Where's my locks? (Fructis Fortifying Shampoo Frequent Use - Normal Hair)

Member Name: channic

Product:	Fructis Fortifying Shampoo Frequent Use - Normal Hair
Date:	01/09/08 (120 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: The smell

Disadvantages: It may be a little too strong, as I experienced problems.

I began to use Fructis shampoo a couple of years ago, as I had seen the adverts and I was mainly curious to see if my hair could look anything like the actress who tossed and turned her shiny locks.

I have to admit that I do get bored with shampoo and I like to get a new one but this is probably not the best thing for your hair.

Anyway I bought a bottle of the Fructis and I washed my hair. The shampoo lathered up nicely and the following day it looked good, my hair has a tendency to get greasy but it hadn't as yet. I can't say that it was particularly shiny, but it felt nice and smelled good. So I continued to use it for a further few weeks as I was really taken in by the promise of stronger hair and I thought I might notice an improvement after sometime.

As the weeks went on I just carried on using the shampoo and totally forgot about the product.
After a little while I began noticing what seemed an excess of hair on my brush, at first I didn't think much of it but after a little while I was getting more and more hair every time I brushed. It got to the point where it was covering my shoulders each morning when I got ready.
Now fortunately for me I have very thick hair so the excess loss was not noticeable, but I did start to worry especially when I rinsed off my hair in the shower and there was so much in my hand. I showed my mum and after a discussion of whether I was stressed we both came to the conclusion that I should stop using the Fructis.

We both said how strange and unlikely it would be if a large name like Garnier had produced a strengthening shampoo that actually caused hair loss but it was the only thing that I had recently changed in my life that might have pointed to the cause.
Sure enough after using a familiar shampoo my hair loss did stop, though this wasn't instant but I didn't expect it to be.
I know that the hair loss I experienced wasn't horrendous but I don't know whether it would have got worse and everyone is very sensitive about their hair, so you can imagine how worried you can become.

After this experience I did hear similar story's to my own.

Obviously I will never use Fructis again but I still enjoy other Garnier products.

Summary: This shampoo may not be for everyone.