it no longer, I decided to do some research to know the difference between Dry Scalp and Dandruff, especially as both of them seemend to be characterised by flaking and itchiness. This is what I found
- Dry Scalp and Dandruff do have the same symptoms i.e. flaking and itchiness; but they are ultimately different
- Dry scalp can be cured and gotten rid of, Dandruff can only be managed
- The flakes in Dry scalp are dry and smaller, the flakes in Dandruff are oily and larger
- Dry scalp is as a result of dryness on the scalp, which may also appear in other parts of the skin, Dandruff is caused by the over-production of a fungus called Malassezia which typically is an unharmful yeast fungus that grows on the human skin.
How I Got Rid of Dry Scalp
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Step 2
After determining that it was indeed dry scalp, I proceeded to let Koyinsola of Tresses know. As a professional Tricologist, if anyone knew what to do, it was her. Although, through the research I did, I was able to discover that Tea Tree oil helps in the treatment of Dry Scalp, I just knew she would also have a solution. And she did!
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