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unscented products (Hair & Scalp Odor Problem)

posted by SBayGirl, 05.11.2007, 15:27

I agree that both bacteria and yeast can cause odor. (Yeast is classified as a fungus for some reason.) My scalp actually dried out AFTER I stopped using the NuvaRing. It was not flaky or dry before. It was actually normal during the time I was using the birth control hormones. (Normal meaning not dry or oily.) My hands and my arms were extremely dry which is not normal for me. Now my hands are still dry, but my arms are normal. My scalp is oily, which is normal for me.

I was washing my hair twice in the shower. You know, rinse and repeat. Funny thing was I noticed that when I went out of town two weekends ago, I didn't bring any special shampoos. I used the hotel shampoo. Rather than working the shampoo thoroughly through my scalp, I merely sudsed up the hair and gave it a good rinse. I did not encounter any smells from that weekend, although I am not sure if there is any SLS in the hotel shampoo. I did definitely eat well during that time.

I do think sometimes the odor might have been coming from the grease on my face, but as my hormones have regulated, my face is no longer as greasy as before when I was waiting to have my first period without the NuvaRing. So perhaps I was smelling something that was right under my nose. Strange in that it feels like I'm experiencing puberty again.

Nizoral A-D made my hair smell like ammonia, so I might use it for weekly treatments on the weekend, but definitely not during the week. I'm not sure if I'll need it now since I'm pretty sure my condition was hormonal. I normally wash my hair every day, but I tried going without one day on the weekend. Although I didn't have the foul smell of before, I smelled like someone who needed to wash her hair--a NORMAL smell rather than an abnormal one. That made me quite content.

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