How to Stop Dandruff at Home

How to get rid of dandruff and remove product buildup with this DIY scalp treatment.

This wonderful remedy will leave your scalp feeling refreshed and your hair looking shiny and feeling super soft.

This multi-use rinse is great for removing buildup, removing dandruff and relieving irritation and itchiness in the scalp.

Chemicals in certain shampoos and dyes will cause the scalp to dry out and become flaky causing dandruff.

This recipe is done in two parts.

First Part – The Scrub
Ingredients:
1 tbsp. Coconut Oil
1 tbsp. Almond Oil
1/2 tbsp. Lime Juice
1 tsp. Cinnamon
1/4 tsp. Aloe Vera
5 drops Tea Tree Oil

Second Part – The Rinse
Ingredients:
1 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
1/4 cup water
1 tsp. Sea Salt
1 tsp. Baking Soda

What To Do:
Combine ingredients together in the first part until smooth and creamy. Apply directly to scalp while your hair is wet.

Massage with your finger tips and evenly distribute the mixture throughout your hair.

Put your hair up in a hair net or shower cap to prevent to mixture from getting all over.

Now onto the next part…

Combine the ingredients in the second part to make your rinse. After you have combined and mixed everything together, remove shower cap/hair net.

Wait! Before you use the rinse,try and remove as much of the mixture from your hair as you can. You really don;t want coconut oil to harden in your drain pipes.

Discard any mixture in the trash and rinse out hair as much a you can using the rinse.

Thoroughly rinse hair with water and then condition one time.

This can be done 1-2 a month and up to 3 times per month, depending on how often you deal with dandruff.

How to Prevent from Dandruff?

There are a lot of ways that can get rid of dandruff. Many products are available in the market to help us prevent from dandruff. But all are not really effective and satisfactory to help keep the scalp clean. Some might or might not help, some might suit a particular scalp, while others might not be of the right quality or may be highly priced. Therefore, I recommend some simple but workable tips for you in the following.

1. Vinegar
Vinegar is rich in potassium and extremely effective in getting rid of dead skin that leads to dandruff flakes. Specially, apple cider vinegar helps to improve blood circulation. Remember never to use chemically treated vinegar for the treatment. The smell of vinegar, in case you find the thought irksome, will fade once your hair is dry.

2.Aloe Vera
Aloe Vera gel has antibacterial and antifungal properties and is known to lessen dandruff in addition to its myriad of benefits for our skin and hair. Aloe Vera removes dandruff, soothes and heals the scalp, acting as a clarifying agent.

3.Yogurt
This can also be used alone to get rid of and prevent dandruff from unpleasantly showing up. After washing and rinsing your hair, apply yogurt to your scalp and leave it on for 10 to 15 minutes. Rinse and wash your hair again with a small amount of shampoo.

4.Aspirin
Aspirin tablets dissolved in shampoo are also said to help reduce dandruff.

5.Eggs
The dandruff will be reduced, while making the hair soft and shiny. One of the good home remedies for dandruff free hair.

All the above remedies are to be followed regularly. Choose the ones that are most convenient for you and be consistent in their usage.

Why Do We Have Dandruff?

Dandruff is one of the most common hair problems that a great number of men and women suffer everyday. We want to get rid of this annoying problem but we need to find out why it happens first. Only in this way, we can find the best way to eliminate it. 

So what is dandruff? Dandruff is caused when a fungus (like yeast) called malassezia grows on your scalp. This results in shedding of the scalp skin. There are two types of dandruff. One occurs due to the dryness of the scalp, while the other occurs due to the production of excessive oil on the scalp. Some of the known causes of dandruff are!

Generally speaking, there are 4 reasons that make us have terrible dandruff. First, improper and irregular brushing of our hair can lead to dandruff. Those who do not brush hair at regular times are inclined to dandruff. Therefore, we are supposed to get into a good habit to brush our hair regularly in a proper way. 

Second, infrequent shampooing is the main reason that cause dandruff. It is because that it is easier for many different kinds of germs to grow without prevention if we do not wash our hair and keep it dirty for a long time. In order to get rid of dandruff, what we should do first is to keep our hair clean.

Third, proper diet plays a very important role in keeping healthy hair while improper diet can ruin our hair. In diet, we are supposed not to eat and drink too much. We should eat light food as often as possible. Vegetables and fruits are the recommended foods for people who want to have healthy and beautiful hair. 

Last but not the least, stress and certain illnesses like Parkinson’s disease, eczema and seborrheic dermatitis can cause annoying dandruff. As for this, what we can do is to learn to reduce stress in our own way and make us relaxed after work or study. In the end, i hope this article will be beneficial to you and your hair can become better and better without dandruff. By the way, I will share some tips about stopping dandruff tomorrow and hope you can like it!