How lucky can we be? I mean, on Epinions there are so many products and am I gradually trying to USE THEM ALL? Not exactly, but it's turning into quite a trip.

First, came my Review on L'Oreal Preference ® Hair Color , then my Review on Vidal Sassoon® Thickening Spray, and now I'm writing about Head & Shoulders® Intensive Treatment Shampoo.

FEATURES

1. This shampoo is for ALL TYPES OF HAIR
2. The treatment is for Dandruff & Seborrheic Dermatitis.
3. The dark blue plastic bottle is 15.2 FL.OZ (450mL)
4. The cost was Less than $6.00
5. Active Ingredient is 1% SELENIUM SULFIDE.

Shampoo

After clicking the little top lever on the bottle to get to it, you'll find that the shampoo itself is a creamy pink, rather thick, liquid, but it flows out, unlike previous dandruff shampoos.

It smells like FRESH AIR and leaves no lasting odor or aroma in your hair, just the same freshness remains with you.

After first wetting your hair, just a small amount of Shampoo will create a tremendous mountain of pleasant suds throughout your hair. Be sure to massage the shampoo into your scalp for the greatest benefits.

Rinsing is, of course, necessary. And on bleached, tinted, grey, or permed hair , RINSE FOR FIVE MINUTES. Now this takes in about 9/10th of the women in the world, I should think. I felt this was a little drawback to the product.

Therefore, I called Proctor & Gamble at 1-800-723-9569 to find out the reason for the long rinse time. A very pleasant woman in Customer Relations, CANDY was her name, explained that the above hair types are more porous than other types. If the shampoo is not rinsed out fully there could be problems with breaking down the coloring, etc. It made sense to me.

Candy said that her husband's hair is grey and he uses it, with NO problems, and does rinse for a longer time than he did with other products.

That satisfied me. I've always rinsed shampoo out for a longer time than I deemed necessary anyway, so this potential problem was solved.

I did find that as with some other Shampoos, my hair tangled quite a bit after the rinse. It would be nice if there were a built-in conditioner to solve this. My hair is thick, but fine, so I merely applied my normal conditioner after rinsing my hair. This took care of the tangles, nicely.

A second shampooing isn't necessary, unless you feel it is.

My hair had a nice shine to it and it was easily managed after the shampoo. I can't say that for other products I have tried.

The Intensive Treatment

Now,fortunately, I do not have dandruff, and never have had it in the past. BUT my head itches in-between washings, sometimes to the point where I want to scream.

It's terribly embarrassing to be out someplace and have to keep reaching up to scratch your head. IN PUBLIC. I hate it. Do you have this problem? It's awful.

The continual scratching causes sores on the scalp which could become infected. Perhaps this is the SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS that the instructions speak about.

I have tried many remedies,with slight or no results, so when I read that this Head & Shoulders® Intensive Treatment is a PATENTED, Clinically Proven Formula I snatched it off the counter (paid for it) and rushed right home to try it. Literally, that is.

I washed my hair as I posted above and went three days before I had even the slightest itch. After the second washing, I did not itch at all and the sores have literally disappeared from my scalp.

I AM EXUBERANT about this Product. And wait until you read the next part.

What I Learned from The Head & Shoulders® Website

In order to make this Review more comprehensive, I went to this address:

Http://WWW.HEADANDSHOULDERS.COM

It is an attractive site and you choose to visit it from either America or Canada or Canadian French. Then you can read all about their products and the NEW HEAD & SHOULDERS® SHAMPOOS. And you also can read all about scalp problems.

Head & Shoulders® has been providing Dandruff Shampoos for 35 years.

55% of Americans suffer with DANDRUFF problems and 10% (like me) suffer from SEVERE ITCHING AND INFLAMMATION.

After I took a Short Survey to ascertain my problems, they Recommended that I use either Head & Shoulders® Intensive Treatment or a new product called Head & Shoulders® REFRESH which I know nothing about, but hope to soon learn about.

Here's what I copied from the site to help you with scalp problems.
There are other scalp conditions with which you may be familiar.

Dry scalp results from a loss of moisture on the scalp and is characterized by small, dry flakes, tightness of the scalp and itchiness.

There is also seborrheic dermatitis, which is characterized by heavy flaking, severe itchiness, redness and inflammation.

FREE SAMPLE

For people in the United States and Puerto Rico, go to

HTTP://WWW.HEADANDSHOULDERS.COM

and fill out a very short survey to get your choice of a 2 oz. bottle of one of their shampoos.

One sample per family and allow 8 weeks for delivery.

I chose to get a sample of the HEAD & Shoulders® Refresh, which I hope to report on in a few months. The BEST PART is that they DO have CONDITIONERS in some of their shampoos. That gives them an A+ in my book.

CONCLUSION (AT LAST!)

The bottle says that Head & Shoulders® Intensive Treatment

 Contains tough medicine to help stop flaking, itching and irritation.
 Controls even heavy flaking
 Thoroughly cleans hair and scalp without drying.
 Indications: FDA APPROVED USES - Helps stop itching, flaking, scaling, irritation and redness associated with dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

WARNINGS: Of course, it's for external use only, and you should avoid contact with your eyes and keep this out of the reach of children.

I am very pleased with it, and HIGHLY recommend Head & Shoulders® Intensive Treatment to you.

Now I can say, "There's not an itch in the car load."

Thanks, again, for reading. I appreciate all you Epinionators.

Lorace

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Recommended: Yes