70%
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4.1/5
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ingredients

Active Ingredients: Selenium Sulfide - 1 (Anti-Dandruff, Anti-Seborrheic Dermatitis)Inactive Ingredients: Water, Ammonium Laureth Sulfate, Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate, Glycol Distearate, Cocamide MEA, Ammonium Xylenesulfonate, Sodium Citrate, Fragrance, Dimethicone, Cetyl Alcohol, Sodium Chloride, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Stearyl Alcohol, Disodium EDTA, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Red 4

Reviews

Reviews


3.0
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6 years ago

Contains selenium sulphide as its antifungal agent, rather than pyrithione inc in the rest of the H&S line. It is effective at treating dandruff, seborrhoeic dermatitis, and pityriasis versicolor...

About reviewer (199 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair, Neutral

HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

EyesHazel



2.0
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8 years ago

HO-LEE SHIT. THE SMELL. SO BAD. I only used this once and trashed it so I can't fully speak to its efficacy (although it certainly didn't work wonders in one go) but the smell rendered this utterly...

About reviewer (11 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinSensitive, Fair, Cool

HairBrown, Wavy, Medium

EyesBlue


1.0
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9 years ago

You do have to let it sit on your scalp for a little while in the shower before rinsing to get the most benefit. It did help with flakes and itching ok but nothing spectacular. The initial...

About reviewer (1209 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinOily, Medium, Neutral

HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

EyesBrown


4.0
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9 years ago

I moved from west to east coast and all of a sudden I have dandruff, probably due to extremely dry winter air. I tried Head and Shoulders with zinc, Body Shop ginger shampoo that gets rave reviews...

About reviewer (325 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinOther, Fair

HairOther

EyesBrown


5.0
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9 years ago

It works! The fastest and most effective thing to knock out my stubborn sebhorrheic dermatitis, (ewwwww). And after you're all cleared up using it just once a week or so seems to keep it at bay...

About reviewer (7 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinAcne-prone, Fair, Cool

HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

EyesHazel


5.0
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9 years ago

I've been suffering with dandruff for ages now. I haven't really had any luck with other dandruff shampoos. Then I came across this one. I love it I use it every time I wash my hair (~3 days) and...

About reviewer (29 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinVery Oily, Fair

HairBlack

EyesHazel


5.0
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10 years ago

the only thing that really works for my seborrheic dermatitis. helps with flakes and bumps on my scalp. tried other things over the years and went back to this.

About reviewer (86 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesGreen


5.0
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10 years ago

I thought I had reviewed this product long ago, but apparently I hadn't! I have had problems with seborrheic dermatitis (basically an extreme version of dandruff with oily scalp and itchy, crusty...

About reviewer (61 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination

HairBlond

EyesBrown


5.0
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10 years ago

In 1997, I had been suffering from a seriously flaky scalp for years. I don't know what it was - dry scalp, dandruff, fungal infection? It wasn't itchy, just persistently flaky. I had tried...

About reviewer (187 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinDry, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

HairRed, Other, Medium

EyesGreen


5.0
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10 years ago

This shampoo " cure " my heavily dandruff head. I tried a lot different kind of shampoo and tried to figure out why my hair has so much dandruff, and this shampoo has help decrease the dandruff...

About reviewer (11 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinNormal, Fair-Medium

HairBlack

EyesBlack


2.0
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11 years ago

This did nothing to benefit my hair/scalp & actually further irritated the issues I am having. If you have sensitive skin or are dealing with a red scalp, opt for the 2% Zinc H&S instead.

About reviewer (46 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinAcne-prone, Fair

HairBlond

EyesGreen


4.0
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11 years ago

This shampoo is great for dandruff! I have such bad dandruff I had medicated shampoo, but this works better than that did. I mean, it doesn't really do a lot for the frizziness for your hair so I...

About reviewer (2 reviews)

AgeUnder 18

SkinNormal, Fair

HairBlond

EyesBlue


2.0
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12 years ago

I purchased this thinking when my scalp acts up I will use it. I decided to give this a try one evening and it took several days for the smell to go away. I will keep it for really bad scalp...

About reviewer (64 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinSensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrown, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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12 years ago

I had a problem that lasted for Months ! I used two types of the regular head and shoulders and a clarifying shampoo, I tried washing my hair twice a day and washing it every other day...tried dry...

About reviewer (40 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinVery Dry, Fair, Cool

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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12 years ago

I like to use smooth & silky and sweet smelling shampoos constantly. However, after using those frequently my hair starts getting damaged. A few uses of this shampoo and my hair is back to it's...

About reviewer (22 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinNormal, Fair-Medium

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


5.0
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13 years ago

I was searching Makeup Alley for a shampoo to try because my scalp is just crazy awful right now. I've used this shampoo for about a two years and ran out a little over a month ago. I now know I...

About reviewer (51 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinAcne-prone, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrown, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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13 years ago

Flakes, crust, itching....gone. I was buying an $18-24 (not including shipping) bottle of shampoo from France. It just sort of became too much for me to buy $100 worth of shampoo yearly (to avoid...

About reviewer (70 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Olive, Warm

HairBlack, Wavy, Coarse

EyesBlack