Summer Breeze… dandruff?

FitzGerald on Health

Summer breeze, makes me feel fine, but then I gently massage my scalp and am mortified to sense cakey flakes back of my head… I wrote previously of my main helps for dandruff, but my mom gave me a shampoo recently, that she didn’t want, and I found the scent and texture to be pleasant, the results helpful.

So, the Seals and Crofts song came to mind, as I’m writing during what feels like midsummer, and the nice, citrusy scent of the afformentioned medicated goop, that doesn’t seem like a dandruff shampoo at all, is refreshing and cool. A shampoo? Yes, it’s the little things in life sometimes.

Anyway, I find as said in other blogs that stress and diet play into dandruff as much as heredity, at least for me, and perhaps even sin, but whatever the cause, there are remedies: reform, medical applications like Selsun Blue, healthy eating, and positive calming practices. Here is what this scalp cleansing shampoo product is made of:

Active Ingredients:

Salicylic acid 3%Purpose: Antidandruff

Inactive Ingredients:

Water, ammonium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, PEG-10 sunflower glycerides, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate, cocamidopropyl betaine, fragrance, cocodimonium hydroxypropyl hydrolyzed rice protein, chamomilla recutita (matricaria) flower extract, lavandula angustifolia (lavender) extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, acacia farnesiana flower extract, tocopheryl acetate, aloe barbadensis leaf juice, panthenol, cocamide MEA, sodium lauryl glucose carboxylate, benzyl alcohol, lauryl glucoside, polyquaternium-67, linoleamidopropyl PG-dimonium chloride phosphate, potassium hydroxide, citric acid, disodium EDTA, benzophenone-4, isopropyl myristate, propylene glycol

As I prefer to vary it up, and as a dermatologist recommended the same to me in the past, Selsun Blue Naturals is an important part of my shampoo repertoire, part of the rotation. I use the Itchy Dry Scalp, Extra Hydrating Formula, and its grapefruit-like scent is really nice as well. As the Irish Springs ad would quip, I hope you’ll say, “I like it too!”