10 Parts Of Your Body You're Not Washing Enough

Even if you're washing your hair on the regular, you might not realize that you're neglecting your scalp. When I stopped washing my hair every day, I noticed that I got dry scalp more often. Now, before I wash my hair, I take a few minutes to massage some oil, like one that's combination of vitamins E and A, into my scalp to ensure it's getting the love and moisture it needs to be flake free and healthy. Not giving your scalp the attention it deserves can lead to what looks like a snow storm on your head, and it might feel super itchy, too.

"Have you ever seen a very, very, extremely close-up photo of your scalp? Like at a follicular level? I have, and it was... intense," Kristin Iversen wrote for Nylon. "It looked like an alien landscape; not crater-filled, like the moon, but its smoothness was spike with thickets of skinny strands sprouting up from... was that snow? I mean, no. Of course, it wasn’t. It was dry, flaky skin— and it was everywhere." Build up from product use like hair gels, dry shampoo, and even sweat can create this alien landscape under your hair.

WikiHow suggests setting a scalp cleaning schedule to address the need once a month. You can also switch to a shampoo like New Wash, which uses a a combination of aloe vera and essential oils to clean your scalp while restoring natural moisture to your hair. It does not contain any detergent, so it nourishes your scalp instead of drying it out, according to Forbes. And, it's reported to work for all hair types.