Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your teeth?

Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by anoncow on Sunday December 01, 2013 @02:03AM (#6826455)

I tried the no shampoo thing for a month. The result was extremely scaly, itchy scalp. So I used Ketoconazole + shampoo once. (Ketoconazole can cause dryness, flakes and hairfall; so I used very little of it). Had some dryness and some hairfall following the wash. The next two weeks were without shampoo. Now I intermittently use a "mild" shampoo like Johnsons baby shampoo every week or so and my seborrheic dermatitis is much better. So the nopoo thing is not so bad.

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by thaumasiotes on Sunday December 01, 2013 @02:32AM (#6826502)

My sister and I both suffered from dandruff while living near Santa Cruz, California. And we both found that it magically went away when we moved.

When I grow out facial hair, there's a particular spot on my upper lip that starts to flake, which I also think of as "dandruff". Kept shaven, it's asymptomatic.

Basically, there seem to be many mysterious causes and effects involved.

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by gojomo on Sunday December 01, 2013 @04:28AM (#6826704)

I'm curious: was your residence in Santa Cruz a misty/mold-conducive environment? What's the climate and household like where you moved to?

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Re:Brushing your teeth: no longer the best thing for your te... by thaumasiotes on Sunday December 01, 2013 @05:33AM (#6826796)

Foggy, yes.

We moved to various places -- Philadelphia, Shanghai, Costa Rica, Brazil. I can only really speak for Shanghai, which is incredibly hot with about 100% humidity in the summer (I have seen water pool on the floor of my building, just because there was so much in the air) and 1-4 degrees centigrade in the winter. I've never thought of it as misty.

Don't move to Shanghai for the weather.

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