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What shampoos or conditioners.. Printed From: HairBoutique.com Category: Hair Talk Forum Name: General Hair Talk Forum Description: A free wheeling discussion of hair related topics. URL: https://talk.hairboutique.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=6109 Printed Date: May 02 2024 at 10:50pm Topic: What shampoos or conditioners.. Posted By: Kitty Brite Subject: What shampoos or conditioners.. Date Posted: November 16 2002 at 11:01pm Do not have harsh ingredients in them? What is considered a "harsh ingredient" ? ~Kitty Brite Replies: Posted By: Lyris Date Posted: November 17 2002 at 4:23pm Hi Kitty Brite! When people talk about "harsh" ingredients, they typically mean detergents that can dry out hair or other additives that can irritate the scalp. Some of the nice, natural-sounding ingredients can cause more irritation than the synthetic ones. Sodium lauryl sulfate, TEA-lauryl sulfate and ammonium xylenosulfate are a few surfactant cleansers that can dry out hair and scalp (there are at least half a dozen more but these are rather common.) Do confuse these with sodium LAURETH sulfate, which the FDA and virtually every reputable medical agency considers a mild detergent. Most conditioners do not contain anything that could wreak havoc on your hair/skin (although sulfur and lemongrass are common offenders.) Some products can be the gentlest in the world and still won`t work if they aren`t specific to your hair type. What kind of hair do you have--is it fine/thick, dry/healthy, frizzy, etc? ------------- Look for beauty, and you will find no intelligence. Look for intelligence and you will find both.Proud member of the Cult of All Soft

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