Preservatives and Anti-dandruff Agent for Daily Chemical
Dandruff is the fine scraps that is shed from the keratinocytes of the scalp. Under normal circumstances dandruff falls off with small particles less than 0.02mm which cannot be observed by the naked eye. When the ecological balance of the scalp is destroyed the keratinocyte metabolism is accelerated and the clumps fall off forming the dandruff that we can see with the naked eye. Many people is troubled with dandruff in their daily life so anti-dandruff shampoo came into being, then what are the effective ingredients of anit-dandruff shampoo and how to remove dandruff?
There are many cause of the dandruff problem and it is often thought to be related to the overgrowth of Malassezia. At present, the common anti-dandruff ingredient in the anti-dandruff shampoo on the market are Zinc pyrithione(ZPT), Piroctone olamine(OCT), Chlorimidazole, salicylic acid, Ketoconazole, selenium disulfide, Etc. Each component has a certain inhibition and killing effect on Malazzia. Among them, Zinc pyrithione nd Piroctome olamine are the two most widely used anti-dandruff agents which have strong killing effect on bacteria, fungi and virus and reproduction inhibiting.