I have the itchiest scalp - used T-gel but it's still driving me crazy!

[Quootiepie]

I have had it milder before, maybe 2 or 3 years ago but for the last week or so it's been on fire! No amount of itching will relieve it, just washed with T-gel and it's flared up again. Last time I had it it was after using Herbal Essences shampoo, and I used it again at my mums and this happened, but it's been a week or so now! What will make it go away?

I had this when I switched to a tea tree oil shampoo. Reverted back to head & shoulders (boring i know) and in a few days it was fine again...

Maybe you have nits this time...

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I've been using H & S for sensitive scalps and it seems to work for my chronic itchiness

are you sure it's not headlice? sorry!

Just to add, I most certainly don't have nits

try warmed olive oil massaged into scalp just for a bit of relief?

I was so scared someone would say lice or nits The day before I was around about 4 or 5 kids... OMG How would I know? I had shingles on my head before, that wouldn't itch would it?

I have this fairly frequently QP

(once it WAS headlice, you must check

I find the very mildest shampoos help - I use green people one called something like "basic" or "scent free" or seomthing - it has no nasties in at all

and when it gets very bad I use Selsun blue, which does help

Will use H & S, I did change shampoo after using mums blooming herbal crap. Maybe it keeps flaring it up?

Do healice look like mini woodlice?

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you did ask!

the reason i mention it is that this happened to me (the itchy scalp) just after i'd had my hair coloured and i assumed it was an allergic reaction to the colour... but no...

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuurggggggggggghhh! OMG, if I have them how do I get rid? OMG OMG... I feel so violated! Will they drown if I put my head in the bath???

ok. totally get the yuck factor. hold on tight - you need to get someone to check your hair and scalp, preferably also combing through with a fine tooth comb.

btw it took about three attempts to find them in my v long dark hair (at the time, tis short and blonder now).

Theres no one here until between 10 and 12 tonight...

if I have them, are they biting me and burrowing in me??

is the itching localised? i.e. can you feel it especially towards the edges of your scalp?

and suckng your blood lol ....sorry couldnt resist hat 1

it's everywhere.

that might be hopeful then, quootiepie. headlice congregate around the edges of the scalp. however, you should still check carefully just in case.

QP - CALM!!
if it is just an itchy scalp, i found oilatum shampoo very good. quite expensive for a small bottle but use every time for a week and then jsut a couple of times a week.good luck.

It's beyond itchy, it's practically on fire. I have to sit with a really sore hairbrush for ages combing my scalp. What do nits do? Can I see them? Do they eat me?

Quootie, if you;ve been scratching and scratching then your scalp will be very irritated. As it heals it itches like mad.

You need to check for headlice, but I get this all the time when my scalp is irritated by something - and it only gets worse the more you scratch, until you change shampoo and also use something to calm it down.

ooo, a website says they don't jump, they transfer when you touch heads Although I did get into a waterfight and used a towel... maybe they were on a towel? It was clean though...