The Shop
Hair-loss retail is mostly noise — proprietary blends, borrowed science, thirty SKUs that do the same job. We stock ten. Every one is something our trichologist puts on a real protocol, and every active is listed at the concentration it was actually tested at.
Dispensary
Actives
The one topical the FDA has cleared for male pattern loss, in the foam that dries fast enough to survive a blow-dry. One can is a month; give it four before you judge it, which is exactly where most people quit.
Minoxidil 5% · Alcohol-free foam
Actives
The same 5% minoxidil as the branded foam, in a dropper solution at a third of the cost per month. Wetter on the hair, identical on the follicle — the propylene glycol base is the only thing some scalps object to.
Minoxidil 5% · Propylene glycol base
Actives
A leave-in peptide serum priced so that using it every night is realistic. Caffeine and biotinoyl tripeptide-1 do the work; there is no fragrance in it to provoke a reactive scalp.
Caffeine · Biotinoyl Tripeptide-1 · REDENSYL · Procapil · Capixyl · Baicapil · AnaGain
Cleanse & scalp
One percent ketoconazole, twice a week. It clears the yeast and the inflammation sitting over the follicle, which is why it keeps turning up in hair-loss protocols that have nothing to do with dandruff. The value size lasts a protocol.
Ketoconazole 1%
Cleanse & scalp
The daily pair to alternate with the ketoconazole. Sulphate-free and colour-safe, so it will not strip a gloss between appointments — and the conditioner is light enough to stay off the root.
Biotin · Nettle extract · Saw palmetto · Argan oil · Pumpkin seed oil
Cleanse & scalp
A ten-minute pre-wash acid that lifts the build-up blunting everything applied after it. Use it before the serum, not instead of it.
Salicylic acid 2%
Supplements
The inside half of the protocol: saw palmetto for DHT, ashwagandha for the stress load that turns up in the chair far more often than anyone expects. Four capsules a day, and six months before the photographs mean anything.
Saw palmetto · Ashwagandha (Sensoril) · Curcumin · Marine collagen · Tocotrienols
Supplements
The cheaper supplement, and the one with the longer trial record behind it. Marine protein and biotin, two tablets a day, taken with food.
AminoMar C marine complex · Biotin · Zinc · Flaxseed extract
Devices
The cheapest meaningful upgrade to a home routine — it multiplies what your serum can actually reach. Replace it every twelve weeks: blunt needles tear the scalp instead of puncturing it.
540 titanium needles · 0.5 mm
Devices
FDA-cleared low-level laser therapy you can run at home instead of driving in twice a week. Twenty-five minutes, every other day, hands-free — the whole point is that you keep doing it.
51 lasers and LEDs · 650 nm · FDA-cleared
Where to start
Three products, used for ninety days, beat nine used for three weeks.
If you are buying without a consultation, this is the order we would put you in. Add the roller and the laser cap at month two, once the routine has actually stuck.
Book a scalp analysisFlat $8 across the US, free over $75. Ships from Portland, Monday through Thursday. Devices ship insured and signed-for.
Scalp products are trial and error. If something irritates you or does nothing, send it back opened and half-used — we would rather have the feedback.
These are cosmetic and OTC products. Sudden shedding, patchy loss, pain or scaling should be seen by a dermatologist before anything on this page.