Graves

[Jake123-]

I have a seriously dry scalp anybody experience this

[ANON263]

I didn't have an itchy scalp but have had really dry itchy skin on my legs over last few years of Graves/Hyper, even over last few months after RAI. Not sure if that helps answer your question though!

[Jake123- in reply to ANON263]

It's just really my head I had my thyroid out as was hyper wi graves

[Silver_Fairy]

My partner (who doesnt have an apparent thyroid condition) gets dry skin when he eats anything with soya in. That includes especially the bread (prebaked or baked in store) in supermarkets - most use soya flour to cheaply bulk up the wheat flour.

If it's not some type of allergy/intolerance you could try Neutrogena T Gel shampoo, which is very good.

[Daisy77]

or try zinc. I recently took a course of zinc for something else, and my scalp cleared up after years and years of trying everything under the sun. I finished the course and didn't buy any more as I didn't get the connection at the time, and sure enough my itchy flaky scalp came back. I did a google search on it and found that they use zinc in Head and Shoulders shampoo which led to the connection. I've since begun to use it again.

[Sonya73]

Hi there, found that using olive oil (I'm sure others are better but it was cheap and in the kitchen) applied to my scalp before I went to bed gave me relief and actially stopped it for a while. I just put a towel on my pillow... Don't know if that helps or not...