Your hair-washing routine may be causing a dry, itchy scalp — here’s how derms recommend soothing it

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It started out as a simple itch on the lower back of my head and ended with a scratch that kept me up at night. Thinking the annoying red patch that had formed in that area was dry skin , I started treating it with dabs of petroleum jelly. But the itch didn’t stop until months later when my dermatologist prescribed an anti-inflammatory cream for what turned out to be seborrheic dermatitis, an extremely common skin irritation that can be caused by anything from an allergic reaction to a change

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