How to Use Vinegar for Dandruff? | Styles At Life

Dandruff is a skin condition of the scalp in which the scalp skin becomes flaky. These flakes appear on your clothes and hair, and your head feels itchy all the time. Sometimes, dandruff can be a serious disease, but it still can be treated by taking the correct measures.

Dandruff Is Caused By Number of Reasons, Commonly:

There are 5 Major causes for dandruff are as follows.

• Dry scalp.
• Growth of fungus and bacteria on the scalp.
• Not washing hair correctly.
• Product build-up.
• Eczema.

How Does Vinegar Treat Dandruff?

• Good thing about Dandruff is that it can be treated naturally at home, by the use of vinegar.
• Vinegar has acetic acid that kills and prevents the growth of fungus, yeast or bacteria on the scalp. It removes any product build-up on the scalp and make it squeaky clean, hence treats dandruff well. Apple cider vinegar and White vinegar are the only types of vinegar that can be used for the treatment of dandruff and here is how.

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How to Use White Vinegar For Dandruff :

There are two ways in which you can use white vinegar to treat your scalp.

Method One:

• For the first method all you are going to need is some white vinegar.
• Start by gently massaging the vinegar onto your scalp.
• Use your fingertips while massaging and not your nails, as it can make the dandruff worse.
• Keep on applying the vinegar on the scalp until it’s covered with vinegar, after that leave it on for anywhere between 15 to two hours.
• If you want to leave it on for overnight, you might want to add few spoons of water to the vinegar, after that massage as usual, cover your head with a towel and leave it overnight.
• Wash off with a mild shampoo after the desired time.

Method Two:

• Shampoo your hair as you normally do.
• After that take one part of white vinegar and three parts of water and mix it well.
• Now pour this mixture into your hair and gently massage your scalp for 3-5 minutes.
• Rinse with plain water and let your hair dry naturally.

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How to Use Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)  For Dandruff Treatment:

Again, there are two ways in which you can use ACV to treat dandruff, but the proportions vary as compared to white vinegar.

Method One:

• Take 1/4th cup of apple cider vinegar and mix in 1/4th cup of water in it. Massage this mixture on the scalp and leave it in for anywhere between 30 minutes to several hours.
• It will kill any kind of bacteria that is growing on your scalp.
• After that wash off with a mild shampoo. Try using a shampoo made for treating dandruff, or even baby shampoo works fine.

Method Two:

Use a baby shampoo or any mild shampoo to wash your hair.

• Mix equal portions of apple cider vinegar and water and pour it in your hair.
• Massage for at least 5 minutes and then rinse off with plain water.
• Do not use blow dryer or any other kind of heat tools to dry your hair.
• Let it dry naturally.

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Some Important Tips And Points To Avoid Dandruff:

Here are the few tips to avoid dandruff are as follows.

• Many of us don’t rinse our scalp well after shampooing and this result in product build up, which in turn leads to dandruff. So, make sure to clean your scalp with water properly after every time you shampoo.
• Dandruff or no dandruff never uses your nails to massage your scalp, as it can damage the skin on the scalp.
• Use a mild shampoo that is free from parabens, silicone and other harmful chemicals.
• Vinegar has a foul smell, but it will eventually fade once your hair is all dry so don’t worry about the odour.
• This treatment takes time to show results, but if you follow this religiously for minimum two weeks you will start seeing positive results.
• Feel free to change the proportion of vinegar to water in any of the above methods as you see fit.

If you have any other questions, leave them in the comments down below and I’ll be more than happy to help.

Have a nice day ahead.