Dessange · Hair Care
Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.
High concern
Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.
Concern score 99/100 · 29 ingredients analyzed
Driven by Zinc Pyrithione — EU CLP Repr. 1B, EU CLP Eye Dam. 1, EU CLP Aquatic Acute 1/Aquatic Chronic 1
Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.
exfoliant · anti-acne
The pore-clearing BHA exfoliant. Not for young children (salicylate absorption), used cautiously in pregnancy at low leave-on concentrations, and drying for compromised barriers.
preservative
A preservative behind one of the largest contact-allergy epidemics in cosmetic history. The EU banned it from leave-on products and restricts it in rinse-off products to 15 ppm.
fragrance
An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.
surfactant · foaming agent
The gentler cousin of SLS used in most mainstream shampoos and washes. Its manufacturing can leave trace 1,4-dioxane, which reputable makers strip out — an issue of quality control rather than the ingredient itself.
anti-dandruff
The classic dandruff active banned in EU cosmetics in 2022 (reproductive-toxicity classification) but still standard in US shampoos.
fragrance
A sweet hay-scented molecule requiring EU allergen declaration; a regular positive in fragrance patch-test series.
fragrance
A common jasmine-scented ingredient in fine fragrance and skincare, declared as an allergen on EU labels.
fragrance · uv absorber
A floral fixative on the EU allergen list, with early-stage evidence of weak hormonal activity being evaluated by regulators.
preservative · solvent · fragrance
A preservative and fragrance component that must be declared on EU labels because it can trigger contact allergy in a small share of users.
emollient · occlusive
The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.
preservative
A food-grade preservative generally regarded as one of the gentler options; occasional non-immune stinging is its main drawback.
Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.
Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.
Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.
Catalogued in official cosmetic-ingredient inventories (EU CosIng and others) with no safety flag on record. Being recognized isn't a safety guarantee — it means the ingredient is on record but no authority has published a concern.
Not found in any dataset we hold (often trade-name blends or very niche ingredients), so we can't assess them — this is not a safety judgment either way.
This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.
Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.
AQUA/ WATER, SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCO-BETAINE, GLYCERIN, GLYCOL DISTEARATE, SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIMETHICONE, PPG-5-CETETH-20, CI 17200/ RED 33, CARAMEL, LINALOOL CARBOMER, ZINC PYRITHIONE, AMODIMETHICONE, TRIDECETH-6, METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE, SODIUM BENZOATE, SALICYLIC ACID, SODIUM POLYNAPHTHALENESULFONATE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, KAOLIN, CELLULOSE GUM, COUMARIN, CETRIMONIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, POLYQUATERNIUM-6, HEXYL CINNAMAL, BENZYL SALICYLATE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, PARFUM/ FRAGRANCE. (F.IL C188790/1)
