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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.
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