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Facial Fortress

Physician-developed care for dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis, and sensitive facial skin.

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Facial Fortress FAQs

Answers about your 3-in-1 wash, sensitive-skin ingredients, and everyday beard care. Choose a topic below to find what you need.

Using Facial Fortress
Ingredients & Sensitive Skin
Your Beard-Care Routine

Using Facial Fortress

Get to know your 3-in-1 wash, from sensitive-skin care to a simple rinse-off routine.

Facial Fortress is hypoallergenic and formulated with sensitive skin in mind. It is fragrance-free, dye-free, paraben-free, phthalate-free, and made without harsh sulfates such as SLS and SLES.

Glycerin and panthenol help moisturize and condition skin and hair, while licorice root extract helps calm the appearance of redness. Explore the ingredients and sensitive-skin questions below.

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Yes. Facial Fortress is a medicated 3-in-1 wash designed for the beard, face, hair and scalp. Gently massage it onto wet hair and skin, then rinse thoroughly. Avoid contact with the eyes.

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Facial Fortress is a medicated face, hair and beard wash for dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis. It contains 0.95% pyrithione zinc and helps eliminate itching, irritation, redness, flaking and scaling associated with dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

It is designed for use on the beard, face, hair and scalp as directed.

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Yes. Facial Fortress contains 0.95% pyrithione zinc to help relieve flaking, scaling, itching, redness and irritation associated with dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

For best results, use at least twice a week or as directed by a doctor.

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Wet your hair and skin, gently massage Facial Fortress onto the scalp and skin, and rinse thoroughly. The published Drug Facts directions do not specify a timed leave-on period. This is a rinse-off wash, so it should not be left in your beard.

You can find the complete directions on our Ingredients & Drug Facts page.

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Yes. Facial Fortress is a 3-in-1 medicated wash designed for the hair, face and beard. It can also be used on the scalp to help eliminate itching, irritation, redness, flaking and scaling associated with dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

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For best results, use Facial Fortress at least twice per week or as directed by a doctor. Because dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis can recur, continued maintenance use may be appropriate.

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Ingredients & Sensitive Skin

What goes into the formula, what we leave out, and the ingredients that help skin and hair feel cared for.

Yes. Facial Fortress is Leaping Bunny certified, meaning the brand complies with Leaping Bunny’s cruelty-free standard regarding animal testing of finished products, formulations, and ingredients.

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Yes. Facial Fortress is vegan and contains no animal-derived ingredients.

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Pyrithione Zinc 0.95% — OTC active ingredient that helps eliminate itching, irritation, redness, flaking, and scaling associated with dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

Licorice Root Extract (Dipotassium Glycyrrhizate) — Skin-conditioning ingredient that helps calm the appearance of redness.

Pyrus Malus (Apple) Fruit Extract — Skin-conditioning botanical extract.

Panthenol (Provitamin B5) — Moisturizing and conditioning ingredient used in skin and hair care.

Glycerin — Humectant that helps draw moisture into the skin.

See the complete Facial Fortress ingredient list and Drug Facts.

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No. Facial Fortress is sulfate-free and formulated without harsh sulfates such as SLS and SLES.

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Yes. Facial Fortress is fragrance-free and contains no masking fragrance. It was formulated with sensitive skin in mind.

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An active ingredient is the ingredient in an OTC drug responsible for its intended therapeutic effect. Facial Fortress contains 0.95% pyrithione zinc as its active ingredient for dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

The other ingredients help cleanse, moisturize and condition the skin and hair, or support the formula. See our Ingredients & Drug Facts page for the complete list.

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Your Beard-Care Routine

Practical answers for washing your beard and looking after the skin underneath.

Use a gentle cleanser that can clean both the beard hair and the skin underneath without leaving the skin feeling overly dry. Facial Fortress is a medicated 3-in-1 face, hair and beard wash that cleanses the beard and underlying skin while also containing 0.95% pyrithione zinc for dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

The formula also contains glycerin, panthenol, licorice root extract and apple fruit extract to help condition the skin and hair.

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How often you wash your beard depends on your skin, beard, activity level, climate and the cleanser you use. Adjust your routine to remove sweat, dirt and product buildup while keeping your skin comfortable. If your skin feels tight or dry after washing, reassess your cleanser and routine.

For Facial Fortress, the medicated-use directions are at least twice a week for best results, or as directed by a doctor. That is separate from how often you may want to cleanse with a gentle nonmedicated wash.

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  1. Wet your beard and the skin underneath thoroughly.
  2. Apply a small amount of cleanser and work it into a lather.
  3. Gently massage the cleanser through the beard and onto the underlying skin.
  4. Rinse thoroughly with lukewarm water.
  5. Gently pat the beard and skin dry with a clean towel.

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You can use some shampoos on facial hair, but formulas designed primarily for scalp hair may not be ideal for everyone’s facial skin. If your skin is sensitive or prone to dryness, consider a gentle cleanser formulated for both hair and skin.

Facial Fortress is designed as a 3-in-1 medicated wash for the beard, face, hair and scalp. It is fragrance-free, dye-free and sulfate-free and contains 0.95% pyrithione zinc for dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis.

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Facial Fortress contains 0.95% pyrithione zinc and helps eliminate itching, irritation, redness, flaking and scaling associated with dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis. It can be used on the beard and skin underneath as directed.

Massage onto wet beard hair and the skin underneath, then rinse thoroughly. For best results, use at least twice per week or as directed by a doctor.

For more detail, visit our beard dandruff and seborrheic dermatitis guides.

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