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[iamafreak]

Head and shoulders abuses animals. Any cruelty-free products with the same effect?

[liberalgirl]

does this work for ppl with mild acne only?
coz it seems like only ppl with mild acne after using H&S have become clear.....no news about ppl with severe acne using H&S....

[hbd]

Just to clarify quickly, since I'm new here. I have had what I though was acne on my upper thighs since I was 11, now I think it may be folliculitis. Will head and shoulders work for both?

[Birdgofly]

Ok, I think I'm a little late to this topic, but I've been thinking about using H&S on my face for awhile now, so I'm excited to have found this! I'm glad it's working for so many people, and I'm definitely going to start doing it! I don't have bad acne anymore, it's extremely light compared to what I once had, maybe four or five tiny white heads and occasionally a really big deep one that doesn't surface if I apply bp. (I really just stopped messing with my face so much and using cleaner water than my crappy rusty country well water). My problem now is that my skin is just not nice looking, it's red and bumpy and flaky and dry and scaly and oily! I found out though, that I have seborrhoeic dermatitis (undiagnosed) which I guess is more than just the extremely bad dandruff that I get, it is what causes me to have dry, oily, red, flaky skin on my forehead and around my nose. So I'm wandering if anyone else might have this same problem causing they're acne and other skin problems? Maybe it is for those people that the H&S really worked, and I'm hoping it will solve my skin problems!

Now if only I knew what to do about my red marks!

[mnbvc]

found somthing interesting that might help prove that this stuff could possibly work (im loving it so far)

I've been using store brand cheap dandruff shampoo for years as body wash. I was on Accutane seven years ago and my doctor reccomended using some form of dandruff shampoo for washing. I tried tar based, T-gel, Selsun Blue and Head and Shoulders. All worked fine, but I've found that the cheap, store band Head and shoulders knock-offs work great for me. No need to spend $24 on something that's probably nothing special anyway other than some inactive ingredient, or fancy marketing. Get a big bottle for $3.50.

1 1/2 years of the Accutane cured my cystic back acne, but still use the dandruff shampoo to this day because my skin still gets itchy sometimes using normal soaps.

I just met a poor guy at the gym today with bad back acne, and I told him about Accutane and using dandruff shampoo. I hope he get's cured like me. I keep a big bottle in my gym bag.

[ecuagol247]

i really dont think this will work but ill give it a try. Im tired of bp cream i dont have bad acne io would say from a 1-10 scale my acne is a 3. but it still anoys!! me so much lol

[reppiniv6890]

READ THIS!
I've been using head and shoulders on my chest/back (and even my freakin arms because I got whiteheads there sometimes too!) since around x-mas time. I had extremely bad bacne extending to even my lower back. I went to a dermatologist for treatment for my face and body and the antibiotic I was put on completely cleared my face but my back wasn't improved at all. (The antibiotic cleared my face at first but wore off and made my face just as bad if not worse... I would not request antibiotics.) Anyways... head & shoulders CLASSIC CLEAN has been a miracle for my body acne. I noticed the best results when I lathered the h&s on and did not rinse it off fully... another thing that I would request is to rub the h&s into problem areas after you have dried off (don't go in the sun if you have a lot on your skin though because it creates a nasty sun burn). I read previous posts about not using it on your face because it is too drying... after reading this thread though it seems like it works wonders. I am going to begin tonight and I will keep everyone posted on the results of my moderate-severe acne on my face.

[Shantelle]

Hi all

I is a high possibility that anyone with oily skin and acne actually has 'Seborrheic dermatitis'. Yeast lives in normal healthy skin but florishes in oily conditions that can cause acne breakouts, redness, flakiness, and sometimes scaliness of the skin or scalp. Heads and Shoulders works well because ingrediant 'pyrithione zinc' kills the yeast. As also mentioned in this thread by another poster- try out this cleanser and body wash specifically designed for SD and follow instructions carefully (work a lather with water, rather than applying cleanser directly to your face): http://www.dermadoctor.com/product.asp?pro...A-8FE06A18CCB0} SD is also improved with antifunal creams eg miconazole, but use them sparingly as directed in instructions. Hope this info helps. I'm in control of my SD now but it took a while to diagnose, treat, skin to repair etc

Edited by Shantelle, 31 May 2010 - 06:29 PM.

[Alex_09]

So I have been trying this for about a week on my body and I really do think i see definite improvement! will move along to my face now to see if it works any better. I will follow it with bp so I hope its not too irritating.

PS: this stuff makes my skin feel silky smooth and super soft! its nice. anyone else notice?

[knott7070]

So I have been trying this for about a week on my body and I really do think i see definite improvement! will move along to my face now to see if it works any better. I will follow it with bp so I hope its not too irritating.

PS: this stuff makes my skin feel silky smooth and super soft! its nice. anyone else notice?

How's the stuff working for your face? I just started using the intensive stuff for my beard area because I think i'm getting folliculitis there or something. It has been itching like crazy for the last week, i started this two days ago and noticed a slight improvement so far.

[Smooth Criminal]

Anyone else have a bunch of little bumps appear after washing your face with the H&S? I've been washing my face with it in the morning for 3 days, and a bunch of little bumps have popped up--most of them very small and flesh colored, some of them are a little bit red. The acne I had when I started seems to be improving, but I am just worried because these bumps just keep multiplying, and I am afraid I will soon have a completely bump-covered face

[CoolGuy68]

There is no way in hell that I'm going to put this on my face, or any other part of my body!

Sodium Laureth Sulfate , Sodium Lauryl Sulfate , Cocamide MEA , Zinc Carbonate , Glycol Distearate , Dimethicone , Fragrance , Cetyl Alcohol , Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride , Magnesium Sulfate , Sodium Benzoate , Magnesium Carbonate Hydroxide , Ammonium Laureth Sulfate , Benzyl Alcohol , Sodium Chloride , Methylchloroisothiazolinone , Methylisothiazolinone , Sodium Xylenesulfonate , Blue 1 , Red 4

What are we...human experiments, let's see what this crap does!

[Clodbluffers]

Serious bump here lol

I am so lucky, I just found a container of this stuff below the sink and its the right shampoo as mentioned! This explains why I had no body pimples last winter because I was accidently using shampoo as a body wash, my skin was smooth and when I stopped using it a few months later in 2010, it came back. I'm going to use this along with benzyl peroxide. I'm also water and juice fasting for a week which will clear me up within a matter of days.

I'm too excited! lol

[STIG]

WOW!!!! This stuff really works for your body no doubt! I read this thread and ran to wall-mart and bought H&S classic took a shower put it on my face and chest and back. When I got out of the shower my chest acne was 95% gone seriously no more redness or anything. This stuff did a good job drying up my face so I put moisturizer on at night, but this stuff really dries out face. BTW, What's a really good moisturizer that people with oily skin can use? just started right now so i'll keep you guys updated.

[possiblyHopeful]

Good evening all! I'll be trying this tonight. I went through all the pages and I found a lot more people getting better skin than those taking steps backwards. I am excited yet nervous at the same time. I had a really bad breakout over my cheeks a few months ago, which have left red marks. Basically I'm just a discoloured mess at 17. Nothing seems to work, so I will literally be stunned if a shampoo for dandruff is the cure.
Excited, will post tomorrow morning about the progress!

[possiblyHopeful]

I'm definitely going to be a regular poster in this thread. Awkward.

Well, I just put it on the first time. A little background about my shampoo, it's not brand new and it has been in the shower for quite a while, with the lid open and gathering water. When I poured it onto my hand it appeared like water, though once I started rubbing it foamed up and I managed to wash my face (love the smell). Obviously I can't report anything right now, though it didn't sting at all, and I did not moisturize. I've got terribly oily skin, though for the most part I use Vitamin E cream on my cheeks for some scarring.

If you've got any questions, don't be afraid to ask. I will update you when I wake up in the morning. Currently my skin is looking pretty bad. Just a whole lot of discolouration and some red marks everywhere, basically. I've got a large pus- filled pimple above my lip that isn't looking too hot.

[possiblyHopeful]

I've been using this day and night for the past 3 days, and I've seen progress already! Firstly, my cheeks are incredibly smooth and since they don't have any active zits (or have for a few weeks), they look pretty insanely good! Now, for what I think is the negative, I'm not convinced it's clearly up my pimples actively. Well, it definitely does clear them up once there, but they just seem to pop up again. I'll post back in a few days! So far, seeing quite good results.

[Dysic]

Please keep us updated possiblyHopeful!

I used to use Head and Shoulder to wash my hair and face (2x a day when I shower)...but I stopped about a week ago. Winter is coming up and I don't want to dry out my face. I feel that is the main reason (drying/irritating) my acne gets much worse in the winter. I now use the baby shampoo by johnson & johnson which has minimal chemicals in it.

My plan this winter is to pretty much just use moisturizer. I'm 23.....and tired of acne. I just want to stop conditioning my face with all these products that pretty much dry out my face.

[JacNol]

I just start using this today. I have a lot of flesh colored bumps on my face and thought it might be fungal. Ill let everyone know how this works because I really want to get rid of these things!

[racnew]

I used to get a lot of cystic acne along my hairline and occasionally on my scalp. I started using dandruff shampoo exclusively despite not having dandruff and this eliminated the acne around and under my hair. I continued to get all types of acne, including cystic, on my face but no longer around my hairline. On occasion I've reinforced this fact by h regular shampoo for a week and having the hairline acne return. So, of course, after confirming this I tried to wash my acne-ridden face with the anti-dandruff shampoo, however, this didn't seem to have the same effect on my face. That being said, and along the same lines, I started taking zinc supplements shortly thereafter (since the active ingredient in the anti-dandruff shampoos is often zinc pythione). I tried a month of one type of zinc supps with limited success, switched to zinc piccolinate and have been clear for some time now. I haven't been clear for decades so, so far so good. I would recommend anyone with acne around their hair to try anti-dandruff shampoo for a few weeks, it worked for me.