What causes dandruff?

Dandruff is a common condition and affects the scalp and causes flakes of skin to appear. The skin cells continually renew themselves. When the skin-cell on the scalp renew themselves, they push the dead cells to the surface of the scalp. For a person who is prone to dandruff, more dead cells are shed, thereby making the dandruff noticeable.

Dandruff can be caused by these factors:

• the sebaceous glands in the scalp produce too little oil.
• stress
• poor hygiene of scalp
• of an underlying fungal infection of the scalp.
• overuse of shampoos
• chemical based hair treatments
• weather conditions