addicted to scratching the dandruff flakes from my head

Omg yessss and when i see like a huge chunk of dandruff come out its so satisfying once i was in the car and my head was ichy so i scratched my head and a pile of dandruff just came coming out then another time i kinda was like addicted to it now and then i scratched my head for about an hr! And once i was sure my dandruff (most of it) came out i was satisfied but the weird thing is is that ill wear black leggings and ill watch the dandruff come off

Ahhhh this happened to me. I used to work at a children's center. I got lice from one of the kids, my first week of college. I was so disgusted and freaked out and I didn't know what to do. I have a HUGE fear of bugs and the experience although not a big deal for many..was a huge deal for me. It took a couple weeks to get rid of, and the cleaning process was awful. I think I developed some sort of compulsive behavior to scratch and look for lice..Instead of lice I was met with dandruff. I think Ive always had it but never thought to go searching for it. Now that I do I feel a sense of satisfaction when I scratch it out. I particularly like it on a black surface. I enjoy the shapes and sizes and colors of flakes. I hate this behavior and I can't stop.

I do this too! I normally do it during tests or while doing homework. I put something like my phone under my head and turn it on to a blank screen so I can see all of the flakes. Sometimes I will spend 30 minutes to an hour just trying to watch the flakes fall

I'm so fascinated that other people share this feeling! I really like scratching my head for dandruff but I also HATE IT because I have a weird thing about peeling or flaking skin, like I hate it, makes me super uncomfy. I love feeling the skin get loose under my fingers but then I hate knowing it is in my hair so i have to get it out. And i pick even tho they aren't itchy, and then cause the problem I hate.

To answer your questions:
1. I picked my dad's dandruff and have hated skin things (but been obsessed with picking) since I can remember, earliest memory of it at 4 years old. Started picking my own head when my dandruff developed at 19.
2. Yes I moved like 7 times before college
3. Yes, both, mostly anxiety
4. Yes and no, it mostly just feels good and makes me feel stressed because I'm upset that I made it itchier and now there are more flakes
5. Yes
6. Yes, but it's also a relief

Same here and I still have this problem and it's cost me to lose some hair and damage, I wasn't able to pick as much do to my hair stylist adding additions for my hair to be able to be worn and not braided because I hate braids and now for prom I have a fused track (whatever you call it) and I saw the big flakes yesterday and I went crazy! But I'm realizing that playing apps or keeping myself busy helps. I use a comb and today hid it from myself so I can stop. Just wanted to let you know that you're not alone! But I'm starting to get rid of the things that I use to dig so I can't dig at all hope this helps....

I deal with this too so I play games or text friends or apps so that I can stop and not do it

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Ketoconazole is the active ingredient in Nizoral, if that was what you were asking about.

THANK GOD IM NOT ALONE
I have been doing this for almost 3 years and there is no way I can stop
I thought I was going crazy
Again glad im not alone

I am a chef at a pub and often shake my dandruff filled hair over the food , never had a complaint about the food, obviously I make sure no hair gets on the food , I don't seem to shed hair though

Glad to find others in the same situation. I'm 15, female and have OCD.

I have been having this habit for 4 years now, it started around the time I started getting heavy dandruff. At first, I just wanted to scratch my head when it was itchy, then, I started noticing myself scratching even when it wasn't.

I liked watching the danruff flakes fall, many many times I would scratch my head tilting it to a table or my tablet's black screen to see the dandruff flakes gather there and form a big layer of white flakes and then I would starting drawing on it, and then clean the surface that had dandruff. Seeing it fall and then cleaning it was so so so satisfying, still is.

I was doing it so much.

As the dandruff was accumulating, it would create some crusts in my head, it wasn't painful, those weren't wound crusts like scabs, they felt like scabs but they were dandruff flakes gathered and glued that it felt really dry and solid, I loved finding those and using my nails to make them fall. When I found one in my head and suddenly it disappeared I would feel so frustrated.

I just find myself scratching my scalp all of a sudden, I don't even realize it. And it feels so good and when I'm in a place where I have to mind my gestures, I feel so anxious because I feel like I must scratch it. It is not itchy, and I still feel like scratching it.

Obsession? Habit? It is so compulsory.

I can't believe I found other people with the same problem. I was scratching just now and thought about how weird it must be for people to look at me doing it all the time, and Just now, have I thought about how this is not normal, so I decided to search ''Addicted to scratching dandruff'' and I found this article.

I can't stop scratching it, I don't need it, but I still do, I even let my nails grow, just so I can scratch better. Sometimes I scratch till it hurts and scrapes, making it bleed a little, and it still feels satisfying. I know something is wrong with this, but I still don't have the strength or will to stop it.