so theyre a week and a half old, i washed them on saturday, but ive got really really bad itchies.. atm i cant afford (or be bothered) to go out and get any herbies to make up a tea.. so my choices are: a bicarb wash knotty boy 'poo bar water rinse t-gel or any other 'poo i find in the bathroom its really bad! i just wanna scratch my scalp off ='[ help =[ iggy:
A bit of a scalp massage might help, in small firm-ish movements...not quite scratching, just to help your scalp with the natural shedding and stuff that brushing etc would usually have helped it with.
ive already had a good riff =] got no one to do a massage on me, and it dont feel the same when you do it yerself haha
When you do get round to going out, try some aloe gel. I found it really soothing on my scalp when it was being aggro.
ive got some cactus juice upstairs.. its juice from a cactus =] would that work the same? its a cooling gel, used on burns n stuff
Bro i had itchies like fuck when i started the process and they lasted ages, its something to do with not washing ur scalp properly apparently. Im not sure how long they last but im 18 months into the process going on 19 months and i still get the occasional bout of extreme itchiness. I have since found nothing that helps apart from a good Dr. Bronners trea treee wash, keeps em un-itchy for a while.
well i donts got any bronners, but i do put tea tree oil in with the bicarb =/ im tempted to use the KBoy 'poo bar, cause i know its good and stuffs, then ill see what happens. and im a sis, not a bro
good to hear. I was using kboy's poo, but i dont think i was rinsing out properly, so make sure you give em a good rinse!
I've just finished my first KB poo bar and while it seemed to tighten up my new dreadies a treat and keep the itchies at bay (for a couple of days at least), after a while it seemed to be making my scalp itch even more. This could be due to a) not rinsing it out fully, or b) the essential oils in it being a little too potent for my scalp. I'm not entirely sure which. I've just switched to bicarb and this seems to be staving off the itchies for a little bit longer (like 1 day ). It's also quite harsh and drying for my hair. I've found ACV is good for an itchy scalp too, as is rosemary tea, but nothing so far has been anything close to a miracle solution and 3 days between washes (I was a once a day girl b4 dreads) is the most I've been able to stretch it to before I've wanted to tear into my scalp with my nails. I've come to the conclusion that the only way to reduce an oily, itchy scalp is to really bite the bullet and greatly extend the time between washing in order to re-regulate oil production. Has anybody here actually managed to do this, 'cos easier said than done when your scalp is itching like a bastard after only 2 days without 'poo!!
see its weird, cause i got dreads and didnt wash for 6 days (i think) and i wasnt that itchy, but then only 4 days later, im nearly making my scalp bleed from scratching it so much, and i have to wash it again. its weird, and annoying. i think im just ganna end up washing twice a week anyway, its no big deal (until they fall oot)
rosemary also 'the bicarb, how are u mixing it? too much teatree adds tio itches..but a lil helps alot i leave it on a god bit and it gets rid of itches for biyt 5-6 days, then the daty b4 its wash day it gets itchy again its not hard to bite the bullety and extend toweards a week, just go as day longer then u think u can stand it till u get there thyme tea helps ioiliness, rosemary dandruff limmit the sea salt that may be really agrevating things or use it on dreads only carefuly avoiding the swcalp
ooooh it really was hard not to scratch, it was horrible. next time i wash im ganna either reduce or remove the sea salt, and reduce the amount of tea tree and see what happens how i mix it.. i put bicarb in a jug, add the salt, add the tea tree, put in the water, stir, dump on my head, catch in a bowl, pour back into the jug, back over my head, then repeat, then rinse it off
is it realli called poo bar? eww. I massages aloe onto my scalp and it was oh so soothing, do you have anything remotely like that around your gaff?
well, compared to what i have endured few months ago.. the itching subsided.. maybe its like the scalp is adjusting or something.. well, if you really wanna scratch it though, try using nail-brush as it is more harmless than any other method.. like scratching like a bonobo or something..
naah lux, its a shampoo bar but its too much effort to write that =] and atm i havent got any aloe. thinking about getting a plant, because i know for a fact that my mom wants one too. do aloe plants survive well outside?
