How often have you dreaded wearing your black jacket in winters for fear of publicly displaying your snowy and flaky dandruff? Dandruff can be bad for your image, and ted for your confidence too. It is not just a health problem, it is a social one too. It is embarrassing and not easily treatable unless tackled in the early stages. But whatisdandruff?
Dandruff is a condition of the scal p accompanied by an abnormal flaking of the scalp. About 17-50% of the human population suffers from dandruff. Dandruff may occur when your scalp goes on an overdrive producing new cells.
It gets accentuated due to dry skin and unhygienic scalp. Medical conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, fungal infection due to Malassezia species and bacterial infection due toStaphylococcus eptdermidis also cause a dandruff scalp. Like many other skin problems, dandruff also has several risk factors, some of which are avoidable.
Age by itself is a risk factor. Dandruff usually attacks young children and continues through middle age. Dandruff also occurs in newborns where it is called cradle cap and occurs anywhere between two weeks and six months. Sometimes the problem stays life long after an attack. The second risk factor is sec. Being male is a disadvantage for predisposition to dandruff.
Since men have more oil producing glands, this could contribute to rich growth of dandruff. Having excessive oily skin and scalp predisposes to dandruff growth in either sex. Researchers postulate that male hormones could play a role in causing dandruff because more men succumb to dandruff than women. As much as other factors, diet contributes to dandruff growth.
Specifically, a diet lacking zinc and vitamin B leads to enhanced dandruff growth. Another risk factor predisposing people to dandruff could be neurological diseases. Adults with Parkinson's disease are more l ikely to get Seborrheic dermatitis and dandruff. Patients with stress conditions such as heart attack, stroke and compromised immune systems also welcome dandruff.
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