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Itâs a sad and itchy day for those who, like myself, are rather fond of a glass (or two) of white.
I know when I drink too much white wine it can irritates other people⊠but until this week I had no idea it could irritate my scalp, too.
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In a recent Allure magazine article, Anabel Kingsley, a training trichologist (fancy word for scalp specialist) from the Philip Kingsley Institute, revealed a depressing link between your favourite vino and dandruff.
âDrinking white wine triggers the overgrowth of yeast in people who are prone to dandruff. It can also exacerbate too-fast skin-cell turnover, which can cause dandruff,â Kingsley told the magazine. Yikes.
Iâm currently struggling with two things: one, the overwhelming temptation to furiously scratch at my head, and two, the feeling Iâve been betrayed by a long-term friend.
A 2013 article on the Philip Kingsley website adds that alcohol's dehydrating effect on the scalp can exacerbate the likelihood of dandruff â and that white wine and champange in particular can irritate flakey or itchy scalps. Oh, man. This just keeps getting worse.
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