What is Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo?

It is Dr.Forhair Aero's shampoo (500ml). Its own ingredient list names Panthenol, Salicylic Acid, Niacinamide, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, positioned the way the key-actives panel on this page describes, rather than actives assumed from the product name. It is used in the shower, worked through wet hair and scalp before rinsing.

How do I use Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo?

Massage into wet hair and scalp, lather, then rinse thoroughly. Follow with conditioner. Keep the same order every time you use it so you can tell what is actually working, and give a new step a few weeks before judging the result.

Is Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo the authentic Korean-market formula?

Yes. This listing is Dr.Forhair Aero's Korean-market formula: the same ingredient list, barcode and batch code as the unit sold on shelves in Korea, rather than a version reformulated for US retail. That is the whole reason to buy a Korean-market brand from a specialist rather than a general retailer.

Can I use Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo every wash?

Yes, Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo is formulated for regular use as part of a normal hair or scalp routine rather than an occasional treatment. Introduce it on its own for the first week or two so you can judge how your hair or scalp responds before adding anything else.

Who is Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo suited for?

It is not restricted to any one skin tone or age group. As with any new step, patch-test on the inner arm first if you are new to this formula or to Dr.Forhair Aero.

Dr.FORHAIR

Aero Cooling Shampoo 500ml

Name: Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo 500ml
Brand: Dr.FORHAIR
SKU: 10609094371
Price: 37.5 USD
Availability: InStock

Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo is Dr.Forhair Aero's shampoo (500ml), built around Panthenol and Salicylic Acid. It is used in the shower, worked through wet hair and scalp before rinsing. This is the same formula Korean shoppers buy off the shelf in Seoul, not a version built for US retail.

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$37.50

500 ml

$7.50 per 100 ml

Korean-market formula
Ships from California or direct from Korea
Korean barcode and batch code intact

Suited to: Fine hairThick hairColor-treated hairDry scalp

Helps with: Dehydration and a barrier that feels compromisedCongestion, visible pores and rough textureUneven tone and visible dullnessA regular hair or scalp care routine

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How it works

Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo is a shampoo from Dr.Forhair Aero. Dr.Forhair is a Korean scalp and hair care brand developed with a dermatology background; Aero is its lightweight, faster-rinsing haircare line. On this jar's own ingredient list, Panthenol, Salicylic Acid, Niacinamide, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract are named directly, which is what the key-actives panel on this page is built from rather than from the product name alone. Panthenol is provitamin B5, a humectant and soothing agent used across toners, serums and creams, and it is why this shampoo is positioned the way it is. Use it in the shower, worked through wet hair and scalp before rinsing. Dr.Forhair Aero sells this as the Korean-market formula, the same one stocked on shelves in Korea rather than a version built for the US market.

Key benefits

Panthenol is named directly on Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo's own ingredient list
Salicylic Acid is named directly on Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo's own ingredient list
Niacinamide is named directly on Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo's own ingredient list
Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo fits in the shower, worked through wet hair and scalp before rinsing
Dr.Forhair Aero's Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo is sold here as the Korean-market formula: sourced as the Korean-market formula rather than a US-shelf reformulation
Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo keeps the Korean barcode and batch code that print on the unit sold on shelves in Korea

How to use

Massage into wet hair and scalp, lather, then rinse thoroughly. Follow with conditioner.

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Water solvent: Water is the base almost every serum, toner and cream is built on. It dissolves the water-loving ingredients and sets how light the finished texture feels. On an INCI list it is usually first, which only means it is the largest single ingredient by weight.
Ammonium Lauryl Sulfate surfactant: The ammonium salt of lauryl sulfate, a strongly foaming cleansing surfactant. The ammonium form is a little milder and more water soluble than the sodium one.
Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate surfactant: A strong anionic surfactant that foams heavily. It is a sulfate alternative in name but not in strength, and it is more common in shampoos than in facial cleansers.
Lauryl Hydroxysultaine surfactant: Lauryl Hydroxysultaine is a mild secondary surfactant that keeps foaming even in hard water and at low pH.
Menthol active: Menthol is the cooling compound in mint. It acts on the nerve receptor that also answers to cold, which is why skin feels cool without any change in temperature.
PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil emulsifier: PEG-60 Hydrogenated Castor Oil is a castor-oil-derived solubiliser. It is what keeps fragrance and oil-soluble ingredients dissolved in a watery formula so it stays clear.
Fragrance fragrance: Fragrance, or Parfum, is a single declaration standing for a whole scent blend, which can be dozens of materials. Regulators allow it as a trade secret, so a list showing only this word does not say what the scent is made of. It is the most common trigger named by people with reactive skin.
Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate surfactant: Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate is a mild coconut-derived surfactant known for a rich, creamy lather that rinses without tightness.
Alcohol Denat solvent: Alcohol Denat. is ethanol with a bitter additive that makes it undrinkable, which is a tax rule rather than a formulation choice. It behaves like alcohol: a fast-evaporating solvent that gives a weightless finish and can feel drying at higher levels.
Phenoxyethanol preservative: Phenoxyethanol is the most widely used cosmetic preservative outside the paraben family. It keeps a water-containing formula from growing bacteria and mould, and is capped at one percent in most markets, so it always sits low on a list.
Sodium Chloride thickener: Sodium Chloride is salt. In a cleanser it thickens the liquid; in a mask or essence it balances the mineral content of the water phase. It has no active role.
Sodium Benzoate preservative: Sodium Benzoate is a mild preservative that works only in acidic formulas. It is usually paired with potassium sorbate, and the pair is the standard choice where a brand wants no phenoxyethanol.

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Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride film former: Guar gum given a positive charge so it clings to hair and skin through a rinse. It is the plant-derived conditioning polymer in most sulfate-free shampoos.
Panthenol humectant: Panthenol is pro-vitamin B5: skin converts it to pantothenic acid. It is a humectant that holds water and leaves skin feeling soft and less tight, and it is one of the ingredients formulators reach for when a formula also contains something harsh.
Salicylic Acid exfoliant: Salicylic Acid is a BHA, and the only common exfoliant that is oil soluble, so it can work inside a pore rather than only on the surface. It loosens the dead cells that block pores and is used for the look of congested, oily skin.
Caprylyl Glycol preservative booster: Caprylyl Glycol is a glycol that conditions skin and, more importantly, strengthens a preservative system so less of the traditional preservative is needed. It appears in most modern formulas built without parabens.
Polyquaternium-10 film former: A cellulose polymer carrying a positive charge. It deposits from a rinse-off formula onto hair or skin and leaves a smooth, anti-static film.
Trihydroxystearin thickener: A castor-derived wax used to thicken oils and stop pigments settling. It builds structure in an anhydrous formula without making it hard.
Niacinamide active: Niacinamide is vitamin B3, and it is the most studied active in Korean formulation. It is used at roughly 2 to 5 percent for the look of uneven tone and visible pores, and it is water soluble, stable and comfortable beside almost every other active, which is why it turns up in so many lists.
Disodium EDTA chelator: EDTA is a chelator: it locks up trace metal ions from water and packaging that would otherwise turn a formula cloudy, off-colour or rancid. It does nothing to skin and appears at a fraction of a percent.
Dextrin thickener: Dextrin is a starch fragment used to thicken and to give a formula a light, powdery finish. It is also a common carrier for powdered extracts.
Citric Acid pH adjuster: Citric Acid is used in tiny amounts to bring a formula to the pH its actives need, not as an exfoliant at that level. It is an AHA, so at much higher concentrations it can also exfoliate.
Gardenia Florida Fruit Extract plant extract: Gardenia Fruit Extract is the traditional East Asian yellow dye plant. In skincare it is used as an antioxidant extract, and it can tint a formula.
Butylene Glycol humectant: Butylene Glycol is a small glycol that does two jobs at once: it holds water in the top layer of skin and it dissolves plant extracts and actives that plain water cannot. It also thins a formula, which is why watery Korean essences lean on it.
1,2-Hexanediol humectant: 1,2-Hexanediol is a glycol used for two reasons: it holds water like glycerin, and it makes a formula harder for microbes to live in, so less traditional preservative is needed. Korean formulas use it heavily for that second reason.
Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract plant extract: Aloe Leaf Extract is mostly water with polysaccharides, amino acids and mild plant acids. It hydrates and leaves a light, cooling film, which is why it is the default after-sun ingredient.
Cymbopogon Citratus Extract plant extract: Lemongrass extract. It carries the plant's aromatic compounds and is used as a conditioning extract with a fresh scent.
Eucalyptus Globulus Leaf Extract plant extract: Eucalyptus leaf extract, the water-based extract rather than the essential oil. It carries tannins and flavonoids with only a trace of the aroma.
Mentha Arvensis Extract plant extract: Field mint leaf extract, the plant most menthol is distilled from. The extract is far gentler than the oil and carries a light cooling character.
Erythritol humectant: Erythritol is a sugar alcohol humectant with a faint cooling feel as it dissolves. It hydrates and helps a formula spread without tack.
Dipropylene Glycol humectant: Dipropylene Glycol is a glycol used as a solvent and a light humectant. Its main job is keeping the rest of the formula dissolved and the texture fluid rather than adding hydration of its own.
Sodium Citrate pH adjuster: Sodium Citrate is the salt of citric acid, used as a buffer: it holds a formula at a steady pH rather than pushing it in one direction. It is also a mild chelator.
Cocamide Methyl MEA surfactant: A coconut derived amide used as a foam booster and thickener in cleansers. It builds a denser lather and adds body to a surfactant blend.
Ethylhexylglycerin preservative booster: Ethylhexylglycerin softens skin and boosts a preservative system, which is why it is nearly always sitting beside phenoxyethanol or 1,2-hexanediol. It also cuts down the odour bacteria produce, so it turns up in deodorising products.
Glycerin humectant: Glycerin is the most used humectant in skincare. It draws water into the outer layer of skin and holds it there, and it is one of the very few ingredients whose hydrating effect is settled science rather than marketing. Higher amounts feel tacky, which is why it is usually blended.
Biotin vitamin: Biotin is vitamin B7. In skincare it is a conditioning vitamin, most often in hair and scalp formulas.
Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride emollient: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride is the light fraction of coconut oil, with the heavy parts removed. It is the workhorse emollient of modern formulas: it softens skin, dissolves oil-soluble actives and absorbs without the greasy weight of a whole plant oil.
Ceramide NP barrier lipid: Ceramide NP is the most used cosmetic ceramide, the same class of lipid that makes up roughly half the mortar between cells in the outer layer of skin. Added to a cream it slots into that structure, which is why ceramide formulas feel less leaky rather than merely greasy.
Lecithin emulsifier: Lecithin is a soy or sunflower-derived phospholipid, the same class of molecule cell membranes are built from. It emulsifies oil into water and is the basis of the liposomes formulators use to carry actives.
Polysorbate 80 emulsifier: Polysorbate 80 is an emulsifier and solubiliser used to keep oils, fragrance and oil-soluble actives dissolved in water.
Limonene fragrance component: Limonene is the citrus-peel aromatic. It appears here because EU labelling requires 26 fragrance components to be named individually rather than hidden inside "fragrance", and it is one of them.
Linalool fragrance component: Linalool is a floral aromatic found in lavender, bergamot and coriander. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be declared by name.
Hexyl Cinnamal fragrance component: Hexyl Cinnamal is a jasmine-like aromatic. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named individually.
Citral fragrance component: Citral is a sharp lemon aromatic found in lemongrass and citrus oils. It is one of the 26 fragrance components EU labelling requires to be named.

Inside the formula

Ingredients declared

Fragrance on the list

Worth knowing

New to this formula or to the brand: patch-test on the inner arm and wait a day before applying it to the face.
Discontinue use and rinse the area with water if redness, itching or irritation develops.

Complete the routine

This itemDr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo 500ml$37.50
From the same Korean-market lineDr.FORHAIR Phyto Therapy Shampoo 500ml$32.50
The treatment step of this routineDr.FORHAIR Perfect Lash Serum 8ml$32.50

Total for 3 items$102.50

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Dr.FORHAIR Aero Cooling Shampoo, 500ml, Dr.Forhair Aero's shampoo with Panthenol and Salicylic Acid.

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Korean-market stock with the original barcode and batch code intact, exactly as it left Korea.

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The Korean-market barcode, unaltered from the retail package.
The manufacturer’s batch code, exactly as the maker printed it.

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What professionals say

What skin-care professionals say about skin care, quoted from the medical sources linked beside each.

Your skin barrier is basically your outer layer of the skin.
Melissa Piliang, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic
Pretty much every step of a Korean skin care routine is going to have some component of hydration.
Alok Vij, MDDermatologist, Cleveland Clinic