(Malessezia) Using hair masks when using ketoconazol?

[solitudinarian]

Hi folks
I've got some scalp issues I'm trying to sort out once and for all, and I'm about to try the Nizoral treatment, but I know it's going to absolutely fry and frizz my hair. My hair is dry/coarse as it is already, so I dread how it's gonna be when using Nizoral.

Right now, I'm only using Malessezia-safe produts, which includes basically no treatments since they're so few safe ones. (Most contain ingredients that Malessezia feeds on)

So my question is, can I use treatments that are non-safe while using Nizoral, or will it cancel out the Ketoconazol? I would assume the Ketoconazol is so powerful, it won't matter until after I stop using it, but at the same time, I don't want to blast my poor locks into a frizzy mayhem if I'm gonna also ruin the treatment by using random prodcuts that feed the fungus.

Any thoughts?

[lapushka]

Nizoral never fries and frizzes up my hair, not one bit. I typically suds it up, let it sit for 10 minutes, then suds up more and wash my scalp and then rinse. You need to let it sit for a while, don't forget that. Nizoral is not a shampoo you can just wash with.

I would use the Nizoral by itself, nothing else!!!

I do hope you got the 2% (prescription strength). It's the only version we can get in Belgium, and it is totally over the counter. But expensive at 14.25 euro per 100ml!

And I typically use moisturizing masks after a dry shampoo, but only ears down, so it won't touch my scalp. I basically wash my hair bent over, because that way, these "things" can't touch your scalp by a mile!

Good luck!

[solitudinarian]

Oh! I'll keep that in mind! I dont know the %, but it says 20 mg here in Norway (Fungoral). Hoping it will work. It's stated to be the one for Malessezia so. I will def let it sit in the scalp, tho! Thanks for the input! Hoping it wont fry my hair, haha.

[Suortuva]

I don't have your scalp issues, but I sometimes use ketoconazole shampoo for other reasons. And it's very drying for hair. So I always protect my lengths with heavy mask before I apply this shampoo to my scalp. And afterwards I use a moisturising mask in my lengths again.

[lapushka]

Oh! I'll keep that in mind! I dont know the %, but it says 20 mg here in Norway (Fungoral). Hoping it will work. It's stated to be the one for Malessezia so. I will def let it sit in the scalp, tho! Thanks for the input! Hoping it wont fry my hair, haha.

Yep that's the full strength 2% one! For sure!

It's just a shampoo. Don't freak out.

[lapushka]

I don't have your scalp issues, but I sometimes use ketoconazole shampoo for other reasons. And it's very drying for hair. So I always protect my lengths with heavy mask before I apply this shampoo to my scalp. And afterwards I use a moisturising mask in my lengths again.

I do have oilier hair. And I wait until it's day 7 to wash, so... it's funny. I have never noticed it being drying, but I like my scalp nice and dry. The lengths I can manage with a good conditioner or mask.

Maybe, solitudinarian, try applying your conditioner (on your lengths only) twice after this shampoo, if it will help. I always use my conditioner twice (WCC method, see signature), so maybe that is exactly why I don't notice things being drying. LOL!