My son is 14 years old, and a very active teen-ager. He had a bad case of itchy scalp and dandruff. This problem had caused him to be conscious about his dandruff showing and scratching his head in the presence of other people. I became concerned myself, because apart from sharing the same hairbrush with him, I also want my son to come to school every day confident and not worry about these kinds of problems. I know how much it bothers him too since he has very black hair and the flakes are very noticeable.
We tried several brands of shampoos in the market to solve his dandruff problems, but nothing seems to work. They may keep the flakes under control for a few hours longer than regular
shampoo, but they really don’t address the head problems that some of us deal with. On certain weather conditions, my son complains that the itch seem to have worsened.
On one occasion, I was buying some medications from the drug store, a woman asked for Nizoral. I saw that she was handed a small plastic bottle of shampoo that says anti-dandruff on it. So I included Nizoral on my purchase too.
The bottle contained a Generic name for Nizoral which is Ketoconazole, so already had an idea that it is medicated. No wonder it costs more than other dandruff shampoos I have bought in the past. But with all the desperation to fix my son’s flake problems, I bought it and decided it is worth the try. I was ...