Preservatives in hair products can cause of dry, itchy scalp and skin.

Written by on Jun 14, 2011
Bun

All commercially manufactured hair products contain preservatives to keep them fresh and to inhibit the growth of bacteria and fungi. May of these chemicals can also cause dry, itchy scalp and skin. Here are some commonly used preservatives that are known to cause skin irritation:

  • Benzyl alcohol
  • Imidazolidinyl urea
  • Diazolidinyl urea
  • Sodium Hydroxylmethylglycinate
  • Methyl, Propyl, Butyl and Ethyl parabens
  • Phenoxyethanol
  • DMDM hydantoin
  • Quaternium-15
  • Methylisothiazolinone

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One comment for “Itchy Scalp and Skin? Look at the Preservatives”

  1. newcurly09 Says:
    June 15th, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    Thanks for the article. I have some of those ingredients in some hair products and have some itching. I didn’t know what the ingredients were for or that they could cause itching.