Painful scalp when touched: causes and treatment

If you have a scalp (at the touch or at the end of the day), do not think that you are alone. People often complain about such problems, and usually to each other, but not to the doctor. The people believe that this is a ridiculous, frivolous symptom that will pass by itself, and does not say anything at all about the general state of health. However, this is not quite true. Of course, when the scalp hurts, the reasons often do not require close medical attention, but there are cases when it is impossible to eliminate them without the expert's advice. Consider all factors that cause such discomfort.

Cause one: hair and headdress

It should be considered by women in the first place, especially those who can boast of a magnificent luxurious "mane" and complex hairstyles. If in the evenings such beauties have a scalp on the top of their head, this is most likely due to the tight styling with the use of hairpins, hairpins and rubber bands. Thick, long hair weighs not too little and stretches the skin quite noticeably. And if they are tightened tightly, the load increases even more. When the hairdo opens, the hair changes the position to which it has become accustomed to during the day, and as a result, the lady has a scalp with a touch, even a very slight one. In such everyday situations, you just need to give more rest to your head: do not pick ringlets on the weekends and dismiss them when you return from work. Similar problems can arise if a person wears a tightly fitting cap that pushes the blood vessels. You just need to change the dress.

Reason two: care products

Especially too often used shampoos, which are used daily. And if a person also has a habit of changing them often in search of a better option, then the risk of encountering the described discomfort is significantly increased. Even more often it hurts under the scalp in women who are forced to use hair dye: it over-dry and weakens the skin. In addition, allergic reactions to all these creams, paints, shampoos and masks may occur. If you suspect this reason, you should resort to natural remedies: rinse your head with herbal decoctions, and replace masks with a handful of sea salt, rubbed into your skin for the time of bathing.

The third reason: stresses

They often suffer from head skin when touched and in men, especially since they are not inclined to cry and complain, and they accumulate stress within themselves. It is not necessary that these feelings occur soon after your nerves have been squashed, especially not for a single day - they can catch up with it in a week. But if you notice the pattern of "trouble - pain in the scalp", drink after a stressful day a mild sedative like a valerian and master the relaxation rest.

Reason four: hypodynamia

The lack of movement leads not only to excess weight and flabby muscles. The monotonous posture that you hold during a working day (behind a computer, for example) leads to poor vascular performance, which causes the scalp to hurt when touched and even with the slightest twist. Try in the hours of forced inactivity at least change the pose or walk every hour - let on the cabinet and behind the kettle, but move. And light massage of the skin for 2-3 minutes is quite capable of preventing future troubles.

Reason the fifth: change of a season

In some people, every autumn or spring pains the scalp. What to do in this case? Take care of yourself in advance. Quite exactly, that spring pains are caused by beriberi. So, knowing about when you will have a seasonal exacerbation, shortly before it should be drunk a course of fortifying vitamins. Autumn "attacks" often occur in meteozavisimyh people and predict a rapid change in the weather. Here, too, vitamins will not be superfluous. But this time they should be combined with the same valerian, reducing the susceptibility to the change of season.

Reason Six: Health

And she, of course, is the most serious. Some people have scalp skin (when touched or even without it) when they are overcooled and catch cold. For them, wearing a cap on a cold snap becomes mandatory. Do not neglect the use of headgear: one of the most common effects of regular hypothermia (after otitis, of course) is baldness. However, soreness may also indicate more serious health problems. And if it is accompanied by hair loss, you urgently need a consultation trichologist - a highly specialized dermatologist, who only deals with hair and scalp. If the pain lasts a week or more, they can be caused by viral diseases - in particular, seborrhea. And this ailment is still the most innocent option. In this case, the treatment of the scalp may be prescribed only by an experienced specialist. Yes, and he may need the results of several tests.

In the same section, it should be noted that adolescents often have a headache when touched, if they have a vegetative-vascular dystonia caused by too rapid growth. In this case, the pains remind that it is time for the child to drink another course of vitamins magnesium-enriched, and parents should revise the nutritious and motor mode of their child.

What can I do?

If a specialized treatment of the scalp should appoint a doctor, then the "everyday" pain of this direction can be eliminated or weakened independently. First of all, if they are too strong, you do not have to endure them courageously. Try to start with an antispasmodic: "hairstyle" and cold spasms are perfectly removed by "No-Shpoy" and "Spazmalgon." If the pain is not spasmodic, you can "prescribe" yourself paracetamol or analgin. Do not forget about the salt mask. It is done not constantly, but only during seizures. You can alternate the salt with mustard: dilute the powder to a gruel with warm water and keep on the skin for about an hour. If the pains are to blame for stress, use aromatic oils of lavender, marjoram and sage for relaxation and normalization of the nervous state. They can also be used in a diluted state for self-massage, gently rubbing the solution into the whiskey.

Preventive measures

Once injured from a condition that hurts the scalp when touched, it's worth taking care that it does not happen again. To prevent seizures, you can do the following:

1. To change a plastic comb on wooden - believe, in most cases it will appear enough.
2. Stop using the hair dryer and excess hair products, for example, lacquers and gels for styling.
3. With a delicate skin on your head, make your hair a little shorter, even if it's a pity for beautiful curls.
4. Regularly monitor for vascular status.
5. On a schedule, drink vitamins.
6. Dress for the season and weather.
7. Avoiding excitement for excitement (as far as possible).
8. Go for a walk if you are too lazy to go in for sports.

Simple, but effective!