12 Best Shampoos for Gray Hair of 2026, According to Experts

A GH Beauty award winner for smoothing hair, this healing shampoo from Dove is designed to repair damage to hair that’s caused by UV light. Gray hair is even more susceptible to UV damage than dark hair, because of gray hair’s lack of pigment, making this an ideal choice for those with gray and silver strands.

In our Lab testing, it received very high scores for leaving hair feeling softer and smoother, providing shine, lathering easily, and leaving hair feeling clean and stronger. While testers felt it left hair more manageable, it did not provide much volume when styling.

WHAT TESTERS SAY: “My hair felt stronger, smoother, and cleaner,” one shared. “My hair was coarse, brittle, brassy, dry, and wire-like from the constant full sun exposure,” another said. “For years now I have been hiding it away in a bun on my head because nothing seemed to help it. Well I was wrong; Dove UV Repair & Glow did just that—repaired and glowed my weather-beaten hair.”