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Eczema Relief

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Date: 06/30/2007 Topics: Health & Body > Advice | Readers Request > Health  
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My sister has Eczema on her scalp which produces a lot of white flakes. Does anyone know what she can use to stop the flaking and itchiness?

Az2010 from Easthampton, MA
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Post by badwater (760) | (11/27/2008)
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Put a few drops of Tea Tree Oil in her shampoo bottle. Use every day till it gets her condition settled. Then only use when her scalp starts getting itchy. I use my "special shampoo" about once or twice a week. Good Luck!

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Post By guest (Guest Post) (08/23/2008)
Apple cider vinegar. I poured about 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar and 2-4 cups of water into a bowl and then dunked my scalp into it. Before that, I'd tried massaging it into my scalp or pouring it over my scalp with a measuring cup. Dunking my head worked the best.

After dunking right before bed, I'd wrap my head in a towel to soak up the wet, unwrap my hair and then relax in bed until it dried. The next day, I would wash out my hair and scalp to remove the flakes the developed over night.

Dandruff is caused by a fungus or yeast. The vinegar kills the yeast. The raw apple cider vinegar "with the mother" is the best kind to get and is avail in most health food stores.

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Post By kddid (Guest Post) (07/17/2007)
I have done it all. Every thing that has been suggested here...I even went to a skin specialist. I looked things up on the internet, and some one said it could be a yeast infection on my scalp.. 2 months ago I started using Nizoral. I got it at Wal-Mart... I got a small bottle.. in the begining I didn't think it was working... The 3rd week my scalp was clear, no more flakes, or iching. So now I am on my second bottle. It says not to use it all the time after your scalp is better... Hope this will help you..It sure has been good for me...... kddid

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Post By Lynda (Guest Post) (07/06/2007)
T/Gel can be purchased at WalMart and the secret to making it work well is to wet hair, place a large tablespoonful into your left palm, then use right fingertips to dip and apply to SCALP, parting with a "rat-tail' comb each time, and moving to another place. It may not be Ecxema, but rather Psoriasis, which is more common.

If there are sores it could be a combination of Psoriasis and dust mites from your hair brush (or pillow case/sofa pillows), which needs to be placed into a clean drawer, or plastic bag, after cleaning with soap and hot water EACH week or two, NOT left to a dirty area between uses where it can pick up dust/dirt and contaminate your already tender scalp. Shampoo isn't strong enough to clean hair brushes that have previous skin, oily dust or dirty hair in them.

If you avoid placing your head on anything upholstered, and clean/store your brush/combs already, then concentrate on applying the T/Gel to the scalp and gently rubbing each application into the scalp partings, LEAVING ON FOR ABOUT
10 full min.(it may caused mild tingling) before rinsing off. You will use much, if not all, of the shampoo in your palm. Whatever portion of the bottle it needs, it's worth it, and you should see immediate relief and healing, or at least in one or two more treatments. After a month of diligent care and watchfulness, if your flaking is still there, it could be a nervous condition requiring RX meds.

There is one other factor to consider....diet. If you have avoided fats and oils, you might have too dry skin, so try adding butter/Salmon oil geltabs/
or fish oil to your diet. Doctors are not too quick to get to the bottom of a condition, but rather to keep folks on RX meds and call it a "disorder" or "disease", when it might be treatable with common sense and analysis of your habits and diet.
I hope this helps. God bless you. : )

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Post By Anna from Maine (Guest Post) (07/05/2007)
Apple cider vinegar massaged into the scalp,after shampooing then rinse with clear water.

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Post By Janus (Guest Post) (07/04/2007)
T/Gel shampoo works really well

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Post By Darrel McCain (Guest Post) (07/03/2007)
Clobetasol Propionate. 05%.
She will need a prescription for it

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Post By Bob (Guest Post) (07/01/2007)
Wet your head and pour a little Listerine on and rub it in. I use it all the time, especially in the winter. Just be real careful about getting it in your eyes.

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