Any advice for strong smelling scalp?

[nicaed65]

My head always stinks...I always shower everyday...it's embarrassing to my husband.  What can I do?  Please can u answer!

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Stress or hormonal changes may lead to excess oil produced by the oil glands in your scalp. This causes the harmless bacteria that live in the scalp to proliferate and feed off the oil, which produces the odor. I would suggest you to clean your hair frequently with a mild shampoo (you can use the ones for gentle hair). Also you can shampoo twice during each wash and apply shampoo on the scalp without piling the hair on top.

I hope it helps. It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.

[Olilies]

I have the same problem, I told it to a doctor to a walk in clinic ,and gave me a skeptical look,he look into my scalp, my scalp is clean, no dandruff just the smell that emanates on my scalp even after taking a shower before, after 2 hours or so my scalp start smelling like a dog for me. he told me when the hair is dry the scalp over produces sebum, so i tried to moisturize my scalp using a coconut oil leave it for overnight,after washing my hair smells like coconut but after awhile it started to smell bad. This causing me anxiety since whenever I asked someone to tell me if my scalp smells ,they just telling me it's normal,but it's not. Whenever I shampoo my hair it doesn't even smell like shampoo unlike before whenever i shower or not my scalp never smell like a dog like this.

[maatson]

Eccrine bromhidrosis may be related to the ingestion of certain foods such as onion, garlic,asparagus, spices such as fenugreek and curry powder.
Certain bacteria are also involved here.A herbal shampoo with hibiscus may be helpful.Do consult your doc.