Yes, I also have scalp odour. There were times it didn’t go away at all with shampoos & would become extremely strong after few hours. Now I learned to manage it, so that it becomes noticeable maybe only after 24hours+ or on good periods even longer. My tips:
-change pillow every time you wash hair; wash pillows at temperature of 60’-70’ Celcium; same for any hats
-add tea tree oil to shampoo (antifungal & antibacterial)
-sometimes let shampoo sit in hair for ~10mins if hair is particularly greasy and shampooing doesing fix it
-Coal tar shampoos, eg Neutrogena coal tar antidandruff shampoo or anything else; coal tar shampoos are the most effective
-Shampoos with salicylic acid, eg Home Health antidandruff shampoo
-Shampoos with zinc
-Shampoos with ketokonazole
-fixing excess androgens with androgen-suppressing drugs makes hair a bit less greasy & allows longer time between washes
-Sprays/lotions for scalp against hairloss that containt alcohol, eg Naturvital lotion against hairloss
-DIET! No meat, fried or unhealthy food (also possibly no dairy but not sure). Plant-based diet always improves the condition; if I consume meat I soon notice a negative change in terms of bb & scalp odour.
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Possible causes for the link between scalp odour & bb:
-Leaky gut syndrome: increased permeability of gut lining allows larger than normal amounts toxic substances & VSCs that are normally not absorbed enter the bloodstream, part of them can be released via skin & scalp. That is why, for instance, after eating garlic/onion the smell lingers on your breath and skin - because the VSCs released during digestion are absorbed into bloodstream - which will happen to different extent for everyone.
-The causes of Leaky gut syndrome are multiple (look up on the internet) and include food intolerances, sensitivities, allergies, Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, intestinal methanogenic overgrowth, small intestinal fungal overgrowth
-kidney & liver problems - the damage needs to be substatial, so that substances that are normally metabolized & excreted, enter bloodstrem and then evaporate through breath & skin. However, at that stage of the disease, there’re many more (worse) symptoms than odour
As you have mentioned your cause is inherited, it could be due to inherited metabolic issues:
1)Trimethylaminuria (hereditary mutation but could be secondary) - causes fishy or fecal smell from breath and all secretions (skin can be affected too);
2)SELENBP-1 mutation (hereditary) can cause bb that smells with dimethylsulfide (but unsure about the scalp);
3)any other metabolic disorders of which there’re plenty! Some inborn errors of metabolism will cause an unusual smell from skin & breath, but the smell will be present from birth, unless you have secondary metabolic insufficiency (eg hypermethioninemia due to liver cirrhosis)
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I also inherited this scalp condition, but my parent never had bb (unlike me).
Yeah I can relate, my sibling also had good genes and everything better really in every area however I look at it. You can’t change the cards life gave you, but you still have to play the game to the best of your abilities. And it’s best to compare yourself today with your previous self (you probably have heard it before) - it’s the only way to get over the pain of ‘unfairness’ and the best way to overcome any obstacles life throws at you.
Vivian wrote: ↑Sat Apr 26, 2008 7:49 pm
In speaking to my brother yesterday....he said our dad use to have that problem with his scalp. So I guess I inherit that from him.....but I also inherited his BB!!!! I know that for a fact, b/c the last time I visited him in Florida, his BB was so bad, that I (a BB sufferer myself) was embarressed for him.
Damn....why did my brother have to inherit all of the good genes...and I'm stuck with this nightmare!!!