I have never had dandruff ever in my life that I can remember.  I chalk this up to the fact that I have extremely oily skin/hair, and my scalp is NEVER dry, my roots are constantly oily.

A few months back, I remember noticing, or rather my sister noticed, some very large flakes of skin at my roots after we had been camping for a weekend.  I have never seen dandruff in such large pieces before (it was kind of gross) but I thought it was from being out in the sun all weekend (even though the sun never touches my scalp because of all the sun, and I wasn't sunburned in the least).  And I forgot about it.

My hair is rarely ever down lately.  Between living in SW Florida (where it is entirely too hot to wear one's hair down) and my constant battle with knotting, I just never wear my hair down unless I am sleeping or fresh out of the shower.  It is always always in a bun, occasionally a braid, but mostly a bun every day, all day.

When I brush my hair at night time before bed, I usually comb it backward, and therefor my part stay revealed, but every once in a while I will brush my middle part back into my hair because it looks nice if I am going to wear my hair down.  What I am getting at is that I don't look at my scalp very much.

So a few weeks back I remember doing my hair in the mirror and noticed all these tiny white flakes and thought OH NO! DANDRUFF!  But I, still thinking it impossible that I could possibly have dandruff, thought that maybe it was just a buildup of dirt and oil on my roots, because my hair needed a washing.

Well, last night, I was doing my hair to go over to my sister's and low and behold tiny white specks all throughout my roots!!  UGH!  It has GOT to be dandruff!

I don't know HOW on earth I could possibly have dandruff with such greasy hair and scalp!  Does anyone else have this problem?  Do other factors besides dryness cause Dandruff?  These are the answers I need to find.  Oh and also I use no product of any kind in my hair, save for jojoba oil on my ends.  I wash my hair once a week, oiling my ends VERY lightly as the week goes on, and then by the weekend its dirty and oily and needs a wash again.  Could NOT washing my hair lead to dandruff? I wash with different shampoos & conditioners, usually switching them around, and only a select few that don't have cones, r not as many cones, (until I can get around to ordering a shampoo bar).

HELP!

Try an ACV rinse.

yeah I was doing ACV rinses at least once every other week before, but it's been months.  For some reason it slipped my mind, and that is most likely what is causing the issue.  I will try Acv rises for a few weeks and let you know!  Thanks everyone!

I always recommend coconut oil on teh scalp to cure dandruff (in the winter. If youre like me, the only way you get dandruff in the summer is if you have buildup or are overshampooing every day haha)
As soon as I figure out how to ACV rinse, I will be jumping on that boat along with all you ladies. I have never in my life run into such a confusing topic as the elusive ACV topic!!!! Seriously!!!

alright.  I Acv'ed at every wash for a few weeks which seemed to lesson the problem, but not make it go away entirely.

However, I just switched to using a shampoo bar for the first time and I think that solved the problem.

I am more convinced now that it was buildup of oils and/or commercial shamp/cond stuff on my scalp moreso than actual dandruff and skin problems.

I just washed my hair yesterday and today I don't see any tiny white specs in my hair, but I know if I go a few days before washing it again (which I will) then they will appear, so I am pretty sure it must be buildup or dirt.

I try to brush my scalp well with my baorbristle brush, but it doesn't seem to help.

Which reminds me, lately my boar brsitle brush has been creating static cling in my hair when I brush with it.  I have been avoiding it for this reason, but my ends REALLY need the oils from my scalp and they are getting dry becuase of the lack of oils.

I thought boar bristle brushes were supposed to NOT create static?  What's going on!?  I am going to referance this topic in a new post.

You may need to see a dermatologist for this.  I recently was having problems with itching and used Neem Therapy Shampoo & Conditioner and neem oil directly on the scalp.  This healed my scalp.  I bought it at my local health food store.

Good luck, Tara.  Changes in the seasons can really throw our skin into a tizzy.  I hope you can find a solution soon.

I hope that works for you.  Please let us know what results you get.