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caliprincess — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:32:44 GMT

I am a wen newbie and tried it for the first time last night as I was conditioning my hair the menthol start tingling my scalp left it on the 5 minutes and washed it out. today my scalp started tingling again did I do something wrong or is it something that happens? Please help. I have the pomegranate.

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TuesdayTaylor — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:44:39 GMT

Call the number on the bottle and ask them.

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jaxs mom — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:45:04 GMT

I got the tingle too when I first started using Wen. It went away after awhile. As long as you don't have any other symptoms of allergic reaction like itching, burning, redness I wouldn't worry about it. If you don't like the tingle you can switch to the Wen Kids as they are menthol free.

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caliprincess — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:50:14 GMT

On 9/15/2014 jaxs mom said:
I got the tingle too when I first started using Wen. It went away after awhile. As long as you don't have any other symptoms of allergic reaction like itching, burning, redness I wouldn't worry about it. If you don't like the tingle you can switch to the Wen Kids as they are menthol free.

How long after did the tingle go away?

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HappyDaze — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:52:27 GMT

the tingling stopped then started up again or did I misunderstand that? Does your scalp look red or irritated or itchy too? Are you allergic to soy at all?

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caliprincess — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 01:54:15 GMT

It's been tingling since last night. I don't have an allergies, the part that tingles feels a little rough too maybe I didn't wash it as good as I thought.

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jaxs mom — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:10:16 GMT

I just had the tingling during cleansing and for a short time afterward I'd say maybe a half hour?

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caliprincess — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:15:28 GMT

I went ahead and put a pump and let it froth in my hands and put it in the area where it was tingling and washed it out really well and looks like it is gone for now

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77yangya — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 11:25:40 GMT

Menthol makes my head feel like it's in a bowl of ice and I get tingling too. I think the other posters are right. You get used to it. Wen kids has no menthol and there are a few others in the line that don't too, I think. You can go on Chaz's site and find answers there. They even do live chat.

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Princesa7 — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:09:50 GMT

When using FGP I can really feel the menthol when its sitting on my hair for the 5mins and after rinsing I could feel it occasionally through the day occasionally til it just disappeared.

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jaxs mom — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:59:51 GMT

On 9/16/2014 sjk73 said:
Menthol makes my head feel like it's in a bowl of ice and I get tingling too. I think the other posters are right. You get used to it. Wen kids has no menthol and there are a few others in the line that don't too, I think. You can go on Chaz's site and find answers there. They even do live chat.

Only the kids line is menthol free. Some of us were hoping that BGT would be menthol free when we heard it would be rice based but that isn't the case.

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ChynnaBlue — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:35:59 GMT

On 9/15/2014 caliprincess said: It's been tingling since last night. I don't have an allergies, the part that tingles feels a little rough too maybe I didn't wash it as good as I thought.

If I still felt it hours later, I would stop using it. Even when I used Denorex shampoo a few times, I never felt the menthol after the shower. You might consider returning it and trying the WEN kids formula, which has no menthol.

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HappyDaze — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 16:40:04 GMT

On 9/16/2014 ChynnaBlue said:
On 9/15/2014 caliprincess said: It's been tingling since last night. I don't have an allergies, the part that tingles feels a little rough too maybe I didn't wash it as good as I thought.

If I still felt it hours later, I would stop using it. Even when I used Denorex shampoo a few times, I never felt the menthol after the shower. You might consider returning it and trying the WEN kids formula, which has no menthol.

I agree.

Personally, I do not like menthol on my scalp- I do not like the tingling and I really don't like it as an ingredient for skincare or scalp. Some people are more sensitive to it then others and personally I never got use to it and felt tingling every time I used it, although never all day or even past when I used it in the shower.

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okiebug — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 17:01:46 GMT

On 9/15/2014 caliprincess said: It's been tingling since last night. I don't have an allergies, the part that tingles feels a little rough too maybe I didn't wash it as good as I thought.

If only a spot kept tingling and it felt rough, you may have a skin issue there - maybe a place you scratched or a patch of dry skin. If you put more on, rinsed again and the tingling went away, I would say try it again, making sure to massage and use a wide tooth comb as your rinse.

There are some that are sensitive to the menthol, but a lot find it helps to clean and stimulate the scalp. That's something you will have to decide for yourself. It's supposed to tingle while it's on, then go away once dry. If it is more of an it ch or burn, definitely stop.

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Hilary77 — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 00:58:03 GMT

I get the tingling, too. However, I don't notice it as much now. I have been using Wen for 2 years.