No problem, melodee. As far as my scalp, I stopped using surge for the month of January and it was fine. I did individual braids and resumed surging because I planned to do daily co washes. After two, MAYBE three days the same flakes showed up. So, not sure what to do next. I just added a lot of infusium and a little vitamin e oil to my 14 bottle. Hopefully that works. I want to use this stuff because it is the ONLY thing that can make me grow an inch in a month, but I can't handle the scalp problems.