Turns out washing your head with shampoo twice and blow drying afterwards fixes my itchy scalp. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know. I just know that since my hairdresser did that, I feel so much better.
Thought I’d spread the word, because it is so frustratingly simple :D
I’m one of the people who absolutely has to use head and shoulders. If I use something different for two weeks it starts to itch, a few weeks later I get flakes (plus unbearable itching).
Sounds like an advertisement but I can not really use anything else (though I am open to suggestions, maybe there’s something I could use otherwise).
Just do not get that into your eyes.
Out of curiosity, do you have super thick hair and only towel dry it after getting out of the shower? Reoccurring dandruff means you have a fungal infection, and they tend to prefer warm damp environments. Blow drying may prevent it, because thick hair tends to trap moisture and take a while to dry. Which allows the fungus to multiply in the meantime.
I have thick hair, but not as many as I used to. Still, good point I could blow dry it.
So now I need to find a silent / bearable hair dryer.
Interestingly for me my hair is much better without that, my head is more greasy and itchy when I’m using head and shoulders than when I’m using something else. I’ve switched to bar shampoo recently and been getting on really well with faith in nature shampoo bars.
This is me as well. I will try to use other stuff for a few days then do 1 using it again which still keeps everything fine. I recently tried growing my hair out for the first time ever and realized quickly head and shoulders is pretty bad for hair which is why ill alternate. It also skyrocketted in price over the past few years and will settle for store brands version of it which can be half the price and was mostly the same experience.