Ingredient
Zinc Pyrithione
The classic anti-dandruff active, a zinc compound with antifungal and antibacterial action.
Key facts
- INCI name
- Zinc Pyrithione
- Evidence grade
- moderate evidence
- In our catalog
- Found in 7 of the 3,422 products we've decoded
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