Dandrene Anti Dandruff Shampoo – Product Review
Dandrene Anti-Dandruff Shampoo
As with many of the other DS Laboratories products, Dandrene® Anti-Dandruff Shampoo has come onto the market with a real splash.
Touted as the “next-generation dandruff technology” DS promotes several features and benefits that have plagued those with dry itchy scalps for years!
What can Dandrene® do?
- Inhibits fungi that generate dandruff
- Reduces calp oils that fuel fungi
- Feeds hair and scalp with amino acids
- Calms inflammation and itching
This is a pretty big task for an anti-dandruff shampoo, but, if you’re looking for an effective way to treat the source and dandruff-like symptoms, these would be the exact targets of your quest – namely, keep sebum and oils from mixing with yeast, fungus or bacteria, calm any irritation or inflamed tissue, and enrich the scalp and hair with healthy amino acids.
Per DS Labs promotional material
For people vexed with itching and scaling, Dandrene inhibits both fungi and seborrhea.
Dandrene® overcomes seborrheic dermatitis by: 1) inhibiting the infectious malassezia fungi that generate scales, and 2) controlling the sebum that feeds these fungi and makes the scalp greasy.
What did we find?
Several on our staff tested the product for two weeks. Each are plagued with chronic oilliness and self-admitted “greasy hair for life”…yet have used the the “best” dandruff shampoos on the market.
Here are the observations:
- As with all the new DS products, Dandrene comes in very professional and unique packaging. Everyone complained however how difficult it was to get into the box and that it was useless after opening (not that we often reuse a box for storage. The product packaging is a convenient to grip bottle that seems to be stable enough when washing your hair. The bottle actually store upside down and inverting it will lead to placing it on the rounded “top” leading to it falling over. The cap opener works well but seems a bit flimsy as we noted reviewing anothe DS Labs shampoo.
- The fragrance is awakening while not smelling clinical. It is a rich formulation which gives you some confidence right up front. The color of the product matches the bright green (almost lime-like) packaging.
- In our un-scientific testing, oiliness was reduced as was flaking. Itchiness was not a problem with any of the testers who provided information for this review, so its a mute point. Since oiliness was reduced the occurrence of flakes dropped off measurably and any inflammation or sores on the scalp appeared to heal or at least not get any worse.
Overall, we like Dandrene® a lot. Its one of several very successful DS shampoos (hair growth being another) that has been highly researched, and at least in the promotional material, makes a great case for solving underlying prblems with specific ingredients.
How does it compare to other anti-dandruff shampoos?
The use of Ketaconazole (1.03%), extracts – willow bark, betulina root and henna, and several unique ingredients certainly point to the effectiveness of the product. Our primary concern is use of Ammonium lauryl sulfate as a surfactant…pretty strong.
Overall, we rate Dandrene® an 8.7 out of 10. It seems to be as effective as some of the top brands such as Follicleanse®, but it is very pricey ($27.00 – $33.00). For those with severe dandruff problems, this may be the best place to start, but in comparison, Follicleanse® ($13.00-$17.00) contains many of the same ingredients, a less harsh surfactant and botanical alternatives that be more gentle on sensitive scalps, while providing similar or the same relief from scaling, scratching, redness, grease and odor associated with dandruff.
Click this link to buy Dandrene®; Click this link to buy Follicleanse®.
