If your scalp is dry and tight, the cause may be dandruff, even if you don’t see flakes. Find out how dandruff can make your skin’s natural moisture barrier porous and thus dry out your scalp.
Think about what happens when the skin on your hands is damaged, scraped, or cut. It quickly starts to dry out, and you need to use hand cream.
The same goes for your scalp.
Your skin contains moisture...
The skin on your scalp is actually a complex network of cells interlocked like a wall. These are your natural moisture defences, which retain water and keep your skin looking healthy.
… but becomes “porous” when damaged
As soon as this organization is disturbed, the structure, similar to a brick wall, begins to break down.
The barrier becomes “porous,” allowing essential moisture to escape and causing the feeling of dryness and tightness that you’ll recognize if you suffer from dandruff.
Dandruff damages your moisture defences
While flakes get a lot of attention when you have dandruff, you often don’t see the damage occurring on the surface of the scalp.
When you have dandruff, your skin cells reproduce faster than usual, disturbing the protective cell walls. Scratching due to dandruff itch can further damage the barrier.
All these actions damage the brick-wall-like structure and allow essential moisture to escape, drying out the skin.
The solution? Moisturize your scalp…
If your hands were dry, you would use cream. If the skin on your face was dry, you would do the same. Do the same for your scalp.
Choose a shampoo that provides extra moisture, such as our Dry Scalp Care Shampoo with almond oil.
… and treat the root cause
Using an ordinary moisturizing shampoo is usually not enough to treat scalp dryness. If you don’t treat the root cause, scalp dryness is likely to return.
That’s where anti-dandruff shampoo comes in. Use it regularly to help eliminate dandruff and rebuild a strong, healthy moisture barrier, so your body can regain the hydration it needs. Head & Shoulders shampoo has even been shown to lock in up to 75% more moisture than an ordinary moisturizing shampoo.¹
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