Dandruff on the head can be caused by dietary factors, psoriasis, and seborrheic dermatitis. It can be removed by medication.
1. Dietary factors: it may be due to the body’s intake of B vitamins is too small, affecting the body’s metabolism, thus dandruff. Patients can take oral vitamin B complex or topical selenium disulfide and other drugs for treatment.
2. Psoriasis: It is mainly due to the scaly skin erythema or plaque caused by environmental factors, genetic factors, immune factors, etc. Dandruff can be formed when it occurs on the head. Dandruff can be treated by topical tazarotene, tacrolimus and other drugs, or oral methotrexate, cyclosporine A and other immunosuppressant drugs, avitamin A and other drugs, so as to remove dandruff.
3. Seborrheic dermatitis: mainly due to infection, autoimmune and other causes of inflammation, resulting in dandruff. Selenium disulfide lotion can be used externally, and oral antibiotics, such as roxithromycin or minocycline, are needed if necessary.
Dandruff can also be seen in other causes, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, to avoid delaying the condition. The medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.