Eating Dairy Makes My Scalp Ooze

Anytime I consume dairy products especially milk and butter and sometimes ice cream,(yogurt and cheese do not bother me), I start getting a secretion on my scalp within a day or so and it hardens while trapping the hairs on the scalp. It is almost like putting gum or glue on the scalp. I wash my hair every day and sometimes I can dig my fingernails into this stuff to try to get it off my scalp but then tons of hair come off with it. Polysorbate 80 works great for eliminating this stuff but I have avoided consuming milk and butter for well over 10 years and that works better. I also notice that by just being overweight(even without consuming milk or butter), I am afflicted with this problem so I have slimmed down. I would like to know what is this stuff that forms on my scalp and why does it do that in the first place?

Maybe you should not consume dairy products at all. Perhaps switching to soy will be a solution. I couldn’t tell you why the sebum output on your skin/scalp seems to be stimulated by the dairy you consume. With regard to polysorbate, Wikipedia says:

“Polysorbate 80 (commercially also known as Tween 80, a registered trademark of ICI Americas, Inc.) is a nonionic surfactant and emulsifier derived from polyethoxylated sorbitan and oleic acid, and is often used in foods. Polysorbate 80 is a viscous, water-soluble yellow liquid.” … “Polysorbate 80 is often used in ice cream to prevent milk proteins from completely coating the fat droplets. This allows them to join together in chains and nets, to hold air in the mixture, and provide a firmer texture, holding its shape as the ice cream melts.”

Thanks for the interesting question.