BACKGROUND Cuscuta reflexa (C. reflexa) is a parasitic climber of medicinal importance. The present study was aimed to evaluate the nutraceutical potential of C. reflexa stems collected from different hosts and to evaluate the role of the herbal formulation in dandruff, hair fall control as well as hair growth promoter. MATERIALS AND METHODS Hair formulations of C. reflexa collected from diff...

BACKGROUND Topical over-the-counter remedies exist to aid in the control of seborrheic dermatitis and chronic dandruff on a superficial level. Low-dose systemic oral nickel and bromide therapy has shown promise in providing improvement and eventual clearing of the disease. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to further evaluate the effect of an orally administered low-dose, homeopathic mi...

Dandruff is a common scalp condition. The immune-microenvironment of dandruff skin remains poorly characterised and the hair follicle’s physiological immune privilege (HF IP) status in completely unknown. We hypothesised that latter might be important context dandruff-associated inflammation as HF IP expected to impact on overall immunophysiology. analysed expression biomarkers (CD200, MHC clas...

The Malassezia furfur fungal infection leads to dandruff formation. Dandruff cannot be fully eliminated but can only effectively controlled. This study intends formulate and evaluate the polyherbal anti-dandruff shampoo. prepared formulation not cleans dirt also makes hair soft lustrous promotes growth. eliminates use of harmful chemical ingredients that damages hair. uses various herbs like Ne...

We performed clinical trials to evaluate the therapeutic effects of Foltene in patients of the several types of hair fallings. Thirty patients with male pattern baldness, alopecia areata and seborrheic alopecia were included in this study. Foltene was applied every other day for 40 days, and followed by maintenance therapy of twice application a week. The duration of whole therapy was 6 months....

Hair shedding and hair thinning have been reported to be affected by dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis. The present study was conducted in 150 men presenting with telogen effluvium related to androgenic alopecia associated with dandruff. They were randomly allocated to three groups receiving each one of the three shampoos in the market containing either 1% ketoconazole (KTZ), 1% piroctone ola...