Hi! I’ve been experiencing the normal hair shedding & loss. However, I have also been experiencing itchiness of my scalp. Is this another side effect? Has anyone experienced this? Thanks! <3

I used to get scalp itchiness when I was younger because I found I am allergic to sulfates in foods and shampoos. Yep, wine casts are cleaned out with sulfates too. But skin issues are often related to vitamin deficiencies like B vitamins and D. This may take some detective work. I have found taking a mini omega-3 also helps with skin and eye dryness. My dietitian recommends using a small amount of olive oil in my daily salad dressing. Maybe it’s part of your skin shrinking? Detective work.

I had a little bit of itchiness at the beginning, and also had skin, not dandruff, peeling from my scalp, I put coconut oil or castor oil in my scalp once a week and that helped.

I didn’t have any itchiness but I do recall a hairdresser (not my regular one) saying I had little red spots on my scalp. No idea what they were & they were gone two months later. So it could be just how your body is responding or it could be more sensitive to something (like an allergy) or a deficiency. As @catwoman7 suggested: detective work maybe needed.

Before surgery my arms & especially legs would be crazy itchy most nights. I’d get bruises on my thighs from my scratching. Changed moisturisers, shower gels, razors, etc. but nothing helped. After surgery the itchiness was gone. It eventually started again after about two years but nowhere near as frequently or as bad. I believe it’s something in my diet but I’m not sure what exactly.

It could be due to the decreased fat in your diet. I know a lot of us complain about dry skin in general.