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How To Overcome The Problem Of Having Dry Itchy Scalp?
my son is a year old and he has very dry itchy scalp. we have tried everything and nothing is helping. I was told he has some type of scalp problem call scalp follitocis Im sure I spelled that wrong, but hopefully you will know what I mean. He does not sleep at night because he can't stop digging at his head. Any advice please help because the doctors here has not so far.
Fri, 3 Jan 2014
Hi,
Thanks for writing to us.
In an year old child, dry itchy scalp could be due to seborrheic dermatitis or atopic dermatitis. Both are types of eczema.
Scalp folliculitis is characterised by red painful pus filled bumps and that seems unlikely in your child( as you have just mentioned dry itchy scalp)
To treat dry itchy scalp, use cetrilac scalp wash every alternate days. Apply it over scalp for five to ten minutes then wash off. Also apply steroid lotion like fluticasone lotion( flutivate E) twice in a day. If itching is severe, give cetrizine syrup half teaspoon once in a day.
Once scalp is clear, just continue with scalp wash and discontinue steroid lotion and cetirizine.
Cetrilac scalp wash would help in scalp folliculitis too.
Hope this helped.
Take care
Thanks for writing to us.
In an year old child, dry itchy scalp could be due to seborrheic dermatitis or atopic dermatitis. Both are types of eczema.
Scalp folliculitis is characterised by red painful pus filled bumps and that seems unlikely in your child( as you have just mentioned dry itchy scalp)
To treat dry itchy scalp, use cetrilac scalp wash every alternate days. Apply it over scalp for five to ten minutes then wash off. Also apply steroid lotion like fluticasone lotion( flutivate E) twice in a day. If itching is severe, give cetrizine syrup half teaspoon once in a day.
Once scalp is clear, just continue with scalp wash and discontinue steroid lotion and cetirizine.
Cetrilac scalp wash would help in scalp folliculitis too.
Hope this helped.
Take care
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