Severe dandruff treatment

What is severe dandruff?

Dandruff is considered severe when the shedding of dead skin cells of scalp, is too prolific and too frequent. Routine cleansing of hair by a normal shampoo, keeps the dandruff away but when it is a matter of severe dandruff treatment, things are not that simple. Use of medicated shampoos is the only way out and that too is not a ‘fit for all’ solution. Depending upon the type and severity of dandruff, different medicated shampoos suit different people. Active ingredients used in most of the shampoos for severe dandruff treatment  include; Selenium sulphide( Selsun),Ketoconazole (Nizoral),Zinc Pyrithione ( Head & Shoulder), Salicylic Acid ( sebcur) and Tar as in T-Gel.

Severe dandruff treatment

Visual examination of the combing left over, gives a fair idea of the nature and gravity of the dandruff but to say that it is ‘severe’ is not enough. To chase the progress in a systematic order, it is important to know how severe the severe is, and for that, some methods have been devised by the related professionals. One such method requires combing and collecting all the falling flakes on a black paper sheet. Make a mental note of the worst case scenario and the best position ever noted by you. Compare the current observation and rate it at a ten point scale. Another method utilizes, pressing a purpose made adhesive strip against the parted hair .so that he strip touches the scalp too and not only the hair. Adhesion of the flakes is the compared against the standard strip showing the concentration of flakes in graded order. The test strip is read at the most matching position of the standard strip. Regular testing is beneficial because, initially it helps you benchmarking, and in the later stages helps progress chasing.

How to start severe dandruff treatment?

There is no fit for all severe dandruff remedy; therefore the condition needs to be approached individually. A few steps are common for all and the foremost, among them is the personal dandruff benchmarking, to be aware of the true position. Next to it is thorough cleansing of hair with any non medicated shampoo and to reassess the flaking severity. After this step onwards, individual treatment starts and it is advisable to always start with the mildest medicated shampoo and gradually shift to the next stronger medicated shampoo. The process of using medicated shampoo on alternate days, followed by non invasive testing of flakes, has to be continued till your self assessment reveals that the severity of flaking has reduced to the normal level in terms of concentration, frequency and recurrence time. Normal skin too sheds the dead skin cells and normally it takes not less than 28 days for the replacement of skin cells, while in case of severe dandruff; the process starts as early as seven days. Pert Plus; containing Zinc Pyrithione, Sebcur, Selsun, T-Gel and Nizarole may be tried to find out what suits you most. Nizoral is considered the best treatment for severe dandruff.