I agree with the aloe vera gel. Regular gel dries my skin out so badly after a few days my forehead or hairline will begin to flake, not dandruff but skin. The aloe vera gel was something I would have never used until reading about it here, and it lays my hair down better than gel because it doesn't stiffen it, and I only buy the cheap stuff at Family Dollar, I think it's Fruit of the Earth.