{"id":25756,"date":"2025-12-19T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=25756"},"modified":"2025-12-19T23:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T23:23:31","slug":"itchy-scalp-what-are-the-possible-causes-answers-from-a-dermatologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/?p=25756","title":{"rendered":"Itchy Scalp: What Are the Possible Causes? Answers From a Dermatologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An itchy scalp may seem harmless, but when it persists it can disrupt sleep, daily life, and confidence. The scalp is highly sensitive, packed with oil glands and nerve endings, so irritation can stem from many causes \u2014 and what\u2019s mild for one person can be intense for another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Common reasons include dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis, or contact dermatitis from hair products. Allergies, infections, and even stress can also play a role. Dermatologists advise not to ignore ongoing itchiness, especially if it comes with redness, flakes, sores, or hair loss, since treating the root cause \u2014 not just the itch \u2014 is key to lasting relief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An itchy scalp may seem harmless, but when it persists it can disrupt sleep, daily life, and confidence. The scalp is highly sensitive, packed with oil glands&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":305,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25758,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25756\/revisions\/25758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}