Achieving the beautiful hair of your dreams starts with maintaining a healthy scalp. Strong, shiny, and voluminous hair grows from the root, which means nurturing your scalp health is the start of growing healthy hair.

However, many people suffer from common scalp issues such as dandruff or dryness, which can impact the scalp's health. Below, learn more about the role of the scalp in hair health and how you can achieve beautiful hair by targeting your haircare routine to promote scalp health.

Role of the Scalp in Hair Health

Your scalp is home to nearly 100,000 hair follicles responsible for holding each strand of hair. Since hair grows from each follicle on your scalp, healthy hair follicles grow healthy hair! Proper scalp care is essential not only to prevent conditions that affect the scalp, such as dandruff but to create an environment where strong and thick hair can grow.

Signs of a Healthy Scalp vs. Unhealthy Scalp

The first step in improving your scalp health is to assess its current condition. A healthy scalp should not have dryness, flaking, redness, or bumps.

If your scalp is unhealthy, you will likely have experienced one or more symptoms. Some signs of an unhealthy scalp include hair loss, thinning hair, dandruff, burning, itching, extreme oiliness, or bumps on the scalp.

If you have noticed these issues, it may be a sign that you should consider changing your scalp and haircare routine to promote better scalp health.

Causes of Common Scalp Issues

Various medical conditions can affect the scalp and interfere with your ability to grow strong, healthy hair. One common scalp issue is hair loss or hair thinning, which affects roughly 85% of men and 33% of women at some stage in their lives.

Various problems, including tension-based hairstyles, genetics, hormone issues, hormonal changes such as perimenopause, stress, medications, or damage from haircare products or styling products, may cause hair loss or thinning.

Itching, burning, or flaking on the scalp is another common problem that fungal infections, head lice, dandruff, psoriasis, dermatitis, or other similar medical conditions can cause. The treatment of these common scalp issues depends on the source of the issue.

However, all conditions can benefit from improving scalp health. Taking care of your scalp and choosing a targeted haircare routine based on your goals can help you improve the condition and appearance of your hair.

Tips for Promoting Scalp Health

Simple changes to your haircare and lifestyle routine can help promote a healthier scalp. A few tips to promote a healthy scalp include:

• Brushing your hair regularly and frequently is important for your scalp. This is because brushing helps move the oils around (sebum) and helps prevent an overproduction on the scalp by moving it down the hair shaft.
• Drinking enough water is also important for your scalp health. Regularly hydrating fights against a dry scalp and helps to promote circulation.
• Be mindful of how much heat you use on your hair from styling tools (blow dryer, flat iron, curling iron). Using heat occasionally is safe for your scalp, but using tools at too high of a temperature or too often can cause damage to your scalp.
• Carefully choose your hair care products and look for products with active ingredients suited to your needs.

Products and Treatments for Scalp Care

Neutriderm offers haircare products formulated with every scalp care need in mind. Our Anti-Dandruff Shampoo helps support those with conditions that cause dandruff, such as seborrheic dermatitis. This shampoo gently cleanses the scalp and helps manage excess sebum and dandruff flakes to promote a healthier scalp.

Our Anti-Dandruff Shampoo formulation uses an antifungal agent and is free of harsh chemicals, helping you keep your flakiness under control.

If you suffer from hair loss or thinning, look to the Neutriderm Hair Enhancer line, which includes a shampoo, conditioner, and hair enhancer lotion. Using sabal extract (naturally derived), these products and treatments help block DHT, an androgen responsible for many forms of hormonal hair loss.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Will improving my scalp care help my hair look better?

A healthy scalp is the foundation for healthy hair. Regardless of the cause of your scalp issues, taking care of your scalp can help you improve your hair's overall condition and appearance. Using products like Neutriderm, made with researched and evidence-based ingredients, can help promote a healthy environment for hair growth on a healthy scalp.

How can the Neutriderm Hair Enhancers range help me with hair loss or thinning?

The Neutriderm hair enhancer shampoo and conditioner contain a potent blend of ingredients to help reduce hair loss and improve hair thinning. These ingredients provide essential nutrients to the scalp, promote blood circulation for growth, and block DHT (a hormone responsible for many forms of hair loss).

How can I promote a healthy scalp?

Promoting a healthy scalp involves paying attention to several components of scalp care, such as the products you use and your haircare habits. Simple ways to promote a healthy scalp include performing regular scalp massages, sticking to a regular hair wash routine, limiting heat styling, and choosing products that contain active ingredients suited to your needs.