What Causes Smelly Scalp Odour?

Posted on Mon, 6 Apr 2015

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Mon, 6 Apr 2015 Answered on

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Question : My grandson age 12, has a problem with his hair and scalp smelling even tho he washes his hair every other morning? What is the cause and what can he do about it

Answered by Dr. Dr. Kakkar (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
kindly provide more details

Detailed Answer:
Hello. Thank you for writing to us.

I would like to know whether does he have scalp itching? dandruff/ scaling? or oily scalp?

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar