Since changing the way I washed my hair Ive noticed hard white bits in my hair, like little balls. So I thought to myself it could be 3 things that I know of - nit eggs (definatly not), baking soda that hadnt washed out properly due to hard water (possibly), or dandruff (maybe but dandruff to me is flaky bits of skin so completely different to what Ive got).
So since this all started when I began using baking soda, I experimented a little with it using different quantities, leaving it in different times ect. but still had the white bits in my hair. So with the help of Vicky and another shampoo/natural product expert I made my own very basic shampoo. The problem with this is that it undid all my natural sectioning and me and Vicky are still trying to work out why this happened because according to her, none of the ingredients I used should have conditioned my hair. Anyway back to the problem of the white bits... theyre still in my hair after using the shampoo so the white bits arent baking soda.
I just had a look online and found something called DEC plugs (desquamated epithelial cell plugs). The internet says 'DEC plugs are common, solid white, or creamy yellow, non-problematic fatty globules that slide on the hair' they 'may occur when oil glands in the scalp work to compensate for the drying effects
of chemical treatments.' Even before starting my journey, the only hair product I used was just shampoo which I wouldnt really consider a harsh chemical treatment that would cause this and like I said, I only got the problem when I changed the wayI washed. And since beginning my journey all Ive done is try out the bs/acv (bs may have dried out scalp), the shampoo Ive made (which shouldnt do) and use a sea salt spray (most likely thing to dry out scalp but only started using it recently and had the problem before using).....
So basically I was just wonderingwhat you guys think? If any of you have had this? What I could do to get rid of them and prevent them?
updated by @hannah-moore: 01/22/20 09:33:16AM
