Dandruff is probably one of the oldest ailment known to man and has always been regarded as a very embarrassing condition. Apparently, during the Medieval Ages, most people did not wash their bodies on a regular basis, and certainly not their hair. Due to poor hygiene and lack of knowledge about human illness, people have been afflicted with dandruff.
Many people have this chronic scalp disorder, which is marked by itching and excessive flaking of the scalp. Although dandruff isn’t contagious and is rarely serious, it can be really irritating and surprisingly persistent.
According to Proctor and Gamble, dandruff affects more than 50% of the population of the USA, so it is more common to have dandruff than not. It can occur at any age, but is most likely in the early ’20s. It is usually seasonal and it is most severe during the winter and mildest during the summer.
About 25 years ago, dermatologists started to blame a fungus as the cause of dandruff. Fungi are microscopic plant organisms that consist of cells, such as mould, mildew, and yeast. They cannot produce their own food, thus they behave as either parasites or saprophytes, absorbing...