Friday, February 8, 2008

Suffering from Dandruff - Go Herbal

Dandruff is a skin disease that knows no boundaries and affecting millions all around the world, cutting across age and race. Dandruff is the name given to the shedding of skin of the scalp, which is seen as white flakes. Although our skin sheds dead cells and renews every fortnight, dandruff refers to the unsightly abnormal shed of dead skin which is known to be caused by fungus. The common symptoms are itchy scalp and shedding dead skin cells.

The main cause for dandruff is usually fungus Malassezia Furfur and Pityrosporum ovale, which are known to reside on our body. The fungus sometimes creates a misbalance and renewal of cells increases leading to an overload of shedding dead cells. The most irritating thing about dandruff is that it is very unbecoming and embarrassing for people. Both men and women are affected by this. Dandruff is also known to increase with overactive oil glands or sebaceous glands, using alkaline soaps, dust, cold, dryness of the scalp and poor nutrition.

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