Scalp Illnesses

Know the major diseases of the scalp:

Seborrheic dermatitis		The seborrhea dermatitis, popularly known as dandruff, is characterized for an extreme oiliness (seborrhea) in the scalp, followed by inflammation and scaling off. The inflammation (irritation) produces a redness and sensitivity in the scalp, while the scaling off can vary from fine scales, to the intense one, forming crusts, that many times adhered to the scalp leaving it wounded when it’s removed. The dandruff can be associated to androgenic alopecia, speeding up the hair loss. When rinsing the hair, the ideal is to remove the conditioners completely, giving special attention to the scalp (residues can cause dandruff). Except this, stress is one of the most important unchaining factors of this case. Another factor is the increase of the number of usual scalp fungus (p. Ovale). For the handling, it’s used anti-inflammatory shampoos, anti-fungicides, scaling equalizers or all of these associated.
seborrhea dermatitis

A shampoo must be used daily for an efficient removal of the oiliness and impurities of the scalp. Wash the scalp twice using the pulp of the fingers (avoid using the nails), leave it there for 2 minutes in the second time. Use cold / warm water. Water it well and after drying the hair with a towel, use the hair dryer (warm) to remove the excess of humidity. Choose the professional dryers because they produce more wind than heat. Never sleep with a wet hair or use headdress, cap or helmet with humid hair because it a hot and humid environment is up to develop funguses, which unchain the seborrheic dermatitis. You can still get LED applications (light emitted for diode), which has anti-inflammatory action, gommage (a kind of hair peeling) and application of UVA light.

Psoriases - This skin illness associated with genetic inheritance, with more frequent location in the knees and elbows, also can affect the scalp, where many times can be mistaken as seborrheic dermatitis. It takes to an intense and white scaling off which is dry and adherent exceeding the scalp limits, differently of the seborrheic dermatitis. It gets better with solar exposure and adequate handling. The armory includes shampoos with tar base and salicylic acid, that has queratolitic action (or either, they sharpen the skin), lotions of corticosteroids (anti-inflammatory) of topical application and infiltrations in the most persistent places. Other therapeutical options for the intense cases include taking compressed acitretine pills, derivative of the vitamin and the PUVA.

Ringworm of the Scalp
Caused by different fungus that provokes located hair loss. It has the sprouting of boards that can be swollen and even infecting. The handling is simple – taking verbal antibiotic should be enough - if the problem is discovered soon. In case it’s not, it can have permanent losses of hair, mainly when the soreness is exaggerated.		Ringworm of the Scalp

Flat lichen hair
Flat lichen hair.		manifest an illness that presents redness and scalp scaling off, followed by little purple marks. If it is not treated fast, it leads to a permanent loss of hair in the place, called cicatricial alopecia. It is more frequently seen in middle-age women.

Colloidal Folliculate of the nape – It’s a chronic infection of the pilose follicles. The most serious cases can leave fibroses or scars of the colloidal type. The acne is more frequently in men with tendency to this disturb.

Pseudopelade Brocq - It is the common final process to some types of
Alopecia: without treatment, it can cause a thinning of the scalp’s skin (atrophy), which disables any type of Hair restoration.

heck some examples of Genetic Clutters that attacks mainly the children, sometimes since the birth but it is rare, fortunately.

Trichorrhexis nodosa:
Trichorrhexis		it‘s a structural hair defect that makes the hair to break easily.

Trichodystrophies: [the hair from eyelashes, eyebrows and from the head is short and easily broken. For the diagnosis, the amino acid and sulphur presence they must be analyzed].

Pili torti (trichokinesis): [structural Alteration of the hair, in which the hair is fragile and twisted.] It is symptom of some syndromes.

Trichorrhexis invaginata: [the hair has a bamboo aspect. It can be associated to genetic illnesses in which, concomitantly, problems as the extreme drying of the skin, are found. ]

Moniletrix: [the hair becomes fragile and fine and is originated from small balls with rinds in the scalp].

Uncombable hair Syndrome: [Usually seen between the infancy and the adolescence. The hair have slow growth, silver-plated coloration and

Uncombable hair Syndrome.