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HEAD SKIN

Shed

Features

Dandruff generally occurs on the scalp in two types - dry or greasy:

Dry dandruff is usually caused by excessive cleansing. If the care content of the products used for cleansing, especially shampoos, is not sufficient, the scalp dries out.
Oily dandruff, on the other hand, usually indicates a scalp fauna that is not in balance. In other words, the natural microbiome of the scalp is disturbed, which in turn stimulates the stratum corneum to form dandruff. Fungal diseases in particular can play a role here.

Dandruff of any kind is often accompanied by itching

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SKIN

Psoriasis

Features

Psoriasis is an inflammatory, non-contagious disease. It is primarily characterized by reddish, scaly skin changes that can itch. The chronic disease typically progresses in episodes - sometimes with more severe, milder or no skin problems at all.

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HEAD SKIN

Psoriasis on the scalp

Features

Psoriasis is an inflammatory, non-contagious disease that can also occur on the scalp, especially at the hairline.

Psoriasis is primarily recognizable by reddish, scaly skin changes that can itch. The chronic disease typically progresses in episodes - sometimes with more severe, milder or no skin problems at all.

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SKIN

Scaly skin

Features

Scaly skin is caused by the disturbance of the so-called protective layer of the skin, which is responsible for the balance between the death of old skin cells and the formation of new ones. The causes of scaly skin can be numerous. The protective layer of the skin itself consists of moisture and a lipid film.

The technical term for scaly skin is squama or pityriasis capitis.

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HEAD SKIN

Scaly scalp

Features

A scaly scalp is characterized by the appearance of visible, dry or greasy skin flakes that detach from the scalp and are often accompanied by itching.

This symptomatology can be attributed to a number of causes, including dry skin conditions, seborrheic dermatitis or psoriasis.

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HAIR

Scaly hair

Features

Dandruff is caused by the disruption of the so-called microbiome as a protective layer of the scalp. The microbiome is responsible for the balance between the death of old skin cells and the formation of new ones. If it is disturbed, an excessive amount of dandruff develops on the scalp, which is spread over the entire head by the natural movement of the hair.
The causes of scaly scalp can be numerous, often fungal pathogens.
In technical terms, scaly hair is referred to as pityriasis capitis.

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SKIN

Scrape

Features

An abrasion is a superficial wound in which the skin is damaged by abrasion. The skin is literally abraded. Depending on how hard and rough the surface is on which the skin is abraded, different types of abrasions can occur.

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SKIN

Seborrhea oleosa

Features

Seborrhea oleosa refers to increased sebum production of the skin, i.e. an oily skin condition. It usually occurs with a cornification disorder in the area of the sebaceous gland follicles and thus leads to acne.

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SKIN

Seborrhea sicca

Features

Seborrhoea sicca is characterized by a dry skin condition. Skin cells dry out prematurely, resulting in forced keratinization (scaling). The skin is drier than usual.

The development of seborrhea sicca can be caused by a dry environment, which causes the water content of the skin to evaporate prematurely, or the excessive production of the skin's own hydrolipid film.

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SKIN

Sensitive skin

Features

Sensitive / sensitive skin is difficult to define by concrete symptoms. In the first place, the skin is clearly more sensitive than other skin types.

While normal skin has ideal sebum production and an intact cell membrane complex, and sebum production is increased in oily skin, several circumstances come together in sensitive skin: It usually does not have sufficient natural protection from the skin's own cell membrane complex. Furthermore, its moisture balance is irritated. It therefore reacts more irritably to external factors.

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