Vanicream Anti-Dandruff Shampoo 8oz

It works effectively first time in 6 years dandruff free..i had eczema and dandruff on scalp and beard and this truly helped me a lot.. Buying it again 100 %

Amazing for dandruff

Indeed a professional qualty shampoo which keeps my hair dandruff free for a long time

It turns out I have "contact dermatitis" -- deep rashes triggered by scents and additives in household products. I've changed everything I use to clean or scent myself, with this wonderful shampoo and product line as my go-to. Nature-derived Zinc Pyrithione is the active ingredient (studies say it can also help with hair loss, and is the same 2% Pyrithione Zinc found in the Vanicream Z-Bar). It pours scentless as a white cream, disperses with no foam, and owns my contact dermatitis. It's designed to do the same for psoriasis, eczema, and other generally sensitive skin ailments. Hair is left wonderfully manageable -- no over-dryness, no sacrifices at all in look or feel or ability to style it. These Vanicream/Free & Clear products have changed my life. Rashes that once tore me open are gone. For those with skin ailments, eliminating scents and additives might be a wonderful place to start. My best to you! - Was this review of use to you? If so, let me know by clicking "Helpful." Cheers!

suitable for sensitive scalp

So... I was desperate. Just fyi, I follow the curly girl method and it was working great up until winter and dryness came around. Since winter rolled around, my scalp has been EXTREMELY ITCHY to no avail. I could use as much tea tree oil in my conditioner or even use the tea tree conditioner from Trader Joe's, nothing. I would cowash my hair and come out the shower, not even 5 mins later my scalp was itchy. I couldn't understand why. I tried a bunch of apple cider vinegar cleanses and always used my scalp scrubber. Nope. Nothing. Forever itchy. I joined this other curly girl group that approves low-poo products and someone had recommended this product. Granted, it's a bit pricey for a small bottle but a little DEFINITELY goes a long way. Ever since using it, the amount of itching has probably went down to about 5% of what it used to feel like! Insane, truly. This has been a miracle for my scalp!!! The only thing is that this is meant only for your SCALP not the length of your hair too. So your hair will be DRY and slick feeling even when wet. Hurts for it to feel like that, but I use the Papaya deep conditioner in the jar from Garnier when I'm about to jump out the shower, put a whole bunch in my hair and clip my hair up, rinse off any of the papaya conditioner that might have got on me, and jump out and put my hair in a tshirt to help soak the excess water. I definitely think that has saved my hair from the dryness of the shampoo. Another thing I would suggest is before you jump in the shower to wash your hair, while your hair is dry, slather on some other conditioner you have onto the length of your hair. Trust me. When you go to wet your scalp and massage and scrub in the shampoo, the rest of your hair won't be dried out immediately from the shampoo because of the conditioner barrier you just applied! Not to mention you cowash the rest of your hair at the same time, that's a 2 for 1! So if you are on the fence like I was, just do it. Your scalp will honestly thank you.

In a nutshell, this product works as advertised to make the hair and scalp soft, soothed, and flake-free. It has almost no scent and should be friendly for any type of skin or hair needs due to its very gentle formula free from common irritants. My main gripe is that this bottle is only 8 oz, and it tends to be more expensive than the 12 oz bottle of 'regular' Free and Clear shampoo. A double-edged sword of this shampoo is that precisely BECAUSE it doesn't contain potentially irritating compounds found in 'normal' shampoos, it doesn't foam up well, and I find I have to use more than I anticipated. I have long hair and I am going to go through this bottle in a small number of shampoos, so I wish it came in a larger size that was also more cost efficient. Two things I noticed upon my first time using it: * This is NOT a tearless shampoo despite its gentle formulation. I got some in my eyes and it stung real bad. * After first rinse, my scalp was MORE flaky than when I started. I was initially outraged and thought this product was a bust. Once I shampooed again a few days later, the flakes were all gone and remained gone, and I was comforted that it actually worked. I think it was just dislodging all the residue that was on my scalp and setting it free. A little more about my overall experience with these types of shampoos in case it helps others - I have a contact dermatitis allergy to CAPB, a common foaming/sudsing agent that is in literally every commercial shampoo, so the options I have are very limited. I also have eczema where my skin can be sensitive and flare up bad if exposed to something it does not like. I have been familiar with many of the Vanicream / Free and Clear products for years due to my skin's needs, and I had been using the other type of Free and Clear shampoo off and on, but I didn't really like that it made my hair feel kind of like straw. I had switched to using Dr. Bronner's multipurpose soap/cleanser/shampoo because I liked the scents, but I found that it was giving me flaky scalp and my head would get horribly itchy about 2-3 days after shampooing. So I tried this one, and I will keep using it because it works, but I will still grumble a bit about the price. In comparing this to the other Free and Clear shampoo, this one actually seems to make my hair feel a little softer. I do also use the Vanicream conditioner after, and then I spray a leave-in conditioner in and comb my hair really well to get all the snarls out. I wash my hair about every 5 days and this shampoo also does seem to help make my hair shinier, more bouncy, and less greasy.