Gentle Hydrating Shampoo — Reddit Reviews
by CeraVe
Updated November 3, 2026
Ceramide-and-niacinamide shampoo that calms angry scalps without clarifying-level stripping.
What the community says
A ceramide-rich shampoo with niacinamide and sodium hyaluronate aimed at comfortable, hydrated scalps rather than a deep cleanse. It has helped some eczema-prone scalps recover, but a long ingredient list makes reaction troubleshooting messy.
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Real Reddit threads — 9 mentions across 8 threads
CeraVe Gentle Hydrating Shampoo on Reddit, in one place — 8 threads from r/curlyhair, r/30PlusSkinCare and 3 more, summarized.
“the CeraVe hydrating shampoo for non-clarifying”
Positive
“Not sure, but maybe try Ceraves newer gentle hydrating shampoo and conditioners.”
Mentioned
“Cerave products are always great and I'm almost done my second bottle of shampoo from them.”
Mentioned
“I use CeraVe Gentle Hydrating Shampoo, Not Your Mother's Conditioner, Not Your Mother's leave-in conditioner, & Not Your Mother's light watermelon seed oil.”
Positive
“Until the Cerave hydrating shampoo. It actually worked for me and my scalp has finally gone back to normal.”
Positive
“I can even bleach and dye without itch!!!”
Positive
“I had a horrible years long itchy scalp with straight up scabbing at its worst....”
Positive
“CeraVe recently came out with shampoo and conditioner and I've been really happy with it!”
Mentioned
“I switched to that from vanicream.”
Mentioned
“The new gentle hydrating shampoo is lovely too”
Positive
“I used to pay like $40 a bottle for shampoo and this is just as good.”
Positive
“the new gentle hydrating shampoo is lovely too”
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