Dandruff is a condition which is portrayed by over the top chipping of the skin on the scalp. It is anything but difficult to identify dandruff as it shows up as little, round, white-to-dark fixes on the scalp. Dandruff is normally went with dryness and mellow tingling and its seriousness increments amid winter. While dandruff can be controlled with customary shampooing and hair care, in extreme cases it requires cured shampoos. 

What Causes Dandruff Formation? 

Horrible eating routine, poor cleanliness, hereditary manner, hormonal lopsided characteristics and contaminations add to dandruff. Over the top utilization of hairsprays and hair gels, inappropriate utilization of hair-shading items, unnecessary utilization of electric hair stylers, dry indoor warming, tight fitting head gears or scarves, rare shampooing of the hair, insufficient flushing of hair, stress, uneasiness and strain decline dandruff [1]. 

Parasitic Activity 

Dandruff is caused dominatingly by a typical organism called Malassezia globosa. While this organism lives on the scalp of all solid people, an expansion in contagious dimensions causes a provocative reaction prompting skin chipping and dandruff. 

Seborrheic Dermatitis 

Seborrheic dermatitis is a variety of dandruff that explicitly influences portions of the body which are unreasonably sleek or sebaceous, influencing grown-ups. It will in general backslide and its hidden causes could be hereditary and hormonal impacts. Different variables could be pressure and insusceptible inadequacy ailments. 

Dry Skin 

Individuals with dry skin show dandruff like manifestations on their scalp as littler drops. The manifestation is likewise obvious on legs, arms and different pieces of the body. 

Contact Dermatitis 

At the point when an individual encounters a hypersensitive response by utilizing such a large number of hair-care/styling items or on the off chance that he/she shampoos over and over again, it can result in dandruff. Paraphenylenediamine, an essential constituent in hair color, is likewise a noteworthy reason for contact dermatitis. 

Cured Shampoos Vs Home Remedies 

Over-the-counter shampoos contain tar, salicylic corrosive, selenium sulfide, zinc pyrithione or ketoconazole. These shampoos work by backing off cell turnover and may decrease the quantity of malassezia. Be that as it may, these shampoos must be utilized for a significant lot (ordinarily for couple of months), leave scalp skin dry (which prompts visit scalp disturbance) and are additionally known to stain light shaded hair [1]. 

You probably won't have a decision yet to swing to these to treat a particularly terrible dandruff breakout or if the issue is steady or every now and again repeating. In any case, for most by far of the populace milder, normal cures may do the trick. Neem oil, vinegar, coconut oil and lemon juice are generally prescribed. 

By what method Can Lemon Help? 

Lemon juice contains citrus extract, a powerful purging operator that expels overabundance sebum and dandruff particles from the scalp and hair and keeps up pH levels that are perfect for skin wellbeing. 

Lemon squeeze additionally contains nutrient C and flavonoids, whose antioxidative, anti-microbial and antifungal properties have been observed to be helpful in lessening and treating dandruff.

Dandruff has additionally been connected with zinc deficiency.3. Follow measures of zinc in lemon juice could likewise, along these lines, add to its viability against dandruff. 

Ayurvedic writings prescribe rice water, neem juice, and lemon juice for dandruff treatment. An investigation which looked at the adequacy of these common cures found that lemon juice was 70– 75% successful in the treatment of dandruff. It was observed to be profoundly compelling temporarily however with decreasing viability when utilized on a more drawn out term basis.4 

Note: Caution must be practiced with over-use of lemon squeeze as the citrus extract content in lemon will in general strip hair of its common shading after some time.