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Vichy Dercos Anti-Dandruff Shampoo For Dry Hair Versus Nizoral 2% Shampoo

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French Brand France
American Brand United States

Updated on May 15, 2024

Overview

What they are

These products are both reef safe shampoos. They have a total of 3 ingredients in common

Free From

They both do not contain any harsh alcohols, oils or parabens

What's Inside

They both contain sulfates

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Ingredient Info

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About this product

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Key Ingredients

Benefits

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Benefits

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Ingredients Side-by-side

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Ingredients Explained

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Skin Conditioning, Solvent

Water. It's the most common cosmetic ingredient of all. You'll usually see it at the top of ingredient lists, meaning that it makes up the largest part of the product.

So why is it so popular? Water most often acts as a solvent - this means that it helps dissolve other ingredients into the formulation.

You'll also recognize water as that liquid we all need to stay alive. If you see this, drink a glass of water. Stay hydrated!

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Masking

Chances are, you eat sodium chloride every day. Sodium Chloride is also known as table salt.

This ingredient has many purposes in skincare: thickener, emulsifier, and exfoliator.

You'll most likely find this ingredient in cleansers where it is used to create a gel-like texture. As an emulsifier, it also prevents ingredients from separating.

There is much debate on whether this ingredient is comedogenic. The short answer - comedogenic ratings don't tell the whole story. Learn more about comegodenic ratings here.

The concensus about this ingredient causing acne seems to be divided. Research is needed to understand if this ingredient does cause acne.

Scrubs may use salt as the primary exfoliating ingredient.

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Buffering

Sodium Hydroxide is also known as lye or caustic soda. It is used to adjust the pH of products; many ingredients require a specific pH to be effective.

In small amounts, sodium hydroxide is considered safe to use. However, large amounts may cause chemical burns due to its high alkaline.

Your skin has a natural pH and acid mantle. This acid mantle helps prevent harmful bacteria from breaking through. The acid mantle also helps keep your skin hydrated.

"Alkaline" refers to a high pH level. A low pH level would be considered acidic.

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When to use

4 Routines
100% use in am
0% use in pm
25% use every on_rotation
41 Routines
46% use in am
54% use in pm
49% use every day
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Reviews

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Vichy Dercos Anti-Dandruff Shampoo For Dry Hair 19 ingredients

2.7 /5
from 3 ratings
Cleansing (1)
furosy's avatar

furosy

5 months ago
Review

It's similar to the nizoral one but a dash bit less harsh?
You'll most likely still build tolerance after couple of weeks.
Hair may get matted as it's stripped completely.
The dye in this thing is lowkey strong. It will stain lmao.
Expensive and the bottle runs out quick since you'll use a lottt.
The dry hair and Oily hair one are almost identical and work almost the same?

Honestly I'd Show more

NguynHnh's avatar

NguynHnh

2 months ago
Review

I got itchy a lot

#cleansing

Nizoral 2% Shampoo 12 ingredients

5.0 /5
from 3 ratings
fatmafahad's avatar

Fatma F

6 months ago
Review

the only thing that helps heal my fungal acne, i leave it on for around 10 mins as a mask then wash it off

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Jori Joestar

6 months ago
Review

My savior