9 Best Dandruff Shampoos for Every Kind of Hair

This is over-the-counter dandruff shampoo. It has ketoconazole in a lower dose. Reddit's dandruff community loves it, even if it's not as effective as prescription medication and has a faint aroma.

Nizoral A-D Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

This best-selling revitalizing shampoo will alter your life if your scalp simply itches. Clean and balanced scalps are maintained by tea-tree oil's antifungal and antibacterial capabilities. 

Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo

Although most dandruff shampoos are drying, Sachajuan's is moisturizing. Not embarrassingly pharmaceutical, the bottle is lovely and softens hair. Shampoo contains salicylic and lactic acids to remove flakes and oils to soothe the scalp. 

Sachajuan Scalp Shampoo

The brand derms admire for its simple, delicate skin care also includes scalp care.  After treating dermatitis and dandruff with 2% pyrithione zinc, an antifungal.

Vanicream Free & Clear Medicated Anti Dandruff Shampoo

This mild product from Philip Kingsley's trichology experts fights flakes everyday without harming the scalp. Antimicrobial piroctone olamine reduces scalp flaking, irritation, and buildup.

Philip Kingsley Flaky Scalp Cleansing Shampoo

 This bar treats scalp concerns using neem oil, an antifungal and nimbidin, an anti-inflammatory. With soothing anti-inflammatory and antifungal effects, Karanja oil is used to treat dermatitis. 

Ethique Solid Shampoo Bar for Touchy Scalps

This shampoo's spa-like scent will transport you. Plant-based components in the medicated cleanser nourish the scalp and treat dandruff and irritation without sulfates, parabens, phthalates, or dyes.

Jupiter Balancing Shampoo

The latest Ouai product gently exfoliates the scalp with salicylic acid to prevent flaking, itching, and irritation without drying out hair. It smells like ginger, spearmint, and green fig and feels great on all hair types.

Ouai Anti-Dandruff Shampoo

Zinc and coal tar battle dandruff in Philip B.'s Anti-Flake shampoo instead of ketoconazole or chemical exfoliants. They normalize scalp oil production and slow skin cell death and flaking.

Philip B Anti-Flake II Relief Shampoo