Side by side
Neutrogena Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo vs Neutrogena T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control
85% function match · 11 of the 13 functions we compared match Formula overlap 78%. Neutrogena Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo and Neutrogena T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control share 4 ingredients among each other's most prominent.
Which of these fits your hair?
We check your pattern, moisture need, scalp, fragrance tolerance, weight sensitivity and more against each formula — and say which one lines up.
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When each one is the right call
What each formula is built for, from its own ingredient list.
- Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo — flaking scalps
- T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control — flaking scalps
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Every trait, aligned
One row per trait, read from each product’s own ingredient list and record. A dash means we have not researched that field for that product — it is not a “no”.
T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control
- Shampoo
- Drugstore
- Sulfate-free
- Silicone-free
- Flaking scalpsthis carries an over-the-counter active
- Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label
- Unscentedfree of strong smells
- Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
- Flaking scalpsthis carries an over-the-counter active
- Fragrance-freeno fragrance (parfum) on the label
- Colour-treated hairthat fades faster in a sulfate wash
- Protein-sensitive hairthat stiffens when protein is added
- Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
- Hard waterno chelator here to bind the minerals
- Dry or damaged haira strong detergent system strips as it cleans
- Hair that needs proteinthere is none in this list
- Hard waterno chelator here to bind the minerals
More facts about each one
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- fragrance-free
- protein-free
- curly-method compatible
- sulfate-free
- silicone-free
- fragrance-free
- protein-free
- curly-method compatible
Facts as we recorded them. A dash means we have not researched that field for that product — it is not a "no".
The bottom line
The bottom line depends on your hair
Which of these two suits you is a question about your hair, not about them. The consultation answers it — and tells you what your routine needs around it.
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The detail behind the table
Where the readings above come from: the ingredient lists themselves, each brand’s claims checked against them, what owners report, and cost per ounce in context.
Shared and distinct ingredients
Shared and distinct ingredients
Computed from the ingredient lists as printed. "Shared" means both lists carry it; where it sits on each label is stated, because position is what tells you how much.
What both formulas carry
What only one of them carries
Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo
T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control
Full ingredient list — Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo (11)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- olefin sulfonate cleanser
- cleanser
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3
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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4
Sodium Chloride
- salt
- thickener
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5
Polyquaternium-22
- film former
- polymer
- conditioning agent
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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6
Sodium Citrate
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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7
Hexylene Glycol
- solvent
- humectant
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8
Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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9
Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
- conditioning agent
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10
Sodium Hydroxide
- pH adjuster
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11
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
Full ingredient list — T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control (13)
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1
Water
- solvent
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2
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate
- olefin sulfonate cleanser
- cleanser
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3
Cocamidopropyl Betaine
- amphoteric cleanser
- secondary cleanser
- cleanser
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4
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate
- mild anionic cleanser
- cleanser
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5
Sodium Chloride
- salt
- thickener
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6
Piroctone Olamine
- active
- Below about this point, order stops being meaningful — these are typically used at 1% or less.
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7
Tocopheryl Acetate
- antioxidant
- vitamin
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8
Panthenol
- humectant
- conditioning agent
- vitamin
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9
Polyquaternium-22
- film former
- polymer
- conditioning agent
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10
Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate
- conditioning agent
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11
Hexylene Glycol
- solvent
- humectant
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12
Citric Acid
- pH adjuster
- hard-water chelator
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13
Sodium Hydroxide
- pH adjuster
Claims check
What each brand says, against what each formula shows
Claims are quoted from each brand. We only mark one supported, partly supported, or conflicting when that product’s ingredient list actually speaks to it.
Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo
Controls the symptoms of dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis
SupportedA recognised active does the work.
T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control
Anti-Dandruff, Anti-Seborrheic Dermatitis and Anti-Psoriasis
SupportedA recognised active does the work.Fights and helps eliminate recurrence of scalp itching, irritation, redness, flaking and scaling associated with dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis and psoriasis
SupportedA recognised active does the work.
What owners say
What people report
Recurring themes our researchers wrote in their own words from sourced reviews. We do not store or scrape star ratings, and we never balance one product’s themes against another’s by inventing them.
Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo
Reviewers report the shampoo controls flaking and scalp build-up and continues working after rinse-out
Reviewers using it as a regular/exclusive shampoo over months report hair becoming drier, more brittle, and thinner
extended/exclusive useA reviewer reported visible gray-hair discoloration developing with use, raising a color-safety concern
Reviewers with fine hair report the shampoo leaves hair feeling dry and damaged after use
fine hairT/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control
No review themes researched for this product yet.
Price check
Cost per ounce, in context
Cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in. Value labels are computed from that percentile and from how many products that do the same job cost less; they are comparisons, not judgements about a brand.
$1.19/oz vs $1.97/oz — Neutrogena Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo costs about 1.7× more per ounce than Neutrogena T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control.
Every mark sits on one distribution because these are compared against the same set: 817 shampoos with a computable unit price.
Computed from cost per ounce against every product of this type we have priced, and from how many products that do the same job cost less. It is a comparison, not a judgement about the brand.
Compare with something else
Close formulas to each of these, as their own comparison pages.
Neutrogena T/Sal Therapeutic Shampoo · T/Sal+ 3% Salicylic Acid Anti-Dandruff Shampoo for Dry, Itchy Scalp Control · All shampoos in the library
How this page was made
- This page is assembled from the same researched records the individual product pages render: identity, each ingredient list as printed, each brand's own claims, dated price observations, and review themes written in our researchers' own words. Nothing on it is written per comparison.
- We do not rank these against each other. Which of them suits you depends on your hair, and that is what the consultation works out.
- The formula similarity percentage is a stored, precomputed number: position-weighted overlap of the two ingredient lists blended with agreement on the attributes we derive. It measures how alike two formulas are, not how well either works.
- The value band is a fixed label over two stored numbers: this product’s cost per ounce as a percentile of every product of this type we have priced, each at the size it is most often sold in, and how many products we score as doing the same job cost at least a quarter less per ounce.
- The "Is this right for you?" panel reads only your own consultation answers, and it applies exactly the filters our recommendation engine applies. It is computed when you load the page and is never stored on it.
- 7 sources were consulted across the products on this page.
- Ingredient order tells you relative amount only above roughly 1%. Prices are observations on the dates shown and change without notice. We do not sell these products and take no placement fees.
- This is cosmetic information, not medical advice, and nothing here diagnoses or treats a health condition.
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