If you have been following NenoNatural.com for a while you may have heard me complain about my itchy scalp! My itchy scalps is what led to all these blogs on how to reduce or prevent itching!
I've finally discovered what the problem was. Seriously, I had latterly been talking to my hubby about seeing a specialist because it was getting so bad. At first I thought it was grapeseed oil because the itchiness coincided with the first time I used it. Then I thought it may be a food allergy but I couldn't figure out what precisely. Then I went home to my country Malawi and noticed that my scalp wasn't itching and at this point I thought the British weather was the culprit, I began contemplating buying a one-way ticket back to the Warm Heart of Africa! It's a small tragedy that led to the discovery of the real culprit: our bathtub started leaking so upon our return we started using our separate shower and this shower doesn't have a water filter. Two weeks into our return I realized the itching hadn't returned and the only thing that was different is that I wasn't using the shower hose with a filter - so the filter was it! One of the chemicals in the filter must make my scalp itch but it normally happens a few days after my wash, probably when the power of the peppermint essential oil that I add to my conditioner wears off! If you have an itchy scalp and you use a shower filter try not using it for a month to see whether it's the problem. Keep in mind that it may not be; just because I'm allergic to something in my shower filter it doesn't mean you'll be!
I wonder why we use these filters anyway. One happened recently when my mom was drinking from a water filter and kept getting sick when we changed the filtration unit in it.
Ingrid
27/10/2015 07:03:44 am
I'm still working on this problem I itch like crazy three or four days after washing my hair and co-wash when I can't take it any more so thanks for the tip I am now going to look into other things that could be causing the problem
Roann
16/11/2015 01:42:14 pm
My itching problem started about 8 years ago. Whenever I wash my hair my I use to cratch my scalp even it's clean .not until last year I found out that I have cccalopecia from a dermatologist who did a biopsy on my scalp. Comments are closed.
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