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Dean B (Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England) on 09/24/2011

I've been diagnosed with foliculitus of the scalp, I've used different antibiotics and also tea tree oil and lavender but it's not stopped the itching.

I've had it for 3 months now, and I've restarted taking the anti-biotics again and before I had lots of scabs and sores around the back of my head and crown but now they have gone, but I still have itching.... so I bought some ACV, only one I could find was apple cidre vinegar, I applied two teaspoons to 250ml of warm water and applied to the itching areas of the scalp, and then wrapped a towel around my head and washed it off after 15 mins and then washed twice as normal with my normal shampoo, which is E45.

Now it usually stops the itching, but today it's itching more than it has in awhile and I lost more hair when washing last night, I'm a 26 yr old guy and been thinning for awhile, but now I have this itchy scalp I've lost more, but after using ACV again last night, I lost more than I have in awhile. I've used it 4-5 now over the past weeks.

So will the mother raw ACV help me more? Is it the best for scalp infections like folicilitus? I don't have the scabs so much now but have itches all over my head.

So how much ACV should I apply when washing? Should I do it before washing then shampoo or shampoo as normal then apply ACV and leave on, and if so, how long do I leave it on for?

Is it also a good idea to drink it too, to kill anything causing this follicilutis from inside me?

Anymore advice on Apple Cider Vinegar to get rid of this folicilutis is much appreciated. Thankyou.

Please reply, I really need this advice so I know what to do, as the itching is so annoying.

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Replied By Marie (NY) on 12/05/2022

I have dry itchy patches of eczema spattered around my scalp and it caused me to have thinning hair in the itchiest parts near my crown and just behind the ear on one side. I mix a solution of straight ACV Organic Braggs with the Mother, with two heaping tbsp of Manuka Honey. I recommend a jar of it on AMZ by the brand Manukora. If you can afford to get the higher quality, it will be all the better but the lower tier honeys still do wonders for healing the infection on the scalp, clearing the irritation as well as restoring the skin itself. So you mix it together in a little bowl and then with clean hands or a hair dye brush from a supply store, apply it thickly to your itchy spots. massage it in and let it set in your hair (yeah, pretty sticky and weird looking during the process) for like 30 min to 1 hour. Then shower like usual (avoid crazy harsh soaps, hard water etc. while trying to fix this) -- I have seen a nice difference in hair coming back to the thin spot by my ear and above my head. I hope it works for you.

PS ACV and Manuka are so amazing for lots of other skin infections too such as staph/mrsa.

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