Is there a difference between the shampoo and conditioners you buy in a drug store and the ones you purchase in a hair salon? The answer is yes. The biggest difference is the concentration of the product or how much water is added, and the quality of the ingredients. I started to read the labels on the bottles and realized I need a little Chemistry tutoring first, so thank you Google. The most important ingredient in shampoo is the surfactant, or cleansing agent. The most common are Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate, the second choice being the more gentle, but the first being responsible for that bubbly lather that we all love. I checked a few labels and from what I can tell most professional shampoos have more of the good and less of the bad. The conditioners are all about moisture, and there are a lot of different possibilities for the ingredients added to the bottle. The reason we hate certain brands is because the ingredients used in their conditioners are so heavy that they actually adhere to the scalp and cause such a heavy buildup that you can scratch it off the scalp, and it often even repels water. I have had clients complain, and read many accounts online which claim this buildup has lead to the hair actually falling out.
I work for Pantene and would like to explain that hair loss is normal and is a continuous process and that Pantene doesn’t cause hair loss or accelerate natural hair shedding. Also, there is no wax in Pantene Hair Care Products. This has been a long standing rumor started years ago in the professional salon industry. Hope this helps! Thx, Dee
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