# dandruff

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 18, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478 "2001-09-18T22:12:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Anubis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Anubis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anubis)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478/1 "2001-09-18T22:12:55Z")

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Dandruff is just dead flakes of skin as far as I know, unless someone can prove me otherwise. so why doesn’t everyone have dandruff? My head is as normal as yours, it gets dead skin flakes, so why do I not have dandruff but my brother or you or whoever does?

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2001, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478/2 "2001-09-18T22:25:05Z")

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PH imbalance. If the scalp is too alkaline, constant flaking. A vinegar rinse is a good permament solution, not that Johnson & Johnson is going to let it get around.

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**Author:** ![FloChi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@FloChi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloChi)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478/3 "2001-09-19T00:38:14Z")

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As far as I know, 50% of people suffer from varying degrees of dandruff. So it does affect alot of people (sorry I don’t have a cite, it is just something that I remember reading a couple of times)

And as it is a pH imbalance problem I don’t see how a vinegar rinse could be a **permanent** solution. I believe it could work for a while, but not permanently.

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**Author:** ![tsunamisurfer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a698b9/32.png) [@tsunamisurfer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsunamisurfer)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478/4 "2001-09-19T02:00:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \*  
> \*\*PH imbalance. If the scalp is too alkaline, constant flaking. A vinegar rinse is a good permament solution, not that Johnson & Johnson is going to let it get around. \*\*

Cite, por favor.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Duality](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.duality/32/4098_2.png) [@Mr.Duality](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Duality)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2001, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dandruff/82478/5 "2001-09-19T02:05:20Z")

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with short stiff bristles. They are a buck or two each at your local huge discount store. Use it as you shampoo and those flakes will wash away as you shower instead of falling on your shoulders at other times.