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Dandruff -those dry, white flakes of skin, which you brush off your collar or shoulders, is harmless. But have you ever thought that why do we get dandruff? How it forms?
Let's know,
Dandruff is a condition in which our scalp sheds skin cells in the form of white flakes. A yeast called Malassezia globosa, is one of the mostly accepted reasons for causing dandruff.
This Malassezia globosa is naturally present on our scalp. If feeds on sebum and releases oleic acid. Some people are sensitive to this oleic acid and when it penetrates into the upper layers of the skin, it causes inflammation.
Hence, in response to this inflammation, the skin sheds a large number of skin cells at a higher rate. This cells then join together forming white flakes, which causes dandruff.
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