As my hair gets longer, and despite regular use of a shampoo containing Zinc Pyrithione, the dandruff comes back. Dandruff is, of course, one of the great social no-nos of the age. This leaves me with two alternatives.

The first alternative is to have my hair cut short.

some dandruff, loosely arranged on a human head

The second alternative involves long nights in the garden shed with a can of paraffin, some candle stubs and a spatula. And the all-too-real risk of having the neighbours alert the police when they hear the screaming.