Dandruff shampoo reviews

What is an independent shampoo review?

An independent shampoo review is simply something that can not be found on net, no matter what type of the machine or search engines you use and no matter how many hours you spend in the research. Particularly when it comes to dandruff shampoo reviews, you are sure to be lost in a quagmire of nothingness and dizziness after a long time of futile surfing on the web. Almost all the reviews are stated to be independent and invariably written by someone associated with a particular brand, reading something like ‘an independent review the most effective anti dandruff x shampoo’.

Dandruff shampoo reviews

Reviewing some specific brands of shampoos can not be meaningful unless they are compared with the parallel products in the market. On the basis of the active ingredients, dandruff shampoo can be classified into; Zinc Pyrithione (Selsun Salon and Head & Shoulder) Shampoos, Tar based shampoos (Neutrogena T/Gel), Salicylic acid shampoos (lonil T), Selenium sulfide shampoos (Selsun Blue), Ketoconazole (Nizoral) shampoos and herbal shampoos (Tea tree oil). Zinc pyrithione checks the growth of the causative fungus, Tar product slow flaking off the scalp cells, salicylic acid prevents scales, Selenium sulfide products have mycostatic effect or can stop the growth of fungus while they tend to discolor the hair, Ketoconazole shampoos can a wide range of the fungi but they should be tried only as last options. Herbal shampoos; containing tea oil have fungicidal or fungus killing effect of the terpene present the oil.

Is a review of reviews useful?

In this time of information burst, it is not difficult to have information about anything, but to have meaningful information is quite a task. One way of having some ‘ to the point’ information is to go through the product reviews, but the problem is that they are mostly written by the representatives of the producers and do not reflect the true picture. Not everyone can afford the time required to go through a number of reviews to finally arrive at some usable information. It is therefore more practicable to go through the review of reviews, instead of individual reviews.  For this article we have reviewed the following reviews of dandruff shampoo; Webcast, totalbeauty, longhairloom, altmedicine, ehow, bbc, mayoclinic, walmart, totalbeauty, consume research and good guide etc.

What is learnt from the reviews?

• Shampoo containing 2% Ketoconazole is effective antidandruff.
  
• Selsun Salon and Head and shoulder shampoos reduce dandruff due to Zinc Pyrithione
  
• Neutrogena T/Gel reduces flaking time due to tar content.
  
• Anti dandruff ‘lonil T’ eliminates dandruff, due to salicylic acid, but needs to be followed by conditioning to overcome resultant dryness.
  
• Selsun blue checks growth of fungus due to selenium sulphide but may discolor hair.
  
•  Nizoral is effective antifungal in resistant conditions due to Ketoconazole.
  
• Tea tree oil and similar essential oils are effective by dint of terpene they contain.
  
• Makeup, reviewers opine that Nizarole is the most effective anti dandruff shampoo.