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Sudden oily scalp, the crown area. Will not wash out, why? What is it? I am healthy and bath daily.
The crown area of my scalp suddenly became very oily. I have washed my hair with every shampoo I thought was strong or harsh. I have even tried liquid dish detergant. Nothing works. I am a healthy woman who baths daily, I say this to offset the idea that maybe I am ill or unclean. Please tell me what this is, how I can get rid of it and how I might be able to prevent it from coming back.
Thank you ladies!
I live in a hostel and had limited resources. Dish washing liquid worked and if you accompany it wish a good shampoo, you want have any dryness problem.
I live in a hostel and had limited resources. Dish washing liquid worked and if you accompany it wish a good shampoo, you want have any dryness problem.
Again like most people here, I am 27 year old female, and suffered this waxy spot on the crown of my hair for approx 1 month and got increasingly worse. Only 2 things that have changed in the last 6months was increase in exercise and I quit smoking. I have read all the posts and put it down to the sweat in my hair causing a damp environment. Anyway my treatment is as follows (1st got rid of 90% then did it once more and my hair was back to normal, yay!!)
1st rinse was lemon juice & Apple Cider Vinegar (in a spray bottle 1lemon then 1part ACV 2parts water), sprayed on and original Listerine, left for 10-15mins and rinsed out. * pour Listerine going to the back of the head cause it stings like a mofo if you get it in your eyes!
2nd rinse was original Palmolive dishwashing liquid, left for 10-15mins and rinsed out
3rd I used Tgel shampoo twice(coal based shampoo)
4th so my hair wasn’t completely stripped I put conditioner on the bottom ½ of my hair and the ACV and lemon spray on the top, left for 10 mins and rinsed.
I hope this helps, I was so depressed and upset about this I was very close to shaving all my hair off. Before you go to this extreme please try my method! I still do not know what causes this but I will keep you posted if I find out.
1st rinse was lemon juice & Apple Cider Vinegar (in a spray bottle 1lemon then 1part ACV 2parts water), sprayed on and original Listerine, left for 10-15mins and rinsed out. * pour Listerine going to the back of the head cause it stings like a mofo if you get it in your eyes!
2nd rinse was original Palmolive dishwashing liquid, left for 10-15mins and rinsed out
3rd I used Tgel shampoo twice(coal based shampoo)
4th so my hair wasn’t completely stripped I put conditioner on the bottom ½ of my hair and the ACV and lemon spray on the top, left for 10 mins and rinsed.
I hope this helps, I was so depressed and upset about this I was very close to shaving all my hair off. Before you go to this extreme please try my method! I still do not know what causes this but I will keep you posted if I find out.
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KitMitchell, I am dealing with this now... I am going to try these remedies tonight, but I am wondering if this ever came back? Also, if it did, is there a more underlying reason that caused it? Please let me know!
Hey,
No, this never came back. I did repeat the whole process a bout a week later, just to make sure and then would use just the t-get(coal shampoo) once a week for the following month, but it never came back. From what I found out I think it was a fungal infection caused mainly from working out with a tight bun and not letting my hair dry out properly. I am sorry your going through this, I was so distressed when it was happening to me but very glad I found this thread otherwise I would have had a shaved head :(
I hope this has helped you.
No, this never came back. I did repeat the whole process a bout a week later, just to make sure and then would use just the t-get(coal shampoo) once a week for the following month, but it never came back. From what I found out I think it was a fungal infection caused mainly from working out with a tight bun and not letting my hair dry out properly. I am sorry your going through this, I was so distressed when it was happening to me but very glad I found this thread otherwise I would have had a shaved head :(
I hope this has helped you.
OK , I was stressed for 3 days, because all of a sudden my head was so oily like out of nowhere ,, it looked like someone poured Oil bottle in my head ,, , to the point that i washed 3 times yesterday , i even did the Lemon and hot water rinsing, NO HELP ,,,,, SO after reading reviews here I got a lil happy ( because i was not the only one facing this problem) LoL, after reading all comments i went to get Johnson Baby Shampoo and neutrogena.t-sal-therapeuti shampoo,,,,, SO first ur wash ur hair 2,3 times with Johnsons Baby and then u apply T/sal and massage the crown area ( thats where i had all the grease at ) for 3 minutes and leave for 5 minutes , repeat 2 times , rinse and blow dry ,,, :))))))))))) ((( I think the Garnier Fructis Triple Nutrition Shampoo was the reason that i turned into an Oil Magnet ))) Good Luck ,,, :))))) ( sorry for not accurate English )) :******
my name subra i face hair loss since 18 years old my scalp toooooooo oily i have used all remedies but not work pls help me
it seems like this is a estrogen related issue, because all the people complaining about it seem to be women, including me. For me it happens right around when i get my period, so I personally think it comes from a hormone fluxuation, which would also explain the link to birth controls. So maybe try something to balance hormones?
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