Trichofas Shampoo, Soap and Cream Products

Trichofas is a dermatology-facing range: medicated shampoos and soaps for the scalp and skin, face serums, and a set of creams for pigmentation, dryness and cracked heels.

Most of it sits under Skincare. The sections below are organised by what each product treats, and the medicated shampoos and soaps come first because they are the part that needs using correctly.

Medicated Shampoos

• TRICHOFAS Salitar Shampoo 75ml – Coal Tar & Salicylic Acid for Dandruff & Itchy Scalp scalp_solution — the most looked-up listing in the range, under Medicated Shampoo.
• Trichofas Dandruff Control Shampoo 200ml-Unmatched Freedom from Dandruff & Itching — under Anti Dandruff Shampoos.

Contact time is the whole point

Work it into the scalp, leave it for the minutes the label states, then rinse. Lathered and rinsed straight off, a medicated shampoo delivers almost nothing, which is the usual reason somebody decides it did not work.

It goes on the scalp rather than the lengths. The flaking comes from the skin underneath, and the hair is not what is being treated.

Coal tar stains and increases sun sensitivity

It marks fabric, pillowcases and light or grey hair, and it has a smell that does not wash out immediately. It also makes skin more reactive to sunlight, which is worth knowing before using one in summer.

Keep it out of the eyes, and do not use it on broken or weeping skin.

Dandruff is managed rather than cured

Most people settle into a medicated wash a couple of times a week with an ordinary shampoo in between. Stopping entirely once the scalp clears is what brings it back.

A scalp that is weeping, painful, or losing hair in patches is a different problem and needs seeing.

Medicated Soaps

• Trichofas Keto Soap 75gm and Trichofas Permi Soap 75gm – Permethrin & Zinc Pyrithione (ZPTO) Medicated Soap — under Bar Soap.

A medicated soap is not a scabies treatment

This is the important distinction on the page. A soap containing permethrin is a wash; the treatment for scabies is a lotion or cream applied to the whole body from the neck down and left on for the hours the label states.

Using the soap instead of the treatment is a common and costly substitution, because the mites are not killed and the household keeps re-infecting itself.

Get the diagnosis before treating

A great many itchy rashes are not scabies and not fungal, and the treatments are unpleasant to apply for no reason. Itching that is worse at night and shared by other people in the house is the pattern worth taking to a doctor.

Where scabies is confirmed, everyone in the household is treated on the same day whether or not they itch, and bedding and worn clothes go through a hot wash. Itching for two to four weeks afterwards is normal and is not a sign the treatment failed.

Leave it on before rinsing

The same rule as the shampoos: lather, leave it the stated time, then rinse. A medicated bar used like ordinary soap is ordinary soap.

Face Serums

• Trichofas Acne Control Face Serum 30ml — under Acne Fighting Serum.
• Trichofas Retino Face Serum Retinol Hyaluronic Acid 30ml and Trichofas Azivit Face Serum 30ml — under Multi Functional Serum.

Retinol at night, never on the same night as an acid

It degrades in light and increases sensitivity to the sun, so it belongs in the evening. Stacking it with an exfoliating acid on one night is the commonest cause of the peeling that makes people give up on it.

Vitamin A derivatives are avoided in pregnancy and while trying to conceive. If you are unsure whether a product you already own counts, take the bottle to a doctor rather than reading the front of it.

One serum, introduced alone

A serum is the most concentrated step in a routine and the most likely to cause a reaction. Patch test on the inner forearm for a few days, then add one product and wait a fortnight before considering the next.

Creams for Pigmentation

• Trichofas Instant Lightening Cream 50ml and Trichofas Age Defying Cream 50ml — under Whitening & Brightening Cream.
• Trichofas De-Pigmentation Cream 50ml and Trichofas Glutawash Face Cleanser 100ml

What the ingredients genuinely do. Depigmenting agents act on the enzyme step that makes melanin. Over weeks and months they can lighten a defined patch relative to the skin around it — a mark left by a spot, an area darkened by friction or by sun, a patch of melasma.

What they do not do. Nothing here changes the colour you are. The melanin that gives you your complexion is not a fault to be corrected and is not what these creams act on. What they reduce is the excess in one area, so the effect is evenness rather than a different skin tone. A word like instant on a pack of this kind is describing a cosmetic tint, not a change in pigment.

What actually decides the result. Sunscreen every day, and months rather than weeks. Melanin is produced in response to ultraviolet light, so treating a patch while leaving it unprotected is emptying a bucket with the tap running.

Some depigmenting agents are medicines

Prescription-strength agents in this class are used in defined courses with breaks, not indefinitely, because prolonged continuous use can cause a bluish-grey darkening of the treated skin that is difficult to reverse.

Check what is in the pack, use it for the period stated, and see a dermatologist rather than extending a course on your own. Avoid anything of this kind in pregnancy and while breastfeeding.

Melasma is a condition, not a blemish

It is driven by hormones and sunlight together, it commonly appears in pregnancy or with hormonal contraception, and it recurs. A cream can help and will not resolve it on its own.

Anything that spreads, itches, changes shape or appears suddenly needs a doctor rather than a shelf.

Moisturisers and Dry Skin

• TRICHOFAS Deep Moisturizing Lotion 100ml — under Body Lotion & Cream.
• Trichofas Intensive Hydrating Cream 50gm and Trichofas Moisturizing Gel 50gm — under Cream & Moisturizer.

Apply to damp skin

Within a few minutes of washing, while the surface still holds water, is when a moisturiser does most. On fully dry skin it sits on top instead of sealing anything in.

A gel suits oily and acne-prone skin, a cream suits dry skin, and a lotion covers a large area like arms and legs. The listings say which is which.

A moisturiser is what makes everything else tolerable

A routine built entirely from actives, with nothing repairing the barrier, is the pattern behind most of the irritation people blame on a single product.

It is also the first thing to fall back on when skin has become sore — stop everything else and use a plain moisturiser until it settles.

Cracked Heels

• Trichofas Foot Heal Cream 100gm.

Soak, file gently, then apply and cover

A heel cream works far better on softened skin. Soak the feet, file the thickened edge gently with a proper file rather than cutting it, apply the cream and put socks on overnight.

Never cut or shave hard skin off with a blade. That is how a small crack becomes an infected wound.

Cracked heels in diabetes are not a cosmetic problem

Anyone with diabetes should have foot cracks looked at rather than treated at home, because reduced sensation and slower healing turn a fissure into a serious wound quickly.

Redness, swelling, warmth, discharge or a crack that will not close needs a doctor for anybody.

Sun Protection Alongside All of This

The coal tar shampoo, the retinol serum and every one of the pigmentation creams increase sensitivity to sunlight, and pigment itself is made in response to it.

Daily sunscreen on every exposed area, reapplied through the day, is not an optional extra here. Without it a pigmentation routine spends months standing still, and the treated area can end up darker than it began.

Reading the Product Names

Most names here abbreviate the active rather than naming it in full — Keto, Permi, Retino, Azivit, Salitar, Glutawash. That is efficient on a pack and unhelpful in a search box, because the abbreviation is rarely what somebody types.

Where a name is unfamiliar, the shelf on the listing is the quicker guide: a product on the medicated shampoo shelf is a medicated shampoo whatever the front of the bottle calls it.

It also means several products in this range are easy to confuse with each other at a glance. Check the full name against the pack when repeating an order.

Where Trichofas Sits on Arogga

This page collects one brand. The shelves collect one kind of product across brands, which is the comparison to make when a step here is unavailable or when something is wanted that this range does not carry.

Strengths and pack sizes both move in this range, and only the listing tracks them.

About Trichofas

Trichofas is a dermatology-facing skincare brand whose range spans medicated scalp and skin washes on one side and face serums and creams on the other, with the active named in most product titles.

The Salitar coal tar shampoo draws more interest than anything else it makes, followed by the Glutawash cleanser and the deep moisturising lotion.

The brand prints its name in capitals as TRICHOFAS on newer packs and as Trichofas on the rest.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. Why is my medicated shampoo not working?

Usually contact time. Work it into the scalp, leave it for the minutes the label states, then rinse — lathered and rinsed straight off it delivers almost nothing. It goes on the scalp rather than the lengths, because the flaking comes from the skin underneath.

2. Will coal tar shampoo stain?

Yes — fabric, pillowcases and light or grey hair, and the smell does not wash out immediately. It also makes skin more reactive to sunlight, which is worth knowing before starting one in summer. Keep it out of the eyes and off broken skin.

3. Can a medicated soap treat scabies?

No. A soap is a wash; the treatment is a lotion or cream applied to the whole body from the neck down and left on for the hours the label states. Using the soap instead is a common substitution that leaves the mites alive and the household re-infecting itself.

4. Will these creams make my skin fairer?

No. They act on excess pigment in a defined patch — an acne mark, sun or friction darkening, melasma — not on the colour you are, which nothing here changes. The word instant on a pack of this kind describes a cosmetic tint rather than a change in pigment.

5. Can I use a depigmenting cream indefinitely?

Prescription-strength agents in this class are used in defined courses with breaks, because prolonged continuous use can cause a bluish-grey darkening that is hard to reverse. Check what is in the pack, keep to the stated period, and see a dermatologist rather than extending it yourself.

6. When should I use the retinol serum?

At night, and never on the same night as an exfoliating acid — that combination causes the peeling that makes most people abandon retinol. It also increases sun sensitivity, and vitamin A derivatives are avoided in pregnancy and while trying to conceive.

7. How do I get rid of cracked heels?

Soak the feet, file the thickened edge gently with a proper file, apply the cream and wear socks overnight. Never cut or shave hard skin off with a blade. Anyone with diabetes should have foot cracks looked at rather than treated at home.

8. Do I need sunscreen with these products?

Yes. The coal tar shampoo, the retinol serum and every pigmentation cream here increase sensitivity to sunlight, and pigment is produced in response to it. Without daily sun protection a pigmentation routine stands still, and the treated area can end up darker than it began.