Guest guest Posted February 3, 2003 Report Share Posted February 3, 2003 Hi, Tamika! I would recommend making salve using cocoa butter, beeswax, a carrier oil, and vitamin E. Add tea tree oil and comfrey and/or calendula oil to that. The rosemary would be a good addition, too. I use this type of salve on my daughter, who has a similar condition, and it works great. I smear it on at night and she then washes her hair with a very mild soap the next morning. The patches usually clear up within a few days. HTH pamela Dry scalp Hello all- I was asked if i could make something for dry scalp. While i know rosemary helps. I am wondering if anyone could help me come up a non-oily cream, balm or rinse etc what ever you know from experience works. it does not need to be your experience someone you trust or have witnessed the recipe working will do. i want to help this guy who has had this problem for many years. It is not psoriasis or excema. it is dry patches behind the ear and on the scalp. the deramatologist does not know what causes it. Help! thank you in advance--tamika _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 Pamela darling Thank you very much if you don't mind telling me what are your basics measurements? i know most of us do a lil' of this and that LOL but if you can tell me estimates or have a recipe i would really appreciate it:) thanks again-tamika >From: " Pleasing Odors Creations " <pamela@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: Re: Dry scalp >Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:27:23 -0500 > >Hi, Tamika! I would recommend making salve using cocoa butter, beeswax, a >carrier oil, and vitamin E. Add tea tree oil and comfrey and/or calendula >oil to that. The rosemary would be a good addition, too. > >I use this type of salve on my daughter, who has a similar condition, and >it works great. I smear it on at night and she then washes her hair with a >very mild soap the next morning. The patches usually clear up within a few >days. > >HTH > >pamela > > Dry scalp > > > > > Hello all- I was asked if i could make something for dry scalp. While i >know > rosemary helps. I am wondering if anyone could help me come up a >non-oily > cream, balm or rinse etc what ever you know from experience works. it >does > not need to be your experience someone you trust or have witnessed the > recipe working will do. i want to help this guy who has had this problem >for > many years. It is not psoriasis or excema. it is dry patches behind the >ear > and on the scalp. the deramatologist does not know what causes it. Help! > thank you in advance--tamika > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2003 Report Share Posted February 4, 2003 Hi, Tamika! A good basic salve recipe is 1 part beeswax (or cocoa butter or shea butter, I've even seen people use soy wax) to one part oil (sweet almond, jojoba, and emu are good, but any oil will work). If you want a thicker salve, use 1 1/2 part wax/butter to one part oil; use more oil for a softer salve. If you want the humectant properties of the beeswax along with the moisturizing properties of the butters, use one part of each to one part oil. Until we started making and using this regularly, I had to use 1 1/2 parts oil to 1 part cocoa butter until the scaliness on my daughter's scalp decreased and a firmer salve could be used. The tea tree oil is a very important part of this recipe! Straight tea tree oil could be used, but it has a very strong odor that burns some people's eyes and can sometimes sting a bit. I find a mixture of tea tree, vitamin e, chamomile, rosemary, calendula, and comfrey works well. If the scaly patches are raw, I'd stick to straight vitamin e and tea tree oil, as the other oils aren't always great to use on open sores. This is a great salve for any dry area. My fiancé used it on his cracked heels and his feet healed up within a few days! Sorry to ramble ... HTH!! pamela Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 5, 2003 Report Share Posted February 5, 2003 HEY Pamela, what a dear ...being so informative! i really do appreciate the e-mail-thanks a bunch-tamika >From: " Pleasing Odors Creations " <pamela@...> >Reply- >< > >Subject: Re: Dry scalp >Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 20:31:56 -0500 > >Hi, Tamika! > >A good basic salve recipe is 1 part beeswax (or cocoa butter or shea >butter, I've even seen people use soy wax) to one part oil (sweet almond, >jojoba, and emu are good, but any oil will work). If you want a thicker >salve, use 1 1/2 part wax/butter to one part oil; use more oil for a softer >salve. If you want the humectant properties of the beeswax along with the >moisturizing properties of the butters, use one part of each to one part >oil. > >Until we started making and using this regularly, I had to use 1 1/2 parts >oil to 1 part cocoa butter until the scaliness on my daughter's scalp >decreased and a firmer salve could be used. The tea tree oil is a very >important part of this recipe! Straight tea tree oil could be used, but it >has a very strong odor that burns some people's eyes and can sometimes >sting a bit. I find a mixture of tea tree, vitamin e, chamomile, rosemary, >calendula, and comfrey works well. If the scaly patches are raw, I'd stick >to straight vitamin e and tea tree oil, as the other oils aren't always >great to use on open sores. > >This is a great salve for any dry area. My fiancé used it on his cracked >heels and his feet healed up within a few days! > >Sorry to ramble ... HTH!! > >pamela > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Try using olive oil or baby oil on the scalp and leave it on overnight. Then take a fine tooth comb and comb the crust out before you shampoo. Hope this helps a little. Loree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 we had tried everything on alec's scalp also. the thing that finally worked was Luxiq. his dermatologist prescribed it for him 2 years ago. Lori mom to Alec (11DS) and le (15-teenager who is learning to drive) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 used to get that. He still does but has so much hair, few would know. We have to force fluids on him when it gets like that. That is the medical term for get em to drink more (not hold their mouth open and pour LOL). We also used some heavy conditioners after the Selsun Blue shampoo. Elaine dry scalp I have a question that I hope someone may be able to answer for me. My son Gavin 5 ds, has gotten a very dry scalp lately. It reminds me of what they call " cradle cap " in infants. It has gotten so bad and nothing I do seems to help. Anyone else out there who has experienced this, and is there a solution. Thanks Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Hi Everything we have put on 's scalp has only made it worse (his psorasis). We haven't tried the olive oil yet though. Re: dry scalp > Try using olive oil or baby oil on the scalp and leave it on overnight. Then > take a fine tooth comb and comb the crust out before you shampoo. Hope this > helps a little. > Loree > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Hello , On Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 3:03:25 PM you wrote: > I have a question that I hope someone may be able to answer for me. > My son Gavin 5 ds, has gotten a very dry scalp lately. It reminds me > of what they call " cradle cap " in infants. It has gotten so bad and > nothing I do seems to help. Anyone else out there who has experienced > this, and is there a solution. Thanks We have used Vegetable Oil on Mattie it works real well. Only problem is the Dog and Cats are continually trying to eat his hair! -- Tim Casten,ZDC National Air Traffic Controllers Association Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 Kaitlyn gets this occasionally. I use jojoba oil on her head. Comb out the scaly stuff and then wash it out really well. We have a special shampoo from the doctor that we use sometimes to prevent her head from drying out so much. I think it is similar to dandruff shampoo. Darcy dry scalp I have a question that I hope someone may be able to answer for me. My son Gavin 5 ds, has gotten a very dry scalp lately. It reminds me of what they call " cradle cap " in infants. It has gotten so bad and nothing I do seems to help. Anyone else out there who has experienced this, and is there a solution. Thanks Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 We have been dealing with this for the past year. I use to think it was b/c we didn't get all the shampoo out - but I'm beginning to think this could be a DS thing. Has anyone used leave on conditioner (like Bed Head) to see if this works? Tim did use vegetable oil on this past spring- then TJ shaved his hair like a military haircut - it's growing back out and the crusty stuff is back. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/20/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Hi 's dermatologist prescribed a Bed Head type conditioner-oil in which he had to wear it with a shower cap two nights a week. It was an oily mess and only spread the psoraisis. I believe all this skin-type stuff on the scalp is a Down syndrome thing though I am told many people in the general pop. have it. Re: dry scalp > We have been dealing with this for the past year. I use to think it was b/c > we didn't get all the shampoo out - but I'm beginning to think this could be > a DS thing. Has anyone used leave on conditioner (like Bed Head) to see if > this works? Tim did use vegetable oil on this past spring- then TJ > shaved his hair like a military haircut - it's growing back out and the > crusty stuff is back. > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/20/2004 > > > > > Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 It's also really important to get enough Omega 3 in you diet http://www.n3inc.com/index2.html . I have been on this product for about a year now, and although I never had psoriasis, it has done wonders for my cholesterol...and my mother was able to stop using Vioxx for her osteoarthritis. I had heard a year ago, from my podiatrist, that Vioxx was bad for your heart...and it's just now coming out in the news! If your kids can't take a capsule...and they're BIG, it also comes in a liquid form. Just chase it with something like 7-up, and Noah is fine with it. the product seems a little spendy, but it is so concentrated, you would have to take a handful of Costco-type " fish oil " to have the same effect. JMHO Karla in Texas Re: dry scalp We have been dealing with this for the past year. I use to think it was b/c we didn't get all the shampoo out - but I'm beginning to think this could be a DS thing. Has anyone used leave on conditioner (like Bed Head) to see if this works? Tim did use vegetable oil on this past spring- then TJ shaved his hair like a military haircut - it's growing back out and the crusty stuff is back. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.742 / Virus Database: 495 - Release Date: 8/20/2004 Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 19, 2005 Report Share Posted October 19, 2005 We use Nizoral shampoo and it does the best job. Holly gets cradle cap still, and it works the best on it. When it really gets bad we use a little olive oil on the patches and let them set. We sometimes use some hydrocortisone cream and antibiotic cream if she starts itching too badly, M, In a message dated 10/19/2005 4:40:35 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, writes: Message: 18 Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:23:46 -0400 From: " " <lisaneff@...> Subject: Re: HELP We use Head & Shoulders " Dry Scalp " shampoo on Caty's. I'm not sure if you would consider her really dry scalp, but it helps her flakes. I can remember when I was a teenager using a tar smelling shampoo and it worked, but unfortunately I can't remember the name of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2009 Report Share Posted March 1, 2009 Does anyone have any remedies for dry scalp? I am not sure what to use...emu oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Hi, just thought I'd add my penny's worth. I've also suffered with an itchy dry scalp (and hair), for years. I've found that neem oil is a great help. Check out 'the neem team' on google for shampoos and conditioners amongst other things. good luck, A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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