How to get rid of dandruff with salt?

In the fight against dandruff, both cosmetic products, specially designed by manufacturers to solve this problem, and numerous folk recipes are used. One of them is the use of salt, especially sea salt, based on its many beneficial properties.

Indications Dandruff salts

As you know, dandruff can be dry and oily. Brittle, dull and broken locks, abundantly covered with white "flour", itchy skin, its obvious flaking indicate the first type of seborrhea. The second is characterized by rapid contamination, the presence of sticky yellowish flakes and a constant feeling of discomfort.

It is oily dandruff that is the indication for the use of salt.

Pharmacodynamics

The pharmacological effect of salt on the epidermis is to stimulate blood circulation, saturate it with useful minerals, antiseptic effect. This leads to skin revitalization, its drying, awakening of new follicles, their strengthening.

Besides sodium chloride (95%) sea salt is rich in iodine, it contains magnesium, potassium, iron, selenium, silicon and a number of other minerals that will fill their deficiency and balance the sebaceous glands.

Dosing and administration

In what form to use salt to get rid of dandruff? Cosmetologists recommend using it to massage the head, use salt masks. For procedures should take fine salt or grind in a coffee grinder to this state coarse.

Sea salt is still preferable for dandruff. Before massaging the hair wet the hair, take the salt in the palm of the hand and rub it with massage movements in the roots of the hair. The duration of the procedure should be 10-15 minutes. After it for the same amount of time the hair is left in this state and then washed off.

For masks with salt resort to other components that can not only get rid of the problem of flaking skin, but also revitalize and strengthen them. Here are a few options:

• Combine a tablespoon of salt, egg yolk and a teaspoon of honey, mix well;
• add a few drops of one or more essential oils (cedar, eucalyptus, peppermint, tea tree, juniper) directly into the salt. These will be suitable even for dry, weakened strands;
• Mix the salt with kefir or yogurt;
• salt and baking soda are effective "partners" in the fight against dandruff. Soda is a very good cleanser, so together with salt acts as an excellent scrub that removes numerous keratinized particles. In addition, it is a well-known antiseptic, reduces inflammation, prevents the reproduction of fungal infections, eliminates itching, normalizes the acid-alkaline balance of the skin, makes hair soft and silky.

All masks are applied to wet hair by successively dividing them into strands and applying the composition in the places of the pores. Covering the entire surface of the head, it is covered with cellophane film and left for 30-40 minutes, then washed off with warm running water.

Use Dandruff salts during pregnancy

External application of salt for dandruff control is one of the safest methods both during pregnancy and for children.

Contraindications

Salt should not be used for hair in case of excessive dryness, presence of skin damage.

Side effects Dandruff salts

Frequent exposure to salt on the epidermis of the scalp can make the hair stiff, lead to loss of shine and elasticity, and dry out the skin and cause irritation.

Analogs

Help to get rid of dandruff special pharmacy shampoos and other folk remedies. A very good alternative to salt is tar soap or even ordinary laundry soap. Gives a good result rinsing the hair with decoctions and infusions of herbs such as sage, calendula, mint, as well as oak bark, onion husks.

Testimonials

Many appreciate the positive effect of salt on the elimination of dandruff, but emphasize the need not to mindlessly use recipes, but in accordance with the type of hair. In this case, they recall the expediency of application to the oily. It also makes sense to pay attention to internal problems, to establish a possible cause of sebaceous gland dysfunction.