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I just wanted to let everyone know that a friend told me Costco now carries gluten-free shampoo. I use Renpure Argan Oil shampoo/conditioner. It states right on front "No sodium chloride, salt, dyes, sulfates, parabens, gluten"!!! You can get it at Rite Aid or Amazon and probably other places too.

I was just recently diagnosed with celiac disease, so I was wondering what ingredients do I have to look out for in shampoos, conditioners, body wash, hand soaps, and even moisturizer lip balms. Can anyone tell me? Help!

Does anyone know whether or not Wal Mart sells gluten-free shampoos, conditioners, hand and face soap, and toothpaste?

Love love love Surface Hair Products!! They are salon-quality, gluten-free (as well as phthalate-, paraben-, and sulfate-free. They are also vegan/cruelty-free!) Our babysitter is a hair-stylist and she brought me their "Awaken" shampoo and conditioner to help with extreme hair loss due to my years-long undiagnosed celiac disease. Within weeks, my breakage and frizzies have stopped and my hair looks thicker and healthier than it has in years!! I'm so happy! Highly recommended!

Do you mind telling what hair products you are using? I bought Savonnaiere but it is drying up my hair.

Thank you so much for enlightening us all! I noticed my scalp felt slightly itchy and at times had this burning feeling plus have some hair loss when I use products with "wheat" listed. I just found out I'm gluten sensitivity. I'm here as a newbie, but I feel much better since going gluten-free!

Hey can anybody help me? I've been so ill with very, very high sensitivity to gluten!! Since my sensitivity was diagnosed I have removed all gluten completely from my diet. My digestion has got much better after 1.5 years but now my hair is falling out and the texture has completely changed my hair is so distressed and is completely breaking on the ends the hair strands itself have a rough texture and nothing like I've ever felt before I'm using all sorts of distressed Redken products but nothing is working I'm certain this is due to my gluten intolerance.

I just called the company. They said they don't add any gluten containing ingredients to their product but it is produced in a facility that also produces products containing wheat. A bummer, yes, because I love their products but am getting some contamination somewhere because my gliadin levels continue to be elevated. Also found out that even though supplements (most of mine have been from Costco) could also be produced on contaminated lines. Switching to only certified gluten free liquid vitamins. Ugh...expensive...but necessary!

Michael, I have been struggling with hair loss for several years and my experience is that doctors will readily say "alopecia" but it really means nothing! Basically, it means you have bald spots on your head! (Which I already knew before I saw the doctor!) Since they have no idea what causes it and no cure for it, and a variety of barely helpful treatments, calling it "alopecia" is not particularly enlightening.

All Dove products are gluten free. I use their soap, shampoo, conditioners, hair sprays and body wash. I love their products.

Yes! Be careful with Burt's Bees. I spoke to them directly and was told by their customer rep that the products I used was gluten free. Then I asked her to look up the source for the tocopherol and she told me it was wheat. I commented that they are then not gluten free and her defensive reply was "yes, they are." Companies are allowed to claim gluten free if the ingredient is so refined that they are assumed to be gluten free. I don't know about your immune system, but mine doesn't assume anything - and lets me know right away that I was a trusting idiot.

I have both celiac disease and the skin form, dermatitis herpetiformis. After getting control of the lesions on my body by taking Dapsone and on my face with Aczone. I began breaking out again on my face and my scalp is a mess. After doing a lot of research, I learned that Affinage professional hair coloring products are gluten free and very mild. Also most of their hair care products are gluten free as well. Another good professional brand of hair care products, Surface, is gluten free. They have a line called "Awaken" that treats dry and flaking scalp as well as psoriasis and thinning hair. Hope this helps!

Neutrogena shampoo is loaded with gluten. see ingredients:

water, ammonium lauryl sulfate, dimethicone, sodium cumenesulfonate, cocamide MEA, cetyl alcohol, triticum vulgare (wheat) gluten, avena sativa (oat) peptide, triticum vulgare (wheat) germ oil, mauritia flexuosa fruit oil, cocamidopropyl betaine, glycerin, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, polyquaternium-10, glycol distearate, tetrasodium EDTA, acrylates copolymer, mica, titanium dioxide, phenoxyethanol, caprylyl glycol, methylisothiazolinone, citric acid, sodium hydroxide, fragrance

Definitely has wheat ingredients!!

I have celica disease to my hair was falling out after I wash my hair The mousse I used had wheat in it. I was very surprise. They tell you about food but they don't tell you are shampoo. I wend to bath and body shop and brought there shampoo and body wash now my hair is not falling out as it did before. So go to the store and tell them your problem and they can help you thank you

Great info. Now I begin to realize what makes my hair fall out. Lovely. I will switch to baking soda and apple cider vinegar.