Dandruff in teen daughter

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How best to treat please?

It's a newish problem...

Anti dandruff shampoo

Hasn't seemed to work sadly, though did buy supermarket own brand...

Dh uses head and shoulders clinically proven solutions - small bottle and more expensive

T-Gel and follow the instructions on the bottle.

Had same issue with my teen a few years ago, she has used Body Shop ginger shampoo and conditioner every since and no scalp/dandruff issues.

Another vote for T-Gel. It's pricey but it works (IMO).

Nizoral or T-gel but make sure to follow the instructions on them. Eg leave on for several minutes before rinsing.

Otherwise try a shampoo brush, they're great. Hope you can get it sorted for her OP, not nice for her as a teenager.

DD uses Body Shop ginger shampoo and it works perfectly.

Ds uses good old head and shoulders, not a flake seen since

Thanks guys !

Polytar if its frequent and not clearing up. You can get it in Boots and pharmacies so you could chat to one of the pharmacists about it. It's not the nicest smelling but not too bad and it's worth it for the results

I get bad dandruff about once a year - it's quite severe. I would recommend taking to a pharmacist.

Sorry cut off there. They are so helpful with these matters.

T gel, working on my scalp psoriasis. I have shoulder length hair and have found a little goes a long way.

My DD had this and my first go to was T-Gel as it was successful for me as a teen. It didn't work for DD at all. My hairdresser said to try H&S and it was gone within 2 washes.

I was v sceptical about H&S as I have heard mixed opinions but it definitely worked for DD.

Nizoral it's a an anti fungal shampoo, my gp recommended it. Only things that's worked for me

Agree with T gel. I used the main one (orange colour but smells strong like nit shampoo) and now when I have a flare up from eczema I just use the clear one which doesn’t have much scent.

Use a conditioner and it a mask too on long hair as it makes it knot much easier than regular shampoo.

Ketaconazole shampoo (I've had it on prescription but think you can get it over the counter to) Dd1 has used it with success to.

Nizoral

Nizoral works 100%

I've had dandruff off and on for years. T Gel, H&S, Polytar are no good for me. Every so often I have to use Nizoral for a week or two but I find the Superdrug Trichology dandruff range very good. It has a tonic to put on your scalp too & it's great. As recommended by Mumsnet.

Another vote for Nizoral, stick with it for a few weeks at least.

Coconut oil. I had dreadful flakiness, big chunks and it was awful. Tried every product on the market, but after twelve months of misery found this worked. OK, wash hair with gentle shampoo. Aveeno is good, then massage coconut oil in when dry. Voila.

I cannot believe it. I was in misery for many months, but no longer, ok there is a little going on, but NOTHING like before.

Both my dds have recently suffered with dandruff. I got a comb and kind of scraped their scalps with it to get all the dandruff off. Sounds barbaric but they both quite enjoyed it! There was absolutely loads, but then after washing the hair there wasn’t much and after a couple of days, nothing. I had to repeat this twice about a week apart and the dandruff pretty much disappeared.