no it is not. i would buy a shampoo for it and if it didnt get better ask your dr.

In two of the articles i read about PCOS, dandruff was a symptom. It was on the womenshealth.gov website and also on medicinenet.com.

I've actually wondered the same thing. Its only been recently that its been a problem, but I also have very itchy scalp, as does my mother who I am convinced had PCOS when she was younger and now (after a complete hysterectomy) has type 2 diabetes.

I have a dandruff problem, I think it's part of the PCOS for me.

really? Hmm. interesting. I do havea dry scalp and hairsprays make my hair get little scabs from it being dry. i will be damned.

while doing research, i read that dandruff can be a symptom of pcos.

I started having problems with really dry scalp In my early to mid 20`s but never realated it to the pcos until a few months ago when bc of frustration with the female problems decided to do some research about it on line and found out that the dry scalp and some other things that I had not even tied to the pcos are side effects from it so the answer is yes they are related and with out treatment it will only get worse

I am not having a problem with dandruff, but having trouble with my hair thinning in the front on the top. Anyone have any ideas?

Yes, dandruff is one of the lovely symptoms we are stuck with. I've tried everything and this stubborn dandruff refuses to leave! I've just learned to deal with it. It's the least bothersome of all my other symptoms (weight gain, excess hair, acne, & fatigue).

I've had that since I was 9 years old. Btw I had precocious puberty when I was 3 years old (hair down there) and started my periods when I was 11 years old.

I don't know the severity of your symptoms, but I have scalp psoriasis (causes dry, flaky, horribly itchy patches of skin). It is very difficult to treat. Myself (and another member who has it) were trying to figure out if it is related to pcos at all. Hopefully it is just dandruff...please keep us posted if you find out anything.

I also get dandruff. In fact, I stopped at a gas station on the way to my sister's house to get a drink yesterday and looked at my hair. I was surprised by how much was there. I pulled out my hand cream and was using it on at least the front part and before I knew it, I had been a half hour I was sitting there. I also have problems when it is hot out and my hair gets a little wet or sweaty, I get itchy patches in my hair and they
seep then scab over- its gross. I am also very sensitive to chlorine in pools and the same thing happens. I have wondered if it had to do with PCOS. I use head and sholders then every two weeks I switch to another dandruff shampoo then switch back and forth every two weeks. It may also have to do with the weather right now (depending on where you are from) because my scalp was pretty normal, then all of a sudden-wham! Dandruff! Maybe the dry air or wind? Something I have done that seems to help me- but I don't know how good this is- I put cortizone (sp?) or anti itch cream on the spots that really bother me. I also put hand creams- I like aquaphore, (it is kind of greasy, so don't use a lot or you will look like a grease ball- been there!)- on the areas where my skin and hair meet so that dandruff is not as noticable. Good luck, and if you find something that works- post it! I would love new ideas!!! I have curly hair and NEED to use hair products- or my hair will look like a giant, puffy brown cotton ball- but maybe try not using any- or switching brands- My friend uses Jason's natural and I was thinking about looking up the products and trying them. Anyway- good luck!

Yes I have dandruff too, and it is because of the PCOS. I know a girl who has it and she told me it is because of her PCOS, and I told her I had it too, and some other girls had dandruff real bad who have PCOS too. Use the Selsun Blue with Aloe and some scalpicin because my scalp is very irritated I use scalpicin.

i think it is a symptom as i seem to get dandruff quite a lot and especially around the time of my period (im on the pill to regulate them) i use head and shoulders all the time to prevent it but if this doesnt work for you you might be able to get something stronger on prescription. dont wash you hair too often as this will just dry out your scalp even more x

I am a 25 year old healthy girl and I found out I had PCOS about a year ago. I had been off birth control for a number of months and couldn't figure out why I wasn't getting my period. After visiting the doctor a few times, this was the diagnosis. After that I i went on the pill for a month to jumpstart my period, had a period, and then went off again. I started seeing naturopath to try and treat PCOS the natural way: diet, exercise, vitamins/supplements, castor oil heat packs. I'm not sure if I just wasn't strict enough with my regimine, or not patient enough, but after a couple months i went back on the pill again for a month. Following this my hair began to fall out. I didn't know what it was at first. My scalp would be really itchy and there would be all these little tiny bumps (like pimples) and if I picked at it, the bump would come off, but attached to the bump was a hair. Essentially my hairs were falling out from the root. I'm not joking, this persisted for almost 8 months and my hair got very thin ( i already had very fine hair but it usually looked full enough b/c i had enough hair). So finally after months and months of trying to treat pcos au naturel i went back on the pill for good. I had read alot of research that suggested that going on and off the pill multiple times triggers your hair to enter into shedding phase which can last up to 6 months. It certainly did and I was desperate to regain all the hair I had lost (and start to feel like an attractive female again). Now I've been back on the pill for about 4 or 5 months and my hair has grown back in normal. I had to cut it short before because it looked so awful, so it's still not very long. But now I find I have terrible dandruff and red itchy flaky spots (i guess like psoriasis which someone else mentioned). It's usually more around the front and temples but it can be in the back as well. I too find myself applying hand cream to my upper forehead on the way to work to hit the scaly/flaky bits at the front. It's very frustrating because it seems like one problem after the other (acne which didn't completely go away with the pill, thin hair, dandruff, hair growth, weigh gain?). Will I even be able to hav a baby? I hope so. Regarding the dandruff, I used to use Nizoral once or twice a week which I found worked okay (this was supposed to help prevent the flakiness that contributed to my hair loss). But seriously, do I need to take prescriptions and put chemicals on my body just to live a normal life? Has anyone out there found that changing their diet and lifestyle has been an effective way to treat PCOS? Hormones are just so difficult to change... I don't want to take medecine the rest of my life and get ovarian cancer or something.

Sorry for telling such a long story, just I stumbled upon this site and was overjoyed to find there are people out there who share the same problems and can offer advice. Good luck to you all!