Dandruff - The Symptoms

The flakes of skin are greyish white and are very often visible on the hair and shoulders. There is sometimes itching or soreness and the scalp can feel tight.

Dandruff scales usually occur as small, round, white-to-gray patches on top of the head.

Scaling can occur anywhere on the scalp, in the hair, on the eyebrows, the beard and can often spread to the neck and shoulders.

Dandruff is often known as "dry scalp", but people with oily scalps tend to suffer the most. An oily scalp also supports the growth of P. ovale.

Since dandruff is a natural process, it can not be eliminated. It can only be managed and controlled.

If the scaling also affects other parts of the body, this may be due to other skin conditions such as eczema, seborrhoeic dermatitis or psoriasis.

Skin affected by seborrheic dermatitis is usually red and greasy with a white or yellowish flaky scale.

The most common sites are the scalp but it can occur between the eyebrows, along the sides of the nose, behind the ears, in the external ear canal, over the breastbone, in the groin area, and sometimes in the armpits.

 

Dandruff - The Symptoms