Dandruff has been plaguing and embarrassing humans since the dawn of time, and humans have been trying to eradicate it for just as long. Dandruff is usually accompanied by an itchy scalp and little white specks covering the shoulders. It is not pleasant and it can certainly be embarrassing. The good news is that it can be treated. There are of course hundreds of products on drug store shelves for helping to alleviate dandruff.

Most of them are a bit pricy and they aren’t all effective, but there are home remedies for curing dandruff that have been proven to be effective over several centuries of use.

These proven home remedies for combating and curing dandruff are much less expensive that what can be found on the shelves of your local pharmacy or discount store and at least as effective as and probably more effective than anything that you can buy.

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Use the gel found in the leaves of the aloe vera plant. Rub this gel into the scalp and be very generous with it. The more you use, the more effective the cure will be. Let the gel sit on the scalp for 10 or 15 minutes and then wash your hair as usual. If this is done regularly, you will never have dandruff again. For stubborn cases of dandruff, use a mixture of almond oil and olive oil. Apply to the scalp. It will start to burn but wait about five minutes and then wash it off.

Boil some neem leaves and then cool and strain. Rinse your hair after it has been shampooed with this solution. Massaging your scalp with warmed coconut oil can help to clear up a case of dandruff. Massage the scalp well when you apply the warmed cocoanut oil and let it sit on the scalp at least 10 minutes before you shampoo.