I don't know what it is about the smells of old soaps, but I love them all. The smell of Pears Original Soap, Carbolic Soap, Coal Tar Shampoo. All the old smells just feel reassuring. They're the smells that build the industrial age and propelled us through into the digital age.
It feels that, since the mass manufacturing of more complex chemicals, that we've moved into an era of people being bedazzled by nonsense terms like "hyaluironic acid", "regenerative micro-crystals", "Angi-Aging Formulation". It's all snake-oil. At the very best, it'll give you a few hours of softer-feeling skin/hair, and then you'll be right back to where you are. Quick test: Using these ultra-expensive shampoos, can you go for any longer without washing your hair/face? No? Still needing to do it daily just like with normal shampoo/soap? Then what's the point?
T/Gel is a final holdout in this fight to keep traditional remedies and personal products on the shelves. It's stood the test of time as a solid treatment for all kinds of skin ailments, thanks to its unusual choice of using coal tar. Coal is bad, right? Smoke, lung cancer, blech. Tar is bad.. Cigarettes, lung cancer, death... But what if you don't try to inhale it, but use it on your skin instead? Surprisingly, a very effective dandruff / scalp flakiness solution.
We had to use this temporarily on my daughter who was having problems with flaky scalp, while having oily skin, leading to spots under the hair line, scratching, and some infections. We tried a number of 'posh' shampoos that my other half uses, but they didn't really help. We even tried my Head & Shoulders, which kinda worked, but didn't clear it up. A few baths with T/Gel, and her scalp had zero flakes, zero spots and the itchiness was 100x better. We kept it up for about 3 months (2 baths a week, plus the occasional shower), and her hair was clean and clear, and her skin perfect. So we then switched back to a shampoo that was a better smell (for her).
So now I'm using the T/Gel because I get some flakey scalp (guess we know where she gets it from), and it's completely removed all flakes and itchiness.
A brilliant product that many overlook in favour of other things "made from natural ingredients" (spoiler, they aren't), in a laboratoire (spoiler, they weren't, they were made in a factory).
get T/Gel. It's a no-fuss, no mess fast solution using traditional methods tested by generations.
Get some carbolic soap while you're at it to tidy your skin up, and hey presto, you're a fresh-faced beauty for a fraction of the price :) (if you can't stand the smell of carbolic, pears clear soap is a fair second for non-greasy skin).
| Manufacturer | Kenvue (Johnson & Johnson Ltd) |
|---|---|
| Package dimensions | 16.9 x 5.2 x 3.4 centimetres |
| Package Weight | 0.16 Kilograms |
| Item dimensions L x W x H | 10 x 5 x 25 centimetres |
| Item weight | 0.01 Ounces |
| Brand | Neutrogena |
| Colour | Other |
| Format | Liquid |
| Volume | 125 Millilitres |
| Scent | Methyl, Perfume (contains Esters of Benzoic Acid, Benzyl Benzoate and Butylated Hydroxytoluene (E321), Sodium Chloride and Purifed Water |
| Special features | dandruff |
| Target audience | adults and children aged 12 years and over |
| Item model number | 1966160 |
| Product Dimensions | 10 x 5 x 25 cm; 0.17 g |
| ASIN | B001DRDNKS |
