THE COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HERBAL AND SYNTHETIC SHAMPOOS AGAINST DANDRUFF SPECIES

THE COMPARATIVE STUDY ON HERBAL AND SYNTHETIC SHAMPOOS AGAINST DANDRUFF SPECIES

Dinesh Bhandari

ABSTRACT
Hair is the most fundamental part of the body that protects the skin in an effective manner. Henceforth, people use some synthetic and herbal products for the protection of hair and skin. The alternative plan people have is like shampoos for protection of dandruff, hair loss and relevant treatment against dandruff, hair etc. Shampoos are the modern cosmetic products for the protection, moisture and conditioning of hair. On the other hand, the purpose of using shampoos for washing hair, remove dandruff, oils, dirt and avoid some diseases on the scalp. Amongst different species of Malassezia, Malassezia furfur is the main culprit of dandruff. The primary objective of this paper is comparative analysis of different brands of synthetic and herbal shampoos by using laboratory work. Synthetic shampoos also showed the ZOI against dandruff but the herbal shampoos showed the highest ZOI against dandruff. Synthetic products are chemical based products which might have some risky chemicals. Herbal shampoos are plant extract shampoos which have not any side effects, are less risky and naturally friendly. I compared the ZOI of herbal shampoos to a higher diameter than the ZOI of synthetic shampoos. The Zone of Inhibition of herbal shampoo found to be Patanjali is higher than Gel shampoos followed by Himalaya compared to the ZOI of synthetic shampoos found as TRESMME is higher than Sunsilk followed by Dove. This study has proved that the herbal shampoos could be more effective to fight against dandruff and have a high number of efficiencies. The plant extracts or herbal shampoos are concluded to be the best treatment rather than the synthetic shampoos.

Keywords: Dandruff, Herbal shampoos, Malassezia furfur, synthetic shampoos, ZOI.