What to do if your hair and face are oily

For people with oily hair, they cannot show their hair to others if they don't wash it for more than two days, and their face will only look fresh when they have just washed it. Especially for girls, oily hair and face will make them look unfresh. Oily hair actually means excessive oil secretion of the skin. The oil balance is broken and bacteria will breed. Therefore, many people with oily hair will have dandruff. If you want to improve it, you can choose to take some vitamin B.

I feel my scalp and face are oily and itchy, and I always think it is due to excessive moisture. In fact, it is because the oil glands of the scalp are secreting vigorously. The secretions make the scalp and face oily, and the hair greasy all day long. It will still be oily even if you have just washed it for a short time.

This is a series of problems caused by seborrheic dermatitis. Seborrheic dermatitis is caused by excessive oil secretion from the scalp, oil imbalance, bacterial growth, and a mixture of dust and dandruff. It starts from the two temples, forehead and the middle of the top of the head, and spreads to the entire top of the head over time.

Patients with seborrheic dermatitis should first focus on the health and care of their hair. They should eat a light diet, avoid high-calorie or irritating foods, maintain a regular lifestyle, get enough sleep, and reduce psychological stress.

Traditional Chinese medicine treatment mainly focuses on clearing heat, cooling blood, and moistening dryness, and can be combined with oral administration of B2 and B6. Some Chinese medicine practitioners also believe that oily scalp is usually related to liver fire, and recommend soaking your feet in hot water every day to stimulate the acupoints.

Effective ways to improve seborrheic dermatitis:

1. Maintain the balance of scalp oil secretion

Avoid using shampoos containing large amounts of potassium hydroxide and sulfate salts (also called SLS shampoos). These shampoos are most likely to damage the scalp's natural barrier, leading to oil secretion disorders, and thus causing a series of scalp problems such as oiliness, itching, and hair loss. Most shampoos on the market are of this type, so you need to choose carefully when purchasing.

It is recommended to use non-ionic ingredients instead of SLS ingredients, which have strong cleansing power, can balance oil secretion and protect the health of the scalp. Common non-ionic shampoos mostly contain coconut oil-based glucoside as the main ingredient, such as Austria's Biomengxuan organic shampoo, which has strong scalp protection and hair care capabilities.

2. Oral B vitamins

B2 and B6 regulate and inhibit the secretion of fat, and have the functions and effects of providing skin immunity, promoting skin blood circulation, and improving sebaceous glands, etc. Vitamin B2 and B6 are common methods for treating seborrheic dermatitis and are widely used in the treatment of seborrheic dermatitis.

3. Chinese medicine prescription

15 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum, black sesame, wild chrysanthemum, Kochia scoparia, white moss peel, raw rehmannia, Tribulus terrestris, and Notopterygium wilfordii, and 12 grams each of Cortex Moutan and Paeonia lactiflora.

Dosage: Decoction in water, 1 dose per day, 2 times. Avoid tobacco, alcohol and greasy food during the medication period.

4. Dietary taboos

Patients with seborrheic dermatitis should avoid eating foods such as ginger, coriander, kohlrabi, toon, and chili peppers. It is recommended that they eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, such as apples, pears, bananas, oranges, etc.

Avoid using aniseed, prickly ash, pepper, cumin, fennel, cinnamon, mustard, mustard oil, chili sauce, hot pot seasoning, instant noodle seasoning, etc. Also avoid drinking any kind of alcohol (including liquor, beer, and wine).