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Hair type

Dandruff and flaking scalp

Visible flaking, typically Malassezia-driven seborrhoeic dermatitis.

Ingredient Score with vs without it Effect t With Without
Piroctone Olamine
+759 +28.1 30 266
Steareth-6
+385 +15.0 8 288
Humulus Lupulus (hops) Extract
-318 -14.4 3 293
Basic Blue 124
-334 -13.8 3 293
Fumaric Acid
+413 +13.6 14 282
Salicylic Acid
+439 +13.1 29 267
Glyoxal
+380 +13.0 5 291
Rubus Idaeus Fruit Extract
-622 -12.3 3 293
Triethylene Glycol
+634 +11.4 21 275
Hydrogenated Vegetable Glycerides Citrate
-380 -10.9 9 287
Parfum / Fragrance
+412 +10.8 3 293
Sodium Xylenesulfonate
+496 +10.5 40 256
Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein
+339 +9.9 3 293
Acetic Acid
+551 +9.8 18 278
PEG-100 Stearate
+356 +9.2 9 287
Tetrasodium EDTA
+455 +9.0 43 253
Calcium Sulfate
-362 -8.1 3 293
Sodium Citrate
+384 +7.8 63 233
2-Oleamido-1,3-Octadecanediol
+362 +7.7 3 293
Coco-Glucoside
-301 -7.7 109 187
Diazolidinyl Urea
-558 -7.5 4 292
Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate
-558 -7.5 4 292
Sodium Anisate
-326 -7.4 4 292
Trideceth-10
+452 +7.4 36 260
Sodium Salicylate
+384 +7.3 49 247
Glyceryl Oleate
-283 -7.2 94 202
Sodium Laureth Sulfate
+295 +7.2 193 103
Trideceth-3
+344 +7.2 9 287
Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Extract
+310 +7.1 3 293
Dimethicone
+386 +7.0 50 246

Effect is the difference in mean score (Elo points) between ranked shampoos that contain the ingredient and those that do not; |t| above about 2 is unlikely to be chance alone.