Google Answers: anti dandruff shampoo and hair loss. I need to know what, if any, anti-dandruff shampoo I can use that WILL NOT cause any additional hair loss. The reason why I liked Selsun Blue is because it had a moisuturizeing formula for chemically treated hair, and it was mild, while still performing the anti-dandruff job. So I need a shampoo that will moisturize my scalp and perform the anti-dandruff job that I need from using Rogaine, while not causing any more hair loss. This question is very important to me. the main indgreadent in in selsun blue causes hair loss!In my research on this subject, I have found only one product which has been documented to be effective in fighting dandruff and also in prevention of hair loss. The product is Nizoral Anti-Dandruff Shampoo. Until recently, this product was available in the U.S. only by prescription. Now a non-prescription version has been released, and the results are very promising: Nizoral 1% Study Shows Benefits for Androgenetic Alopecia March 04, 2001 - American Academy of Dermatology Meeting - Washington DC - Scientists working for McNeil, makers of Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo, presented the findings of a study done on 1% Nizoral shampoo which has good news for hair loss sufferers. It has long been known that 2% prescription Nizoral has beneficial effects on Androgenic Alopecia (MPB). It however has been unclear whether the same benefits can be obtained by using the non-prescription 1% version... Analysis of the different parameters set up in the study shows that the hair diameter gradually increased with Nizoral use (+8.46%) over a 6 month period, whereas the diameter showed a trend to decrease with zinc pyrithione use over the same period (-2.28%). The sebum excretion rate was reduced with Nizoral (-6.54%) while it increased with zinc pyrithione (+8.2%) over the same period of time. The number of hair shed over a 24-hour period was reduced by 16.46% with Nizoral and 6.
