Natural Remedies for Scalp Infections - Ted's Q&A

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DIDN'T READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY, NOW WHAT!

Posted by Sunny (Houston, Texas) on 11/11/2007

Dear Ted, I sent you an e-mail a while ago, and you answered, thank you. Regarding putting acv and hydrogen peroxide on my head and not following your recipe, but impulsively, putting 1 part h20 to 1 part hydrogen peroxide, and 1 part acv to 1 part h20. I saturated my head completely with this stuff and left it there for 24 hours. I think I gave myself a very good scalp burn. It has been almost 8 weeks, and I have lost about 3/4 of my hair! Is there any way to remedy the damage I have caused? I am thinking I am going to lose all of my hair since most of it is already gone. Will it grow back? And do you have any ideas to help heal the scalp?

Replied by Ted
Bangkok, Thailand
391 posts

To help regeneration of the scalp, some commercial aloe vera oil added in the topical gel applied to the head may help, at least for the burns, and aid healing. Certain supplements that I knew to help with hair growth includes biotin, sodium ascorbate vitamin C 1000 mg, weekly or twice weekly dose of evening primrose oil, and vitamin A and perhaps some gingko supplements for the microcirculation. A scalp massage to help with circulation is helpful. Asiatic pennywort (Thai is called bua bok) is a herbal drink that may aid some regeneration of damaged skin, but I don't know if that's available in U.S.

A lemon juice 2 tablespoon plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day would help the body normalize some excess acidity issues and should further help with the microcirculation.


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