<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><bold>Introduction:</bold> Lately, a new idea has caught the attention of young people of both genders, being debated in consultation rooms, during classes, and especially on social media: is using horse shampoo for human hair wrong or not?<bold>Material and methods:</bold> A simple questionnaire about horse shampoo and its use in humans was addressed to 85 students.<bold>Results:</bold> Thirty-eight responders were aware of its existence, 27 have tried it and 3 were still using it as a weekly shampoo. All positive responders were young women who declared being completely satisfied by horse shampoo and none of them have reported side effects.<bold>Conclusion:</bold> Although it has good reviews, horse shampoo is not available in human pharmacies. As dermatologists, we are still looking for an answer.</abstract>

Introduction: Lately, a new idea has caught the attention of young people of both genders, being debated in consultation rooms, during classes, and especially on social media: is using horse shampoo for human hair wrong or not?Material and methods: A simple questionnaire about horse shampoo and its use in humans was addressed to 85 students.Results: Thirty-eight responders were aware of its existence, 27 have tried it and 3 were still using it as a weekly shampoo. All positive responders were young women who declared being completely satisfied by horse shampoo and none of them have reported side effects.Conclusion: Although it has good reviews, horse shampoo is not available in human pharmacies. As dermatologists, we are still looking for an answer.

Horse Shampoo for Human Hair?

Department of Dermato-Physiology, Apollonia University, Iasi,

Department of Dermatology, Nicolina Medical Center, Iași,

“Petru Poni” Research Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Romanian Academy of Science, Iași,

“Ion Ionescu de la Brad” University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Iași,

Department of Cardiology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș,

Department of Histology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș,

Department of Pathology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tîrgu Mureș,

Journal of Interdisciplinary Medicine

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Introduction: Lately, a new idea has caught the attention of young people of both genders, being debated in consultation rooms, during classes, and especially...

Horse Shampoo for Human Hair?

Published Online: Dec 29, 2016

Page range: 305 - 306

Received: Nov 12, 2016

Accepted: Nov 17, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0062

Keywords
horse shampoo, human hair, hair aesthetics

© 2016 Anca Chiriac et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Horse Shampoo for Human Hair?

Published Online: Dec 29, 2016

Page range: 305 - 306

Received: Nov 12, 2016

Accepted: Nov 17, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jim-2016-0062

Keywordshorse shampoo, human hair, hair aesthetics

© 2016 Anca Chiriac et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
horse shampoo, human hair, hair aesthetics