Its onset of winter and you have started to lose your sleep over dry white flakes in your silky tresses. Known as dandruff, this is a common problem found amongst the people. Let us try to understand the reason of dandruff. It could be because of dead skin. Flaking of the scalp causes dandruff. According to one theory, as body sheds dead skin so does the scalp and that explains arrival of dandruff at an excessive rate. Dandruff issue is also faced by oily skin people. Normally the belief is that only dry skin people have this problem but even oily skin scalp causes dandruff. So that makes it an universal problem irrespective of skin type.
People who perspire more also face dandruff problem. A different type of dandruff is caused by fungus on the scalp. In such cases, it will be hard to completely remove dandruff, however it can be controlled. There are several other reasons of this problem like cold weather, stress, use of hair sprays and gels, poor diet, certain conditioners, hormones and improper shampoo rinsing. Never try to ignore this issue as it can lead to more build up of dandruffs.
