Bcare Keto Shampoo -120ml

Product Overview

Bcare Keto is aimed at people whose dandruff has not responded to ordinary anti-dandruff shampoos. Its active is ketoconazole at 1.99% — a genuine antifungal at a meaningful concentration, which is the difference between this and a cosmetic dandruff shampoo. Tea tree oil keeps the scalp feeling fresh and the conditioning base offsets the dryness an antifungal shampoo can otherwise leave.

Dandruff affects men, women and children, and severe dandruff genuinely does not respond to a supermarket bottle. This is the step up.

This Is a Medicated Shampoo — Use It as One

Ketoconazole is an antifungal medicine, not a cosmetic ingredient. It works because dandruff and seborrhoeic dermatitis are driven by Malassezia, a yeast that lives on everybody’s scalp and that some people react to. Killing back the yeast is why a medicated shampoo works where an ordinary one does not.

• It has to stay on the scalp. Lather, then leave it three to five minutes before rinsing. Washing it straight off does nothing at all — this is the most common reason people say it did not work.
• Use it two or three times a week during a flare, not every day.
• Once the flaking settles, drop to once a week or once a fortnight to keep it away. Dandruff is controlled, not cured, and it returns when treatment stops entirely.
• Give it two to four weeks before judging it.
• See a doctor if there is no improvement after four weeks, if the scalp is red, weeping, crusted or painful, if flaking spreads to the face, eyebrows or chest, or if you are losing hair from the affected area.
• Stop and seek advice if the scalp burns, blisters or becomes more irritated after use.
• Avoid the eyes. Rinse thoroughly with clean water if it gets in.
• Ask a doctor before using it on a child, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
• Keep out of reach of children.

What Dandruff Actually Is

Worth knowing, because it changes what you should expect from any bottle.

Dandruff is not caused by a dry scalp and it is not caused by poor hygiene — the two things people most often assume, and both lead to the wrong response. It is usually a reaction to Malassezia, a yeast that lives on everyone’s skin. Some people’s scalps react to it by shedding skin faster than normal, and that shedding is the flakes.

Because the yeast never leaves, dandruff is managed rather than cured. A good anti-dandruff shampoo keeps it down for as long as you keep using it, and it comes back weeks after you stop. That is not the product failing; that is how the condition works. Keep a maintenance wash once a week or once a fortnight even when the scalp is clear.

If flaking is heavy, the scalp is red and sore, or it spreads to the eyebrows, the sides of the nose or the chest, that is seborrhoeic dermatitis and worth a doctor’s attention rather than another shampoo.

Key Benefits

• 1.99% ketoconazole — an effective antifungal concentration
• Works on severe dandruff that milder shampoos have not settled
• Tea tree oil leaves the scalp fresh and clean
• Conditioning base keeps hair soft rather than stripped
• Difference usually noticeable within the first few washes

Key Features

• 120ml bottle
• 1.99% ketoconazole
• With tea tree oil
• Conditioning base
• Medicated anti-dandruff shampoo

How to Use

1. Wet the hair thoroughly.
2. Apply to the scalp and lather with the fingertips.
3. Leave on three to five minutes. Without the contact time it does nothing.
4. Rinse thoroughly.
5. Twice a week for two to four weeks, then once a week or fortnight to keep it away.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can children use it?

Ask a doctor or pharmacist first. Ketoconazole is a medicine and the dose and duration for a child is a question for someone who can see the scalp.

Will it make my hair dry?

The conditioning base is there to prevent that, but antifungal shampoos are more stripping than gentle ones. Use a conditioner on the mid-lengths and ends, and do not use it more often than the course calls for.

What if it does not work?

See a doctor after four weeks of correct use. Persistent flaking with redness and soreness is often seborrhoeic dermatitis or psoriasis, and both need proper assessment rather than another bottle.

How should I store it?

Somewhere cool and dry with the cap closed. A shelf away from the shower spray is better than one in it — constant heat and steam shorten the life of any formula.