Comments on: Flake off

By: Heartburn Home Remedy

Heartburn Home Remedy — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 12:06:12 +0000

My fellow on Orkut shared this link with me and I’m not dissapointed at all that I came to your blog.

By: djhorserider

djhorserider — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 20:24:43 +0000

Very good stuff. They have been around a long time. – http://www.allsteroidsworld.com
I just got an order of sust 250 and Deca from them.

See you

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Wed, 27 Apr 2005 20:43:41 +0000

Wow. When I wrote that blog entry, it was pretty much just to be silly. I never thought I’d learn so much when I posted it!

By: Nigel Depledge

Nigel Depledge — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:33:58 +0000

To elaborate on ZorkFox’s comment: dandruff is caused by a relatively harmless fungal infection of the scalp. Selenium sulphide (apologies for the European spelling) is a generic antimicrobial agent. The topical steroids mentioned by gopher65 will typically be not so much steroids, but inhibitors of fungal steroid biosynthesis (these would be compounds like econazole, which is also in athlete’s foot powder). Fungi use a sterol called ergosterol in much the same way that mammals use cholesterol (it regulates membrane fluidity). Inhibition of the biosynthesis of ergosterol causes the fungi to stop growing (i.e. it has a fungistatic effect); this gives your immune system the chance to destroy them.

By: ZorkFox

ZorkFox — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 02:11:20 +0000

Berkeley: the joke is that we WISH the shampoo would rid us of flakey people instead of flakes of dandruff (dead skin cells from the scalp). No shampoo really performs this function, obviously.

From: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/medmaster/a682258.html
“Selenium sulfide, an anti-infective agent, relieves itching and flaking of the scalp and removes the dry, scaly particles that are commonly referred to as dandruff or seborrhea. It is also used to treat tinea versicolor, a fungal infection of the skin.”

By: Berkeley

Berkeley — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 08:12:04 +0000

Selenium sulfide keeps the flaky people away?

By: The Black Cat

The Black Cat — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 18:54:02 +0000

Head and shoulders uses selenium sulfide. Neutrogena and similar shampoos use solubilized coal tar extract. I don’t know specifically how either chemical (or possibly chemicals in the case of Neutrogena) reduce flaking.