Head and Shoulders Men Advanced Series Refreshing Menthol

US over-the-counter (OTC) label

Brand or trade name

Head and Shoulders Men Advanced Series Refreshing Menthol

Manufacturer

The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company

Label date

16 December 2025

Stated use in the United States

Purpose Anti-dandruff

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Cosmetic analysis in the European Union

1 ingredient prohibited in cosmetics in the European Union: Pyrithione zinc 1% (since 1 March 2022). A product that contains it should no longer be sold in the Union. 4 ingredients allowed under conditions (maximum concentration, product types): some active ingredient concentrations are printed; the other conditions and the product's classification in the European Union remain to be checked. 19 names recognised out of 19.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding : Prohibition or serious classification ZINC PYRITHIONE

Pyrithione zinc 1%, Water, sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, glycol distearate, sodium chloride, zinc carbonate, cocamidopropyl betaine, sodium xylenesulfonate, dimethicone, fragrance, menthol, sodium benzoate, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, magnesium carbonate hydroxide, mentha piperita (peppermint) flower/leaf/stemoil, mentha arvensis leaf/stemoil, blue 1, red 33

Who it concerns

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Prohibition or serious classificationThe text prohibits the substance for this use, or ranks it among the most serious hazards (known or presumed carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic, identified endocrine disruptor).Worth watchingThe text sets a condition or flags a hazard worth knowing: allergen, suspected effect, condition for children, hazard to the aquatic environment.For informationOfficial information with no condition on a finished product: warning to read, irritation of the pure substance.

• Pregnancy and breastfeeding

  • Prohibition or serious classification ZINC PYRITHIONEClassified under the CLP Regulation: reproductive toxicity, category 1B (Repr. 1B), a hazard to the unborn child.

• Skin, eyes and allergies

  • Worth watching PARFUM“Parfum” stands for a mixture whose composition does not have to be detailed. Some allergenic substances must nevertheless be named separately in the ingredient list above 0.001% (leave-on product) or 0.01% (rinse-off product). The Regulation names them in 63 entries of its Annex III, for example Linalool, Limonene, Citronellol, Geraniol, Coumarin, Citral, Eugenol or Hexyl Cinnamal: if you are allergic to one of them, look for its name in the list.
  • Worth watching MENTHOLAllergen to declare: Annex III, entry 338, requires it to be named in the ingredient list above 0.001% in a leave-on product and 0.01% in a rinse-off product, so that allergic people can avoid it.
  • For information ZINC PYRITHIONEClassified under the CLP Regulation: serious eye damage, category 1 (Eye Dam. 1). This classification describes the pure substance; in a finished product it is far more diluted.

• Environment

  • Worth watching ZINC PYRITHIONEClassified under the CLP Regulation: hazardous to the aquatic environment, short term, category 1 (Aquatic Acute 1); hazardous to the aquatic environment, long term, category 1 (Aquatic Chronic 1).

No official text covers the recognised ingredients for: babies and children, read on the label.

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Selling elsewhere

Ingredients of this list that are prohibited, prohibited in some cases or subject to conditions in the other countries whose rules we record (nothing changes for sale in France). Absence is not approval: several countries only allow the preservatives, UV filters and colorants on their lists, and the function of an ingredient in the product is not known. What is covered for each country.

No prohibition or condition found in the recorded lists for: United States (federal), Washington State, California, Canada, China, Australia.

Ingredient by ingredient

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Classified hazard (cancer, DNA, reproduction): Carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic for reproduction under the CLPEU regulation that classifies chemicals by their hazards (EC No 1272/2008). Regulation, or identified endocrine disruptor. Irritation, allergy and environment: see “Who it concerns”.

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