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dandruff and coconut oil.
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i saw on this hair blog that if you have dandruff you should avoid putting natural oils on your scalp because it would make it worse. now i sincerely hope this isn't true although i'm sure it is, i just wanted to know what you guys thought. here's the link to the blog:please get back to me on what you think!! if this is true i am so sad because i really loved massaging oil into my scalp but i wonder if that's why my dandruff is still in a certain spot on my scalp and won't be relieved by any dandruff shampoo's that i have been trying?
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I've never heard this and can't think of any scientific basis for this happening.
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So it's safe for me to use coconut oil on my scalp??!! O thank heaven! Thank you for getting back to me on this.
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WAIT A MINUTE!My initial reaction after reading the link you provided was that this idea is bogus because it talks about coconut oil "feeding the fungus" that causes dandruff. That part is not exactly true.But I did a little more digging and found out that as the fungus metabolizes scalp triglycerides it releases free fatty acids, like oleic acid, which can irritate the scalp and contribute to itching. Since coconut oil contains oleic acid (about 6 or 7%) it could be contributing to your dandruff issue. (Other oils like corn and sunflower contain much more oleic acid (about 30%+) so they would probably be worse.The bottom line is that you may want to find an oil that doesn't contain oleic acid and try that for a while.Read this report if you want to learn more: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16382685
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oh ok i see. thank you for the alternative :)!!
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Yeah but mineral oil is made by the big oil companies and is designed to give you cancer. (That's a joke in case someone new to our blog is reading this!)
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so another question is which oils don't have so much oleic acid?
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As Rozy said, mineral oil is one. A lot of plant and nut oils have more oleic acid than coconut oil.
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ok thanks!
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LOL @RightBrain
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