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L'Oréal Elvive Anticaspa Selenium S Actif

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Elvive Anticaspa Selenium S Actif — ingredient safety report

Every ingredient on the label, checked against published safety data. Profile tags on each card show who should take extra care. Label data from Open Beauty Facts, a community database — formulations change, so verify against your packaging.

100

High concern

Contains one or more ingredients with significant published concerns. Read the details before use.

Concern score 100/100 · 19 ingredients analyzed

Driven by Butylphenyl MethylpropionalEU CLP Repr. 1B, EU CosIng Annex II (prohibited in cosmetics)

Risk categories found

Hormone disruption1 ingredient · max 7/10Allergy risk4 ingredients · max 7/10Irritation4 ingredients · max 5/10Cancer concern1 ingredient · max 4/10Environmental impact1 ingredient · max 3/10

Flagged ingredients (8)

Ingredients with a documented concern, from official datasets and our reviewed database.

Severity 7/10
Sensitive skin: High cautionPregnancy: Best avoidedBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: High caution
  • Hormone disruption:Classified as toxic to reproduction (CMR 1B); banned in the EU since March 2022.
  • Allergy risk:Well-documented fragrance sensitizer.

The lily-of-the-valley scent 'Lilial', banned in EU cosmetics in 2022 after being classified as presumed toxic to human reproduction. Still legal in some other markets — check older or imported products.

Selenium Sulfide

anti-dandruff

Severity 4/10
Pregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoided
  • Cancer concern:US NTP lists it as reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen (liver tumors in oral animal studies); IARC has not classified it. Topical rinse-off exposure is minimal.
  • Irritation:Can irritate scalp and discolor light hair.

A potent dandruff active flagged by the US National Toxicology Program on the basis of oral animal studies; rinse-off scalp use is considered low risk.

Parfum

fragrance

Severity 7/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: Best avoidedPregnancy: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Best avoidedEczema-prone: Best avoided
  • Allergy risk:Fragrance is the single most common cause of cosmetic contact allergy.
  • Irritation:Frequent trigger of stinging and redness on reactive skin.
Caredermis curated dermatological review

An umbrella term that can hide dozens of undisclosed scent chemicals. Fragrance is the leading cause of allergic contact dermatitis from cosmetics, and dermatologists routinely advise fragrance-free products for eczema, babies and sensitive skin.

Sodium Laureth Sulfate

surfactant · foaming agent

Severity 4/10Editorial
Sensitive skin: High cautionDry skin: Use with cautionBabies & kids: Use with cautionEczema-prone: High caution
  • Irritation:Milder than SLS but still drying for compromised skin.

The gentler cousin of SLS used in most mainstream shampoos and washes. Its manufacturing can leave trace 1,4-dioxane, which reputable makers strip out — an issue of quality control rather than the ingredient itself.

Dimethicone

emollient · occlusive

Severity 3/10Editorial
  • Environmental impact:Not biodegradable; accumulates in the environment via wash-off.

The workhorse silicone — inert and non-sensitizing on skin (even FDA-approved as a skin protectant), with persistence in the environment as its main criticism.

SODIUM HYPOCHLORITERegulatory dataIrritationEnvironmental impactEU CLP Skin Corr. 1BEU CLP Eye Dam. 1EU CLP Aquatic Acute 1/Aquatic Chronic 1

Pore-clogging potential (2)

Ingredients rated likely to clog pores — relevant if your skin is acne-prone. This is a separate indicator and is not part of the safety score.

Indicative Fulton-scale ratings from published dermatology references — not a regulator classification; individual reactions vary.

No concerns found (11)

Ingredients that are unflagged in our reviewed database, reviewed safe by the CIR panel, or on an EU permitted list.

This report is informational, not medical advice. Assessments summarize published findings (EU CosIng, IARC, ECHA, CIR, SCCS and others) about ingredients — not clinical testing of this specific product. Exposure, concentration and individual sensitivity all matter. Consult a dermatologist for medical concerns.

Lower-concern hair care

Same category, better ingredient safety score than this product — somewhere to look next if this one raised concerns.

Full ingredient list (as analyzed)

AQUA (WATER), SODIUM LAURETH SULFATE, COCO-BETAINE, DISTEARYL ETHER, BEHENYL ALCOHOL, SODIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM METHYLPARABEN, SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, PPG-5-CETETH-20, SELENIUM SULFIDE, DIMETHICONE, BENZYL ALCOHOL, CARBOMER, CITRIC ACID, BUTYLPHENYL METHYLPROPIONAL, LAURETH-2, HEXYL CINNAMAL, PARFUM / FRAGRANCE. (F.I.L. C30709/1)

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