That’s because the products don’t do anything medically recognized. It could, and it may help, but it’s not a medication.
If you have bad dandruff, try coal tar shampoo. Don’t get pine tar, that’s not the same.
Not all scalp flaking problems are dandruff. If you're using a dandruff shampoo for something that isn't dandruff, it's not going to do anything. Coal tar works great, but I don't like the idea of putting coal anything on my head. I use pine tar, but it has to be Packer's Pine. It's the strongest, most effective pine tar shampoo out there. It caused me to stop using coal tar. I believe my problem is some kind of psoriasis. Also, tamanu oil is good for skin conditions and can be used as an immediate application kind of thing.
Pine tar did nothing for me except smell like tar.
I used to do coal tar one day and pine tar another. I think the most popular pine tar brand is Grandpas's. Packer's Pine is noticeably stronger. I use it every day now, and it's working. It stopped working when I was in Vietnam for a month, and I'm not sure why. My scalp was getting bad over there. Either my sugar consumption went up or the water there has something wrong with it.
I don't think I even have a dandruff problem. I used to just use the same bar of soap for everything, but when I was staying with my dad years ago I found a near full bottle in the bathroom. It was only 5 years past expiration, so I figured I'd use it up. Got me back in the habit of shampoo so I stuck with it.
Fair enough. I tried the "one soap for all" thing, turns out my scalp didn't like it. I'm blessed with perfect skin, ha ha, perfect being nothing of the sort.
Right there with ya, my skin was pretty bad for a while. Then I adopted more of a Phil Collins approach, I don't care anymoh oh oh. Maybe I was over cleaning myself, things kinda evened out.
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