You certainly could.
Something to consider, people are more often allergic to botanicals than chemicals, both my husband and I are allergic to some of the natural plant stuff they put in some shampoos and lotions. For instance, Biolage shampoo makes us both itch. We have no problem with most shampoos though. When I buy lotion for my face, if it has natural plant extracts, I have about a 50/50 chance I will react to it. Within a minute I can start to feel my skin reacting. Shampoo you have in for a short time and rinse it out, so sometimes it takes a few days of use to really realize you are allergic to that shampoo.
So, my question is, when you retry shampoos to see if they irritate you, are you retrying the same shampoo? It could just be that shampoo.
To be specific you are having a contact dermatitis reaction probably from what you describe, and you can get tested for common chemicals for contact dermatitis. They put a bunch of chemicals in small patches on your back, you wear it 24–48 hours, and they see which ones you react to. When I did it my entire back itched, I thought I was allergic to everything. Wound up I was not reacting to any of those chemicals, I reacted to the material or adhesive on the little “bandaids” that hold each chemicals. My husband said I had perfect little outlines of red squares where the adhesive stuck, and in the center of each one where the testing chemical was my skin was perfect. If you inquire about it you can ask if it specifically tests for sulfates if that is your biggest concern, I don’t know the answer to that. Dermatologists do the test, not allergists. Maybe some allergists do it also, I don’t know.
Traditional dandruff is a yeast infection, and a lot of the dandruff shampoos just use chemicals to inhibit the growth, but shampoo like Nizoral actually has an antifungal medicine, similar to what you would use on other yeast infections. It does sound to me like your reaction is contact dermitis, but if you begin to observe that you change shampoos and actually your scalp is still flaking, even if maybe it is less irritated, then Nizoral shampoo can be found over the counter in some stores and the prescription strength has a higher percent of medication in it. That would be a dermatoligist also, or maybe your GP will prescribe it. When I used it in the past I used to message it into my dry head, wait a couple minutes, and then lather it up. I figured it was stronger that way, but I have no idea if it actually helped or not. It isn’t supposed to be done that way. I had just one area that I was getting dandruff and it went away easily.
Also, if there is a possibility it is typical dandruff don’t let your hair stay wet on your head for a long time. We are just gettng through summer, a time when women tend to have their hair wet more often. Either swimming in the pool or letting it dry naturally after showering. Our houses are not dry like in the winter, so our hair takes longer to dry if we don’t blow it dry.
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