Easy Ways to Soothe a Dry Scalp
Easy Ways To Soothe A Dry Scalp
If you wish to have a beautiful, healthy and shining hair then you must have a healthy scalp. If you have a dry scalp that leads to itching then this scalp can’t support a healthy and shining hair. Dry and itchy scalp is formed due to the allergy that develops against the chemicals used on scalp as it may wipe out the natural oil from the scalp and leaves your scalp dry and at times corrodes and becomes flaky.
It may also be formed when the dead cells of scalp gets piled up on the scalp instead of shedding. In normal case the scalp will shed dead cells and thus gives way for emerging new and healthy cells. Sometimes certain factors like temperature, harsh chemicals, lack of moisture etc causes the dead cells to gather on the scalp and thus makes itching and flakiness.
Remedies for Dry Scalp
Water
Drink enough water to keep yourself hydrated. This may also help you to eliminate the toxic substances from your body and leaves your body healthy which in turn helps you to keep your scalp healthy. Also avoid the junk foods, soft drinks etc and include more vegetables, nuts and fruits in your diet.
Oil massage
In order to have a healthy scalp you need to massage your scalp with good natural oils which help you to nourish the scalp. Oil massaging may also improve the strength of your hair roots. The oils that are ideal for oil massaging includes neem oil which as a good conditioner that can remove the itching and redness from the scalp.
Jojoba oil is an ideal one for moisturizing the scalp and helps to balance the amount of sebum on the scalp. Lemon oil can reactivate the sebaceous gland and thus makes the scalp soft. Virgin and unrefined coconut oil can help the dry and itchy scalp. Similarly almond oil, avocado oil, rosemary oil, lavender oil etc are also ideal.
Take 20 drops of either jojoba oil or neem oil or evening primrose oil and to this add 5 drops each of bergamot, lavender and chamomile oil and mix well. Then add three tablespoon water and combine the entire mixture very well. Apply this mixture on your scalp and massage well.
Shampoo
Always use a moisturizing shampoo to wash your hair and use a conditioner to restore the moisture on the scalp.
