How should I interpret this warning label on my shampoo bottle?

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My shampoo brand comes with the following cautionary advice [and I am reproducing it verbatim]:








WARNING: Not for daily use. This product contains advanced innovative ingredients designed to create LONG %26amp; STRONG [in bold capital letters no less] results. Avoid excessive contact with mucous membrane.





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What do you think the manufacturer is really trying to say here?How should I interpret this warning label on my shampoo bottle?
I've dusted off my old organic chemistry textbook, but could find no reference to a chemical structure that has been described as ';LONG %26amp; ';STRONG';.





At first I thought I needed to extend my search (e.g., .looking under the OSHA recommended Laboratory Safety Manual), but then I realized the mistake I was making...





I was experiencing some sort of dissonance between the positive terms, ';Long %26amp; Strong'; and ';advanced innovative ingredients'; and ';avoid excessive contact';, ';not for daily use';, etc. since I was making the erroneous assumption that the latter terms implied some danger.





Obviously this could not be true since your shampoo company, as well as any business for that matter, would then feel the moral obligation to change the description to something like ';irreversibly toxic';, since the public welfare is their first concern.





Consequently, there had to be an alternative explanation and there are other possibilities:





1. Since it is a well known fact that most people in the shampoo business are avid golfers, the ';Not for Daily Use';- warning is specifically addressed to John Daley, the pro golfer known to have the ';Longest and Strongest'; drives. Obviously an attempt to warn him that he needn't spend the money on this shampoo. A simple misprint in the spelling of his name.





2. Secondly, it is likely that '; advanced innovative ingredients'; are hard to come by. The company is simply expressing a concern that there may not be enough shampoo to go around and are suggesting temporarily rationing use to every other day, so that everyone will have a chance...We have come to expect no less from our businesses then the golden rule or some variation there of!





3. I admit I was at first stumped by the apparent cautionary ';avoid excessive contact with mucous membrane';, but all one has to assume is that the author of this message is a recent immigrant from Germany and then everything falls into place. ';Mucose membrane'; is obviously ';lucose membrane'; which is the well known misprint in the standard GermanEnglish medical dictionary referring to ';Schleimhaut-entz眉ndung'; which is an inflammation of the membrane lining.





This might seem a bit of a stretch, at first, but one simply has to keep in mind that most businesses are somewhat fanatical in wanting to protect the public and could not avoid the potential irritation that there customers would experience if there shampoo should come into excessive contact with an inflamed lining!!!





Of course, if you should suddenly disappear from YA family, I'll know that I was wrong.How should I interpret this warning label on my shampoo bottle?
It's a round about way to say - use it only on your head - LOL.
u should get another shampoo as backup .Use this once and use the backup for consequent days
it means it have strong chemicals


try not to buy it again
I think they are trying to say that you should use it as a treatment only, but why did they name it a shampoo? Try using it once a week to be safe, and the mucous membrane part they mention I think they want you to avoid getting it into your eyes , nose %26amp; mouth. Check for a number on the bottle that you can call.
The manufacturer must be non english, interpreting


in it's language verbatim!!!





Nonetheless, long and strong emphasis is lost on


emphasis/translation. I love long and strong hair too!


Would you tell me where I can buy that shampoo?
it`s sham poo .lol
It is a clarifying shampoo that ought not to be


used each day as it will strip the oils out of


your hair and scalp causing it to thus become


brittle and to break off.





You should only use this shampoo only once a


week, and buy a milder shampoo to use every


second day.








It tells you not to get the shampoo in your eyes,


mouth or nose, and other sensitive areas


(a.n.u.s. - you never know what people will


try).





Pep.





Did GottaLoveHer freak anyone else out?
Hey! Please stop using it!!!! I like you and I'm afraid something bad might happen to you if you continue! The mere fact that it includes a warning label should be sign enough.... shampoo should NOT come with a warning label EVER!





The best interpretation for the manufacturer ';is really trying to say here';:





';We had a law suit recently that we won- only by the skin of our teeth. The judge forced us to include a warning label on our product.';
LOL I guess it is your once a week shampoo for those special occasions when you want longer and stronger hair to impress a date....or they are reassuring you that it will keep on working - that your hair will stay clean enough for a few days, and using it daily will cause your scalp to fall off.





Apparently they are telling you not to assume more is better, and don't get it up your nose or use as....CENSORED.
I *warned* you not to buy personal care products from the guy in the trench coat...


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(Hempsted-- LMAO! :-) )
Um... Use it every other day or less. And don't snort it.
oooh, freaky!! Use it every day for a month and come back and tell us the results....:-0
Are you sure you bought this as just a regular shampoo and not over the counter or on prescription?


Any chance of knowing the make?
I'd say the only part that makes since to me is: not for daily use.


I'd use it once every couple of days. Sometimes its a nice way of saying if you use it every day your hair will fall out because there are things in here if used frequintly, will damage your hair. (or worse!) EEK!





I got a better idea. Find a new shampoo. LOL that's really what I'd do.


:))


good luck
use it once a week, use somthing else(i recomend mane and tail, it is really good for your hair) for every day use
That whatever the side effects of daily or frequent use might be, they will last for a LONG time and will be very STRONG. And using ithe shampoo daily, like you might use soap will ruin your sense of smell and even your eyes.
Hate to tell you how old I am but i have used Johnson's Baby Shampoo all most all my life.
uhm...i wouldnt use it. if you do, only use it like once a week. it would probably make your hair fall out if you use it too much. its shampoo that makes your hair go away! yeah!
I am pretty sure that this is some kind of treatment, and the description seems pretty clear to me.





The only thing that can be confusing, is if you don't know what a mucous membrane is. If so, replace that with ';Don't let it come in contact with any body opening';. That includes your ears and lips! I am pretty sure you will keep it away from your genitals, nostrils and anus.
Sounds like it's one of those tingly shampoos that will irritate your scalp if you use it all the time. I have no idea how that makes it make your hair stronger...
Either the manufacturer is making a joke saying that you'll get great results with daily use, or in fact, it is dangerous or irritating to hair to use every day.


It is highly subjective and thus I think you should throw it away and get a new shampoo, it's too risky, you don't know whether the manufacturer was joking or really warning you.





As for the ';excessive contact with mucous membrane';, the mucous membranes of the insides of the nose, and of the lips absorb chemicals into the body, which is why you avoid them when using topical retinoids (For treatment of acne), and other drugs, for example, ie, they absorb chemicals.


This is a real warning, but the first 'warning' may not be.
When they tested it on rats they exploded.
I think the maufacturer is trying NOT to say that it is TOXIC
Its too strong to use daily...Why did you buy it?


Try pantene instead...Only warning there is it burns like hell when it gets into your eyes.
Damn, what is it? Some sort of super-powerful dandruff shampoo. Must have some serious chemicals in it. I'd return it and go get something that doesn't have that kind of warning. Or if you are going to use it, limit it to once or twice a week at most. I wouldn't use it daily.
The ambiguous advice ,perhaps mean to convey that its users will get long and strong growth of hair whereas,the words relate to long and strong RESULTS only. What does he mean by long results ?Does it means long lasting results ? It is all misleading.
No bottle of shampoo says that; that just comes from your own sick mind.....probably were using it ';that'; way and decided you better check the label....just in case it could be harmful....that's when you got the idea to put it here as a really hard strained for question. Now, go rinse your hands, bottle and hair off. AND go sit down somewhere and look ashamed. Look ashamed, do you hear me, look ashamed.