Nizoral A-D Review

A few years ago, I had red itchy patches on my face that were diagnosed as sebbhoraic dermatitis, a skin condition caused by a fungus. The doctor prescribed a cream containing 2-percent ketoconozole, and it was very effective at making the red patches disappear. They never came back but I wanted to make sure that they never came back, so I bought an over-the-counter bottle of Nizoral A-D shampoo (with 1-percent ketoconozole) about a year ago.

I use it twice a week, usually on Wednesday and Sunday mornings, and use a regular shampoo the rest of the week. When it's a Nizoral A-D day, I use a small amount of the shampoo and lather up my head and face. I then keep my eyes closed and wash the rest of my body as usual, keeping my eyes closed. I rinse off the Nizoral and everything else at the end -- this keeps the Nizoral on my scalp and face for the longest possible time.

The results? I have no dandruff and the sebbhoraic dermatitis hasn't made a re-appearance.

Nizoral A-D smells pleasant in a floral sort of way. The scent doesn't linger but it's nice to smell as I'm shampooing. And it really takes very little Nizoral to lather up nicely. With Nizoral, I probably use half the amount I use with standard shampoos, and it still lathers nicely.

One of the undocumented features of Nizoral is that ketoconozole can suppress a form of testosterone in the scalp that is implicated in male baldness. Since I'm a male and balding, this is very interesting to me. I was unaware of this possibility when I first bought Nizoral A-D... I really did buy it for its ability to fight sebbhoraic dermatitis and didn't know about its possible hair growth potential until months later.

So... do I have more hair? The answer is a resounding "Maybe." I think I do but can't say with absolute certainty. I was never cue-ball bald, so the hair that is there may be the hair that was there. However, I certainly haven't gotten any balder.

Nizoral A-D is an effective shampoo for dandruff, especially if your dandruff is caused by sebbhoraic dermatitis. It is expensive (about $14 for a 7-ounce bottle), but a bottle lasts a long time because it is used only twice a week and such a small amount is needed. As for hair growth, a lush head of hair is a memory from my 20s but Nizoral A-D may have helped a little in that regard. Use it as a dandruff treatment and count your blessings if it happens to restore a few hairs.

I recommend Nizoral A-D shampoo.