hi beautiful today we're talking about
some really fun stuff
which is all kinds of scalp issues scalp
care has been
very trendy right now every hair care
brand is coming out with scalp stuff
and things to hydrate your scalps things
to exfoliate your scalps and everything
in between if you have any scalp issues
today is your day
we're going through them all we're
breaking them down and by we i mean
dr mike and i i don't want to give you
guys medical advice on something i don't
know about
so i invited dr mike over to better
explain these things and just uncover
some truths and some lies about each
topic
we're gonna go over some naturopathic
naturopathic
things what am i saying naturopathic
treatments guys that's what it is and
some things you can buy in the store to
help treat your scalp issues
i'm gonna grab dr mike let's do it
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hey beautiful i mean dr mike welcome to
the channel
today we'll be talking about a dandruff
dry scalp and psoriasis
you're gonna help the common peoples
understand these three things and we're
gonna decipher
what is the differences between them all
and how do you treat them
yeah there's so much overlap there's so
much confusion i'm suffering with some
dry scalp dandruff myself
so we are the common people all right
let's do it we're going to start with
going over
the differences between dry scalp
dandruff and
psoriasis what's interesting of all
three of them the symptoms are quite
similar i'm gonna see flaking
although they're gonna be different size
flakes for different conditions
itchiness
redness of the scalp so it's really
important to distinguish which one of
these three conditions it is because the
treatments are somewhat different when
it comes to dry scalp
we're simply talking about dryness of
that skin layer that's it there's
nothing else going on okay when we're
talking about dandruff we're actually
talking about a medical condition called
cyboriatic dermatitis i know
so boreatic dermatitis that's good look
at that i'm about to
give an honorary doctorate degree right
now we only have theories as to why
dandruff happens right
either too much oil production by your
scalp because there are hair follicles
and there's oil glands that naturally
occur there but if you have too much
it can become a problem there's a lot of
turnover so you're flaking another thing
that could happen
there's actually fungi that live on our
scallops and our skin that's normal the
fungi the fungi
have to be there i'm a fun guy
and these fungi the specific one is
malassezia furfer
and these fungi actually live naturally
and it's fine but when we have an
overgrowth of them they actually release
this compound this acid that creates
irritation of the scalp and what's
interesting it actually ties into that
oil
thing that we talked about earlier
because if you have a lot of oil that
fungi actually eat that oil and that's
why they create that product so perhaps
both are true and then the final one is
you said psoriasis yes that's an
autoimmune condition where your own body
is actually creating inflammation and
you get
plaques you get the same flaking but
with a lot of redness and the thing to
keep in mind with psoriasis
is it's not limited to the scalp if it's
happening it potentially can be
happening in other areas of your body
and
internally as well it's possible that
this high inflammatory state can be
going on in your blood
vessels in your joints you have to
monitor it basically and you have to
have a doctor on board for that i
brought some goodies oh
first we have an oldie but i guess a
goodie
yeah head and shoulders clinically
proven to help restore scalp's natural
moisture
infused with almond oil pyrothione
that was good it has two functions one
it has some anti-fungal activity for
that melazaza that yeast but it also
helps with the decreasing of
flaking it makes sense why this specific
product has been so successful over the
years and this one you could use
more often than with some of the other
treatments that when we talk about
dandruff or
psoriasis you don't want to be using
them too often too many times a week
whereas this you could use as your sort
of daily or every other day shampoo this
would be like really targeted towards
dandruff but also help with some dry
scalp as well
especially like this one has an oil in
it i think when you're using any kind of
these natural oils whether it's almond
oil coconut oil tea tree oil it's really
important to know that it works well
for dry scalp and some cases
of dandruff you have dandruff caused by
too much oil production and then you're
putting more oil that can make the
problem worse so
my recommendation to my patients is if
they have moderate to severe dandruff is
to not use any kind of oil get it
checked out first just because your
scalp looks dry it doesn't mean you have
the lack of
oil the eggs actually on your scalp it's
so counterintuitive yeah like how the
body works
in blue selenium sulfide one percent
helps prevent and eliminate
itchy scalp and visible flakes works
well for dandruff
specifically because you have
anti-fungal activity antibacterial
activity
as well as that decreasing of skin
turnover for a sales and blue product if
we read the instructions i'm almost
positive that it'll say to not use it
daily for best results use at least
twice a week or as directed by a doctor
so that's why you're the doctor
that one can be a little bit more harsh
and if you overuse these products you
could actually create another problem so
like you don't want to be overusing
these specific ones
oh the fancy one is it fancy
they just can't do it because wait until
i tell you the ingredient you're going
to be like there's no way that's angry
it controls redness intense itching and
flaking of severe scalp conditions
dandruff psoriasis seborrheic dermatitis
which
cyborg dermatitis is very similar to
dandruff if not the same thing
ready for the main ingredient yes coal
tar and what is that
right you would think like coal tar do i
want that on my scalp
actual coal it's actual coleslaw mixed
with tar well i don't know like how they
mix it chemically speaking but this is a
product that i wouldn't use for just
simple dry scalp
this is something that i would use for
psoriasis or
cyboriatic dermatitis also you don't
want to use this
daily but again similar mechanism of
action some anti-fungal activity
some um cytostatic activity which means
again decreased
cell turnover do you like using fancy
terms because it makes sense yeah
and you went to medical school so you
have to use fancy three i use i like i
learned that i spent time learning so
i'm like i'm just gonna
i find it interesting that all the ones
we just went over have different
active ingredients yeah i didn't know
there was different levels to it well
just like when you go
look for a pain reliever let's say an
over-the-counter pain reliever you have
so many options you have ibuprofen
naproxen
they're different but in reality they
all accomplish the same goal so this is
doing the same thing
some of them are better for other
purposes like the head and shoulders is
the daily one the sell some blue is the
one you have to use twice a week for
dandruff this is
really like the go-to for psoriasis
treatment does a good job for mild
psoriasis cases because
unfortunately we have no cure for
psoriasis or
dandruff we only have treatments so
symptom control i have no idea what this
is
ever clean this is salicylic acid it
says anti-dandruff shampoo
for relief of itching and scalp flaking
associated with dandruff psoriasis and
seborrheic dermatitis and
the main ingredient is salicylic acid
like i just said 1.8
i've battled with acne when i was
growing up and i would use some of those
um
you know the pads that you could use i
forgot they were called yes one of their
main ingredients was salicylic acid as
well because it basically breaks down
that superficial layer of skin the
medical term is
corrado lytic corrado is the skin layer
lytic means it's breaking through
when you have psoriasis and you have a
build up of these dead skin cells this
can help break through
in fact when dermatologists like make
their own products and they compound
different formulas they put this plus
some of the other ingredients in the
other ones
yeah salicylic acid is actually found in
a bark of a tree
and some leaves so technically i mean i
don't know how they made this specific
product but if you're extracting it you
can get salicylic acid naturally i love
a good natural treatment yes
a lot of folks will look at a label and
sometimes get worried because there's
long names
and a lot of those are like perfectly
safe and we should not be scared
of all chemicals because chemical
carries like a bad connotation or like
even toxin that like
people like oh it's a toxin if we're
being honest like water can be a toxin
right so it's the dose that makes the
toxin we are moving on to
naturopathic treatments really important
for everyone at home to know
natural does not always equate to safe
first up we have tea tree oil which is a
common
treatment atrial has really good
evidence for it like decent evidence for
mild
daily yeah wow it is uh antifungal i was
always like an irritant though
salicylic acid is an irritant but it
also helps shed off that you know layer
of skin that's unhealthy
so it helps remove some of that flakes
allows the healthy scalp to come up so
tea tree oil
has some of the same benefits and it's
the one that actually has some clinical
research behind it
it also helps with itchiness like
because the last thing you want to do
when you have any of these conditions is
scratch because you could actually do
more damage and then it takes longer for
it to heal and tea tree oil can help
relieve some of that itchiness
up next we have something that i've
talked about a lot on my channel which
is coconut oil okay
i hate people put coconut oil into
everything and people that love it
refuse to believe that it's not good for
you
what do you think about it yeah so
coconut oil is a great
moisturizer out of the three conditions
we have coconut oil can potentially work
and it can help moisturize
however for the dandruff where we said
too much oil production you throw
coconut oil in there
now you could be making your condition
worse it really depends on what's going
on
and what your diagnosis is in general
have the claims surrounding coconut oil
been overblown yeah i would say so i
also heard that it kind of
puts a film on your skin and doesn't
allow more moisture to
come in is that true for some people yes
um it really depends
on the natural state of your skin if
your skin senses that it's already
well hydrated it could potentially shut
down some of its moisture producing
properties if you
try and overdo something your body will
just decrease the amount that it
produces so you can't really trick your
body into over performing
moving on to aloe vera one of my
favorites
not only uh for scalp health i also love
it for
sunburn that along with tea tree oil
probably has the best evidence behind
working for dandruff because it is
moisturizing it is
having antioxidant properties
anti-inflammatory properties it's a good
choice for a lot of people so this is
like where natural product shines
apple cider vinegar this is my arch
nemesis
oh no this is my art sounds because my
patients think that
apple cider vinegar treats everything
it's not a miracle thing like i want it
to be but like
i didn't go to medical school for 10
years and just prescribe apple cider
vinegar to everybody like i wish it was
that simple there's very little proof
in fact a lot of people like to tote
apple cider vinegar as being
anti-inflammatory there's no evidence
for that it's unbelievable that people
can just
it's marshall it's marketing yeah and it
becomes a big thing
well look like i say sometimes
complicated words like cytostatic right
if you start throwing in those words
along with apple cider vinegar people
can be like i don't really understand it
but this person sounds smart they're
using complex language and people
unfortunately get tricked by these
marketers that's actually why i even
wanted to start my youtube channel was
because i wanted to educate people so
that they don't get tricked into
false theories like this and it doesn't
mean apple cider vinegar is evil or bad
it just means that the claims that come
with it that people say that cures all
these things it's just not realistic
okay so i wrote down a treatment plan
that i thought of before you came today
that i would do if i had
one of these issues the first thing
would be a healthy diet
everything starts with a healthy diet
yeah and a healthy diet means something
different for everybody
there's no one magical solution that
works well for everyone i wrote down
veganism
in particular are you vegan yes i don't
know how much it's helped because i've
done a lot of other things also
before you were vegan what kind of diet
were you following it was a lot of
alcohol
a lot of partying which also i'm sure it
contributed to
this skin issues then i would go home
and like eat a bag of chips and
chocolate and like ice cream and chicken
and
so it was just oh that would not
contribute to a healthy scalp
what you switch from is just as
important as what you switched to
let's say you were eating a healthy
plant-based diet like a
mediterranean-style diet where you had
some chicken or some fish and then you
switched to veganism would you have seen
all those
positive effects that's true but
switching from the lifestyle you were
going there because veganism really is a
lifestyle it's not just
the types of foods you eat so the fact
that you changed up your lifestyle
completely
that makes veganism really powerful and
for some people that works really well
and i never forced it upon patients
because it's very specific lifestyle
in general trying to increase the amount
of fruits and vegetables plants in your
diet is really important because we're
under eating those yeah from a fiber
standpoint from a vitamin standpoint
that will
all help to scalp you feel better in
general um whether or not you have to
eliminate certain foods that's really
individual dependent so
my next thing is easy i think drink
water i think that's compatible with
life
no because if you're truly dehydrated
that alone can cause dry skill your body
will literally take the hydration from
areas that are not vital to your life
your circulation is very vital if you
don't have enough blood flow and blood
is
made up of a lot of water you will lose
your blood pressure you will not get
vital circulation to your brain your
kidneys your liver
emma never drinks water well emma you
got to drink water i literally do not
drink water
because your body's made up of pretty
much water and you need it for your
scalp and your health you wonder why
your scalp is dry sometimes
it's looking pretty good lately what are
you doing water it was just really dry
that one time
it really was like my scalp never dry
well you know what another thing that
causes dry scalp
sometimes and this may or may not be
what happened to you is something known
as contact dermatitis
where you use a product a cream you wore
a hat
or something that had a reaction to your
skin just like how it would happen on
your regular skin but it happens on your
scalp and it can cause that flaking
dryness but as soon as you remove that
product it goes away that's why i think
uh one of your recommendations that i've
heard you say in the past is to not use
scented products
and scented products can cause that
contact dermatitis
uh then i have unscented shampoo that is
well balanced
and does not provide too much moisture
but just enough because too much
moisture can throw off the balance of
your skin is what i wrote before he came
here today okay we talked about that
right because like
you over supplement your body your body
a bit all right we're good so we won't
do our own thing
um yeah completely i'm impressed with
myself i said use a boar bristle brush
to distribute oils and exfoliate scalp
is that gonna be too harsh or is that
okay so you just need to be gentle when
you do do it
because some exfoliation is okay and in
fact when you brush your scalp you're
actually increasing circulation to the
air you're removing the dead skin cells
but if you do it too much or too rough
you can actually cause damage or make
the problem worse but the board bristle
brush is good for distributing those
oils
because imagine if you have excess oil
in the scalp and you distribute it
evenly throughout your hair
now you're getting nice looking hair and
you're removing it off your scalp so
that
fungi can't get to it do not pick at
your scalp which is
pretty self-explanatory self-explanatory
but people do it a lot
yeah and you can't blame them like they
feel something there or they want to get
it off but the more you pick the more
it's going to get worse
it's really like it's almost like
chicken pox it's addicting the more you
scratch the more it grows
lastly have patience healing takes time
did you put that in because i treat
patients yes okay
yeah absolutely healing takes time like
even over-the-counter treatments they
take weeks to work so people think like
i use this product and it didn't go away
it will never go away off a single time
so like dry scalp is probably one that
will go away quickest if it was caused
by a product that you got rid of
now is healing or if you just needed
some moisturizing and you solved that
problem
it can go away as well but dandruff
psoriasis those are the ones are going
to take some time to treat so
yeah absolutely be patient i love that
so like even if your diet change or your
water intake doesn't
affect your scalp the next day it could
happen months down the line
what do you think about that treatment
plan of mine i think it's amazing i
think
you're focusing on the right things the
things that are within your control
a lot of times when we're sick whether
it's with your scalp or anything in our
bodies we lose control so taking back
control and using the things that we
have at our everyday disposal is awesome
would you like to add anything
if it's moderate to severe get a
doctor's opinion on what you should go
with that's just because
we have to say that well no i don't want
a patient
going through a month's worth of
treatment when they have truly severe
psoriasis and also with psoriasis you
want to make sure they're health in
general as well
so unless it's mild to moderate that you
can safely usually do at home but
anything to moderate to severe you want
to start getting an expert's opinion on
what grade would you give that
oh hey that's perfect yeah that's about
that past medical school
yeah absolutely naturopathic medical oh
okay perfect
so dr mike thank you so much for coming
on here and
helping people that are suffering from
dry scalp psoriasis
and dandruff yeah the most common one
they're not life threatening they're not
pleasant and they're annoying but
they're dealable and you can
have some options at your disposal
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well there you have it you guys those
are all the ways to treat
your scalp issues well not all of them
but some major things that a lot of
people do that i wanted to highlight
hopefully that helps you out
deciphering which treatment best for you
and which maybe won't work at all
if you do have any scalp issues that are
lasting
and they will not go away like dr mike
said please
see a physician and get that checked out
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