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Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:26 am  |
I too have struggled with scalp psoriasis most my life. It's horrible. Mine seems to come in stints and stages. For example it can worsen with climate changes, stress, change in diet, hormones, etc. What I find works for me is giving myself a deep conditioning hair mask and scalp treatment with natural oils. In fact I just gave myself one yesterday!
I blend a bunch of carrier oils together such as, neem, rosehip, evening primrose, jojoba, coconut, calendula, avocado, etc etc, basically a few of the oils I have around. I change the blend depending on what I have in stock and depending on my mood, but I usually keep the coconut, neem, jojoba, rosehip or evening primrose, and calendula oils as staples and add other oils like kukui, or almond, or hazelnut...
For essential oils I use oils that help treat hair and scalp such as, teatree, cedarwood, roman chamomile, rosemary, lavender, clary sage, lemon, etc. Just like the carrier oils I alternate the EOs as well. I always have my main antibacterial and antifungal oils like teatree, lavender and rosemary, and then add a balancing oil like cedarwood or lemon, and then a soft soothing oil like roman chamomile, clary sage or rose. I sometimes warm the oils by placing the bowl in a sink of hot water or a larger bowl of hot water. The warm oil helps open the pores of the scalp and feels so great when you pour it onto your head - so soothing. I massage the oil into my scalp (feels better if you can get someone else to give you a nice scalp massage) and then pull the oils through my hair. I then clip it back, leave it on for the day, and then rinse it off at night. I always see a huge improvement in the morning.
I also occasionally do the ACV rinses and find it does help me if I do it only every once in a while (once a month or so) and not a regular basis as it can dry out my scalp even more.
You may want to look at the hair products you are using as well. I tried one hair care line's conditioner and it was horrifying. It intesified the condition 10 times! I ended up giving the conditioner to my mom but she got a reaction from it too and she doesn't even have psoriasis. Moral is, try to find out if something is aggravating your scalp. Could be your shampoo, conditioner or styling product. |
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Global Butterfly & Certified Aromatherapist/Holisitc Therapist with a passion for travel and natural health.  |
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Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:00 am |
I also have severe seborrheic dermatitis on my scalp. What helps me is Anti-Dandruff Shampoo by Vichy. I also think that the oil mask that I make helps, it includes: rosehip, jojoba, coconut, avocado, grape seed, lavender, rosemary, clary sage, tea tree, peppermint, cedarwood, thyme, chamomile, oregano and Beta Glucans.
http://www.vichy.com/EN-GB/htmlref/produits/STA00002.html |
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