I have had dandruff since a teenager, used Head and Shoulders type shampoo for decades. I am 60 now and about 5 or so years ago, just gave up. I have lots of red bumps on the back of my head, some around the hairline on front. Some bleeding sometimes. In most cases just an annoyance, not a serious issue.
I hurt my back about 3 weeks ago and finally went to the doctor cause it was not getting better, Doctor prescribed a tapering dose of Prednisone (60x4days, 40x3 days, 20x3 days).
Yesterday as I was driving home I was fidgeting with back of my head and noticed my bumps, irritation, etc. are 100% gone. So it seems that this should tell me something about how I can treat my scalp. I have my own clinical trial that says that Prednisone fixed the problem.
Looking for ideas on what the predisone actually did, so I can figure out how to manage it. I have NEVER in over 50 years had a clean scalp.