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.

By: gopher65

gopher65 — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:25:30 +0000

Some of the perscription anti-dandruf shampoos use topical steriods. They are for short term use only though. I doubt “Head&Shoulders” uses anything like that.

By: Berkeley

Berkeley — Thu, 21 Apr 2005 08:00:54 +0000

Ok, I think I understand a flake of what it means now.

However: Woo-woo does not appear in the dictionary reference… Wou-wou does, it is some kind of gibbon. Interesting.

Btw: Does the commercial say anything about how the shampoo works?

By: Peptron

Peptron — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:50:11 +0000

It indeed feels like an inside joke… If we go on http://www.dictionary.com, we can find that definition for “flake”:

flake
n.
1. A flat thin piece or layer; a chip.
2. Archaeology. A stone fragment removed from a core or from another flake by percussion or pressure, serving as a preform or as a tool or blade itself.
3. A small piece; a bit.
4. A small crystalline bit of snow.
5. Slang. A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball.
6. Slang. Cocaine.

(from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=flake)

Seems somewhat obvious to me that the intended meaning was the fifth, and even more obvious when we know what the content of the site is, especially the “debunking” sections. If that’s what was intented, I want that shampoo too!!

By: teddyv

teddyv — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:27:39 +0000

Berkeley, a “flake” is a good synonym for a woo-woo, though not exclusive to them.

By: Jim Ebel

Jim Ebel — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 16:14:14 +0000

Berkeley, a flake or a flaky person is a someone who is unreliable, stupid, crazy or all of the above.

By: Christopher Ferro

Christopher Ferro — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:13:38 +0000

Flake: noun. Slang. A somewhat eccentric person; an oddball.

from dictionary.reference.com

It can also have a slightly stronger connotation, meaning someone who has a tenuous grip on reality.

CJSF

By: Michelle Rochon

Michelle Rochon — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 11:47:59 +0000

Shampoos are getting more and more effective, isn’t it!

By: Berkeley

Berkeley — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:40:33 +0000

For the ones that are not USAian, what does flake mean when it doesn’t mean flake?