Can 7 year olds get dandruff? My daughter gets these white flakes on her scalp that are ugly and greasy. She washes her own her. I don't want people to think she has lice. Help!
2006-09-21 12:58:19 · 12 answers · asked by cherrycat79 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
Yes, but she may not be washing her hair well enough. It might be caked on shampoo. You are suppost to wash the shampo out of your hair for double the amout of time as you wash it. Check her out to see if she's washing it well enough.
Here is a quote from parentcenter.com:
"If your child washes his own hair, he may be using too much shampoo and not rinsing well enough. (The dried shampoo can come off in flakes that look like dandruff.) Show him how to use only a dime-size dollop of shampoo, and tell him to spend twice as much time rinsing it out as he does lathering it in."
2006-09-21 13:49:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is quite uncommon for kids at this age to have dandruff. Anyway, see to it that she is washing her hair regularly and better to check it yourself to make sure she rinses well after shampooing as this can cause the scalp white flakes because unrinsed shampo is quite irritating to the scalp. Try to change the shampoo she is using preferrably a mild kind suitable for kids. Apply a baby oil to her scalp while still damp ater bath and observe how it works. It is supposed to give a difference. Another point is to make sure she is getting adequate fluid intake and avoid over exposure to sunshine. Hope this helps.( If not then she probably really got dandruff ,use anti dandruff shampoo as Head and Shoulders,it is doing great.)
2006-09-21 20:19:31 · answer #2 · answered by ♥ lani s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its not uncommon. In the winter, my hair used to, and still does, get dry and causes me to have dandruff. I now buy two dandruff shampoos and a regular 0.99 cent bottle of shampoo and mix the three. It helps keep the dandruff to a minimum if any at all.
Just pay a little extra attention to her hair now and later in life, it will be her life. Show her what to do now and help her with it if you want.
I hope I could help.
2006-09-21 20:57:21 · answer #3 · answered by nmk9543 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, kids can get dandruff. Just ask her pediatrician for some prescription shampoo.
2006-09-21 20:02:45 · answer #4 · answered by UVRay 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this is called cradle cap and it is perfectly normal. talk to your pediatrician or do as my grandmother did and buy a very mild dandriff shampoo and leave it on over night. they might even sell dandriff shampoo for children. just check at walmart. usually they have everything
2006-09-21 20:05:20 · answer #5 · answered by wendy a 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tell her when she washes her hair to rinse it twice as long as she does now,, not gettin the soap out causes dry scalp, which is what it sounds like
2006-09-21 23:06:55 · answer #6 · answered by blwatson41 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps She isn't rinsing enough. This can cause flakes also. You could try head and shoulders. I don't think it's too harsh.
2006-09-21 21:37:21 · answer #7 · answered by Marge Simpson 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well any1 can get lice. it could be the shampoo. sometimes if u wash time the same kind of shampoofor awhile you can get it.
2006-09-21 20:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by tanya b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe she does not rinse well and that the build up of the shampoo or conditioner.
2006-09-22 07:24:30 · answer #9 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seven year olds DO NOT have cradle cap!
2006-09-22 02:32:41 · answer #10 · answered by tantalizin1 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋