Why doesn't Johnson and Johnson's Baby Shampoo bother the eyes?

How does this shampoo live up to its ';no more tears'; promise?Why doesn't Johnson and Johnson's Baby Shampoo bother the eyes?
Baby shampoos usually use ';surfactants'; or wetting agents rather than soap - which is what most adult shampoos use as a cleansing agent. Johnson and Johnson shampoos use 4 different surfacants - Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, and PEG-150 Distearate. These are less harsh than normal detergents, but still perform in cleaning as it basically makes water more effective. (Adult shampoos usually use Sodium Lauryl Sulfate and Sodium Laureth Sulfate - soap based detergents.)





Water will still cause tears depending on its pH levels, so the claim that it is a ';no more tears'; formula is a bit misleading. Anyone might still tear up from the pH level, but surfactants do not cause any more adverse reaction than the water you are using to wash with. ';As gentle to the eyes as pure water.';





ETA: Baby Shampoo does NOT have any numbing agents. PET shampoos do, but not baby formulas. Here is the ingredient list from the website:





Ingredients


Water, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, PEG-80 Sorbitan Laurate, Sodium Trideceth Sulfate, PEG-150 Distearate, Fragrance, Polyquaternium-10, Tetrasodium EDTA, Quaternium-15, Citric Acid, Yellow 10 and Orange 4. May also contain: Citric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide.





(This product does NOT contain either Sodium Lauryl Sulfate or Sodium Laureth Sulfate as some answers would have you believe. Sodium Trideceth Sulfate is a milder surfactant commonly used in baby shampoos.)Why doesn't Johnson and Johnson's Baby Shampoo bother the eyes?
Soap IS a surfactant, so I don't know how much I trust this answer. One interesting thing I've heard (it could be wrong) is that ';no more tears'; shampoo work just as well as regular shampoo, but it doesn't lather well, and nearly everyone (mistakenly) thinks that the lathering means it's working. Report Abuse

The real way they ';make sure'; of this is by cruel, unnecessary, unscientific animal tests. That's why I proudly BOYCOTT Johnson and Johnson. Report Abuse

Let me make some clarification about the other answers first.


First of all, yes it is true as some other answers have said, it doesn't really stop anyone from having tears, literally. Babies will probably still cry even if the shampoo were water.





Another person has said, ';Baby shampoo has surfactants';; well yes but every other shampoo and soap you will find has surfactants -_-. Surfactants are wetting agents that lower the surface tension of a liquid which allow liquids to spread easily.





Also Johnson's has no lidocaine. If it did, the effects are to heal any irritating. So this would mean the Johnson's would irritate the eyes first and then they will be healed immediately. But this cant happen because lidocaine only effects a person's body through injection. -_-





Also it does not use all natural products! -_- *Is everyone seriously guessing? Lol.*





The answerer, ';Cloud Nine';, completely answered with the wrong answer(I'm sorry to say). Actually, the Johnson's Baby Shampoo does contain sodium laureth sulfate and/or sodium lauryl sulfate. This is because they are the mildest type of surfactants in the sulfate family. Other shampoos use less mild surfactants. However, special editions of Johnson's Baby Shampoo do contain other types of surfactants that could be non-ironics which are also very mild surfactants.





So, the practical reason Johnson's Baby Shampoo is ';non-tearing'; is because it contains milder surfactants than the surfactants in normal shampoo. The mild surfactants formulate the shampoo so that it has the same pH level as the eye. pH is a measure of acid in a solution. Sine the shampoo has the same pH level as the eyes it causes no harm because the eyes are used to that pH level. Other shampoos have a rather higher pH (around pH 7).





Yay! I'm done. I hope this helped you alot. Took me a bit of researching and recalling lol.
because it's chemical composition prevent this effect
Truthfully, I've had two children and they're full of crap when they say ';no more tears!'; You watch how fast a baby goes to rubbing their eyes when that shampoo gets in there.
I disagree with Lololo and Lalala's answer.





It is not as close to the truth as what Scientific Athletic mentioned and I checked the sources which doesn't explain why J%26amp;J baby shampoo doesn't hurt the eyes (as much).





Sci Athletic's answer makes a lot more sense...





Plain and simple:


it's pH is closer to the eye(s) pH level.
There is no sodium/ammonium laureth sulfate
Good question! I don't believe it is really no more tears, My daughter cried when she got it in her eyes! Just depends on PH level I believe.
it uses all natural products to make the shampoo








p.s.- it was my fav shampoo when i was little
Quite a few years back, someone (I don't remember who) told me that baby shampoos all have a numbing agent included so there's no burning sensation when the shampoo gets in your eyes. I don't know if it's true or not, but it kinda makes sense.
that is not the truth. ask any mother that ever used it. ask a mother that has not. it is a detergent. all detergents will sting your eyes. baby eyes are not that much more tender than are your eyes. try all the shampoos on the market out on yourself. all of them will sting your eyes. so does soap. but soap is not the best cleaner for hair: hair gets greasy and detergent is a grease. grease cuts grease, not soap.
They tested it on animals.They put it in rabbits eyes(since rabbits do not produce tears)to test toxicity.It is cruel and inhumane.Please support companies that do not test on animals.





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^There isn't any soap in the shampoo.
I think that any baby will cry when stuff gets in their eyes...it could even be plain water and they will cry. What makes Baby Shampoo ';no more tears'; is that they don't use chemicals that could be harmful to the eyes. You still shouldn't squirt the stuff right in your eyes or anything, but if some gets in the babies eyes while you are rinsing (which it always does, no matter how careful you are) the kid isn't going to go blind from it.
COZ Adult Shampoos Have STRONGER CHEMICALS IN IT THAN BABY SHAMPOO In the ingredients of the shampoo ALSO, Since baby shampoo i s VERY WEAK U WON'T TEAR/CRY BUT THAT SHAMPOO WILL IIF U PUT THAT SHAMPOO RITE IN UR EYES I KNOW 4 A FACT LOL THAT WILL BURN WHICH WILL CAUSE TEARS OK BYE, TOM!!
It contains lidocaine in it which is a numbing chemical. Usually, when you get shampoo in your eyes it would burn and you would scream. With Johnsons and Johnsons shampoo, if the shampoo gets in your eyes, it numbs it just enough where you will not scream bloody murder. Hope this helps!
I have heard that it uses a numbing agent called lidociane and I have also heard that it is not truly ';soap'; like adults use. Good question though...