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Is there a "healthy" amount of dandruff? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by monovergent@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'm fine immediately after showering, but it's a mini-snowstorm if I go through my hair in the morning having showered the night before. Been that way for years, but far better than it was back when I used "anti-dandruff" shampoos that just made it worse. Hair is short, doesn't feel oily or only slightly. Happens across a variety of shampoos I've tried, though I'll admit I haven't looked beyond the 3-in-1 body wash shampoo combos. Sorry if this is a bit unappealing. Anyone else have a sort of "baseline" amount of dandruff? Or found a solution to this?

UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the helpful replies! It was eye-opening to learn that it's not always just "dandruff". Turns out it was the 3-in-1 soap all along. I finally got myself a proper bottle of shampoo (sulfate free wasn't much more expensive so I went for that) and realized that tight feeling when my hair dried was dry scalp. Super satisfying now that I can run my hand through my hair and eyebrows without getting an avalanche in my face.

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[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Well fuck.

Although I've been using it on and off for 30 years so I'm probably fucked already

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I feel a little relieved to stop using it, tbh. Every time I read the label, I couldn't help but think it must be bad. I've found that Head and Shoulders is enough to keep flakes in check (it wasn't before the T-Gel), so I'm just worrying about that now. 😂

[–] Corporal_Punishment@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I think im addicted to the smell tbh.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Your nose yearns for the mines.

[–] PNW_Doug@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

If you like the weird scent of coal tar—I'm not judging, I do too—you might also like pine tar soap. Pine tar serves much the same function in soaps as coal tar, so that's a bonus as well.

It's clearly a scent derived from pines, not coal, but it appeals to my nose in much the same way. They're both in the same family of weirdness.