Shampoo and Skin Health

Scalp and choosing the right product

You enter the supermarket, stand in front of the shampoo aisle, and try to decide which one to buy. Colorful packaging, shiny promises, and rich ingredient lists make it difficult to choose.

However, our scalp has its own defense system. The keratin layer on the upper part of the epidermis and the sebum produced by the skin protect the skin and scalp from external factors. Many shampoos, with their main ingredients — especially some additives and preservatives — completely cleanse and remove these natural oils and the keratin layer.

After cleansing the oil produced by the skin, shampoo tries to re-oil the skin with various oils such as olive oil, almond oil, and argan oil added to compensate for this loss. In other words, it first disrupts the natural balance and then tries to re-establish this balance with externally added substances.

In this process, oils are cleansed, the skin dries; the keratin layer is removed, the skin dries again. Then, these losses are attempted to be compensated with the additives in the shampoo. However, not every hair and every skin responds to this cycle in the same way.

Therefore, when choosing a shampoo, you should focus on your own hair and skin type, not general recommendations. The most accurate approach is to determine the products suitable for you by evaluating your hair type and skin structure with a dermatologist and acting accordingly.